Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-27

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thlngs are studied carefully but soon
signs or partial appearances are acted
upon, II Is best for the human mind
TO be thus constructed as this great
DAY OF economy demands It. but II Of
ten leads 70 mistakes.
The professor took up briefly the sub
ject of hypnotlsm and illustrated the
power of expectation, arguing that the
latter often becomes so strong that It
- impossible TO tell whether II is reality
or not, Most people see and hear what
they expect TO see and hear. Spirit
ualistic phenomena, said the speaker
mas been demonstrated IN this way
Peoples imognatlons can make things
so real that the people are deceived,
Prof O'Shea also illustrated how cas-
lly( children are deceived. especially
In learning to read They often call
cat rat because the words look alike
and the first law Of the human mind
10 TO compare things by their likeness
IN the bulk. The idea was advanced
therefore, that the child should not at
frst be taught to read words together
that look alike, The speaker also de.
cried the practice Of crltlcisng hearshly
lhe errors Of the child because It CON
fuses him and obscures his vision.
The speaker dwelt upon what he call
ed honest liars" by Illustrating the
exaggerated stories that come from
the sewing circle or political
ring Because, said he each one tells
the story as he would Hike II to have
Happened, They may do It uncon~
solously yet they do Il until they
have lost the power to see things or to
tell them just as they are. so we
must develop type Of mind that tells
things just as they are, does not color
them through prejudice or 10 present
them as we would Ike to have them.
the pupil therefore should be taught to
inhibit this personal element and to
see things Just as they are or to de-
termlne their true nature by critical
study"
The speaker went into an absorbing
treatise Of the power OF habit and de-
fined the almost Irresistible force that
compels men to DO things that they
had done Ia the past lie said that
sometimes this phenomena is a tragedy
and sometimes great blessing
Prof. OShea held that the majority
of crimes were lmpulsiye, done upon
suggestion A pupil who is told not to
throw snowballs, the idea is put into
his head and that Is the first thing he
Will do Reform must begin with the
community. There must be social re-
form before there can be individual re-
form
The idea was emphasized that the
| personality Of the teacher was the all
important thing Pupils will never get
| better than their teacher and the lat
ter should possess the kind Of person
atty that he would like the pupils to
| possess.
AZ the conclusion Of the lecture the
session adjourned until O'Clock.
THIS AFTERNOON.
The first feature Of the program this
afternoon was a lecture on 1.-THE New
Curriculum" by Prot. william NJ,
Stewart Of the University Of Utah. Tie
began by referring to the eyer-chang-
ing social conditions and the time tax.
en- up by religious and other organiza-
tons In readjustlng The new social con-
dtlons. II was held that new c0ndl-
lions confronted the public schools and
the new curriculum was calculated to
meet those new conditions, The pro-
fessor found fault with the school sys-
TEN for its extreme conservatism
which he said was more marked In the
scaool than In the church II was de-
olared that the modern social oOndl-
tlons tended TO destroy The family and
that the population Of the city had TO
be replenished every few years from
the country The mission Of the new
curriculum therefore, was to give in
dustrial training so that each child
shall receive the training that Is most
suited to him
Prof Stewart advanced the idea that
the child should be taught a foreign
language before he reaches the age Of
IA years, otherwise II was held, he
could never acquire the correct, foreign
accent. He would also make the child's
early training In school conform to his
motor activities there would be ample
time for acquiring technical skill In the
universities II was further contended
that Il was necessary to give the child
Industrial training in order to establish
a bond Of sympathy between the school
and the home. There Is nothing
now. said the speaker, in the schools
that appeals to the home. ! hold that
domestic science and manual training
holds Just as essential a place In the
curriculum of the schools as history or
geography
A class from the Washington school
rendered a very sweet selection under
the direction of Prof Wetzell A dis
cussion on the paper Just read was then
| introduced by superintendent George
| w Decker, biologist at the branch nor
mai school He said that the teacher
and pupil IN studying science and ma
| ture oftentimes learn that they are not
| studying science or nature but some
MANS ideas of those subjects. The ten
| dercv Is 10 study the textbooks more
than the subjects themselves. me
enea;er decried this getting OF knowl-
edge second hand and maintained mat
If was necessary to place the students
In touch with the things themselves
laboratory work thus has a most use
mi mart 10 play but the speaker would
not pse the microscope so excessively
Tho discussion was continued by Miss
p,ncom director OF domestic science at
tbe state normal school, and John
sundyall OF Kaysville. -
This report Of the session was closed
al this juncture. .,1 -,
Al O'clock a reception was held az
Chrlstensen's han. The event was one
Of The most enjoyable thus far, In the
convention -, 4, .,,,on 49,,
IN denartment meetings, at the Univer-
slty normal building on the east bench
any onS Inc convention will end with a
ambi,c session in the assembly hall To-
'' Prof O'shea delivers his lecture on
,.Th, Trend OF the Teens" this evening.
Inst Evenings Session.