Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-28
THE TREND
OF THE TEENS.
Able Lecture Delivered by Prof. NJ
G, O'Shea.
BEFORE STATE TEACHERS.
The Period OF Adolescence the Most
Critical In the Life OF Man
or woman.

Last evenings session Of the conyen-
ton was attended by an audience that
filled the lower floor and occupied near
~ all the space In the gallery. The
feature was the lecture by Prof O'shea
on "The Trend Of the Teens It was
listened to with close attention and the
sentinEnts Of the speaker were fire.
Quently applauded For over two
hours he stood and poured his ideas in
to the ears of his auditors In contin-
uous stream, and when he sat down
there was general murmur Of APP
proval and admiration. Prof, O'shea
is unquestionably the most popular lee
turer and one Of the ablest that the
association has had here.
In opening his subject last night he
began by referring TO the tributes that
are paid TO youth, that have been sung
by the poets ana written by the phlloso-
pliers, II was in that period that life
Is at It's highest tide. Adolescence was
often called the renewing Of life; how
ever that may be- It was the most crit
zeal epoch In the career Of q man or
woman with line skill the lecturer
defined the emotions, habits and tend
encles OF youth ana explained the
changes through which the boy passes
physical change. hut Il ~ a metamor-
phosis in every particular The traits
and habits OF the growing boy were
4 Ii %
manifested IN the Impulse to knock
everybody The growing boy was de-
clared TO be tease and bully es-
pecially in the home, If he has two
sisters, and they are what would be
ponularly known as franks" he takes
particular delight IN letting down their
hair, sticking pins in them, and other
t0rmenting things. He doesn't mean
to hurt them: would probably feel bad
If he thought he had, but the kind Of
response they make Is just what peases
him most This, said the lecturer was
the outlet Of the restless energy ane II
the boy were given something to do.
that he liked, II would let off that
energy and would DO away with the
teaze and the bully. Athletic sports,
therefore, were most useful Dancing
was denounced as a pastime for boys
and girls They We're already In an
excited state, and all their strength Is
needed for growth. and II was these
social functions that often break down
girls and compel them TO leave school,
Professor O'shea declared that dur
ing the period of adolescence the boy
and girl are most susceptible TO religl-
Gus Influences. One of the greatest
evils OF the day Is the neglect OF
religious training for the boy
and girl. The emotion OF love was ca
patlated upon beautifully This was
the one emotion that oyershadows all
others. 1t lies at the very bottom OF
the soul and when 1t Is crossed II
arouses all the evil there Is in human
nature When the boy and the girl
are attncked with CHS emotion they
ehcuid not be made fun Of nor ridi-
culed. but the teacher should get them
into his confidence and have them
oonfcss their love. This would scat
ter It and nothing would come OF II,
Nothing more disastrous could happen
60 a bog or girl than the consumma-
ton Of their love early In life. 1t would
narrow thenl down to one individual
ity and abridge their lives to pitiable
degree. Boys, by all means, should be
kept out Of saloons and billiard halls,
II they must play billiards the means
should be provided for them In the
churcn.
The other features Of the program
were two selections by the whitney
Quartet, composed OF Messrs Whitney,
pyper Patrick and Spencer, and a
chorus from the Webster school
SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE.
The remaining portion of the pro-
gram yesterday afternoon consisted of
a paper on school Architecture by
Principal Samuel Doxey 1t was an
able composition and exhibited the
fact that its author had given much
careful thought 10 the subject, He
spoke Of the evolution In school archi-
lecture, aid the important work done
by the school people in bringing about
these changes. Mr.. DoXey laid down
I'm detail the plans and specifications
of what hr would regard as q model
school building. His ideas were APP
plauded by the teachers. who acknowl-
edge him tC be one Of the highest au-
thorities IN the state on the subject or
school buildings, Superintendent NJ. a.
Merrill OF Logan followed with an able
discussion OF the paper
During the session a chorus Of chill
dren from the Washington school and
also one from the Sumner rendered two
very sweet songs,
A telegram was received from the
Colorado Teachers association now In
session sending greetings and the com
pIiments "a the season. On motion or
President Paul the message was 40
knowledged, and an answer in kind was
tatttttpaH