The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-27

inspiration. The teacher. he said.
should be a poet and see bev1f4d the
rough benches and the school room.
and look through the crude shell of the
uncOuth youth into the soul. He must
also be prophet and peer into the fu-
ture; and, above all. must be an ideal
lst and stick to his ideals, though idol
after idol be shattered and castle after
castle crumble into ruins"
President Van Colts Address.
President Van Colt in his address
dwelt briefly on the great progress in
education that had been made in Utah
during the last decade. The people. he
said, were taking a great interest in
the schools, paid their school taxes
willingly, demanded the best teachers
and the maintaining Of school for the
full school year. The teacher, more
than any other. shapes the character
OF the individual said the speaker and
he compared poor teachers TO a pesti-
lence that blights the inteileCts Of chill
dren- A good teacher he defined as one
possessing deep understanding. high
culture, breadt!1 of scholarship and the
qualities of leadership that inspire the
pupil The scholarship standard of the
state he thought nigh enough, but in
thoroughness and accuracy it was too
low
The good teacher, Mr.. Van Colt said,
was the one who installs the governor
of the child within the child's own be-
ing and develops the conscience, so
that the pupil does right through love
rather than fear. he spoke of the
lives of such educators as the late DIR.
John r. Park, T. Is. Lewis and Dr.
Karl c. Maeser and many others we'll
known teachers eXerting a benign in
huence through the examples set to the
pupils.
90 l. t-og
deal of talk about the employment of
Utah talent He favored home talent,
but he added we must and viii have
talent if we have to so to the ends of
the earth for it. My advice to the
school board is" said Mr.. Van Colt,
get good teachers, get home talent if
you can; but get good teachers"
He advised the increasing Of the
amount of good home talent by estab-
fishing more high schools as feeders for
the normal schools. The public school
had come to stay, though Utah had en-
JOyed it only a few years, and anyone
who raised their voice against it should
be denounced as a public enemy.
During the evening il was announced
that the session on Friday evening
would be adjourned in order to give
the teachers an opportunity to hear
Mr. Brigham's Grand Canyon" lee
ture, for which he had offered half
rates to members of the association.
At 8 a. m. today Miss Jessie Cod
dard viii read q, paper on ITO What
Extent Is instruction In English In
the Common Schools Defective2'' and
Professor John R. briggs will read one
on Technical Grammar In Its Rela-
ton to Language Teachings" Each of
these viii be followed by discussion. In
the afternoon the various departments
will meet in the High school building.
Mrs. Ida A SmoOt win have charge of
the kindergarten department, the pri-
mary vii! be presided over by Mrs.
Lillian H. Cannon, grammar by Mrs.
J. N. Bishop and the secondary de-
partment by George A. Eaton.
In the evening Professor William o.
Krohn of Chicago viii lecture on
Practical Child Study and It's Re-
suits" to which an admission fee of .
cents viii be charged 10 non-members. !