The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-07
GIVES TALK
To TEACHERS
Interesting Address Last Night
by DR.. J. |. Hughes.
THE CHILD IN THE SCHOOL
VALUABLE INFORMATION ON
SUBJECT OF EDUCATION.

n NE OF the finest audiences that
L ever assembled at a meeting Of
the Utah State Teachers assoeia-
ton was that which greeted DIR. James
l.. Hughes at the opening meeting Of
the convention last evening in the AS
sembly hall. The lecture by DR..
Hughes was the only event outlined for
the evening. and the great gathering
q educators listened 10 the speaker
with intense interest from the begin
ming TO the close of a splendid talk on
1.-The Educational Forces of the Home
and the School, and the Influence of
the Kindergarten on Higher Educa-
ton"
DR.. Hughes prefaced his talk with
some general remarks about the need
Of having the fathers as well as the
mothers interested in the education of
the child. and said, in part;
The child is the great agent for the
uplifting OF humanity. and the three
Influences which are 10 control that
agent are the home, the school and the
church. The mothers clubs for the
study of the child should be the
fathers clubs. too. Men are too much
inclined 10 shirk the responsibility Of
rearing the young, but each father
should take his share in this work The
home is the place OF unity. The family
represents the most blessed unity on
earth. and this unity is preserved by
the harmonious efforts of the father
and the mother in the education of the
child. We should cultivate a greater
reverence for children.
Nature of the Child.
"Froebel was the first man since the
time of Christ who sought TO under
stand the nature of the child. and since
his time all the wisest men and women
of the world have been studying the
child. The highest ideal in the devel-
opment of the child is a conscious
growth toward God. Froebel worked
for correlation Of the three greatest
influences on the life of the child to-
ward this end. For this the idea of ex-
preston is the only means. We know
nothing till we can express our knowl-
edge TO others. This expression comes
througi; action. The old theory of put
ting in as an education has been dis
placed by the theory OF p1tting out or
expressing.
1.-THE tendency of growth is trans
formation, and all education must be
along the line of change-creative not
initiative. Every soul should bring
something new into the world. Froebel
and Dickens wrote in sympathy with
the child. not from sympathy for the
child, and they transformed the disci-
pline Of the school and of the home. Ali
discipline as a consequence is changed
from what it was a generation ago
This marvellous change is due more
to Froebel than to any other man. In
other days the lifeless boy in the
was the good boy; today
il is the living boy who is the good
for something. The world
wants doors today, not don tiers: posi-
tives. not negatives. The boy who was
once called a bad boy was not bad. but
twisted. We should be responsible for
the wrong we do, but not nearly so
much so as for the good we should do.
Look For Progress.
There are two kinds OF self-con-
sciousness, the consciousness of weak
ness and the consciousness of power, Of
GOd-giving strength. 1t is the latter
with which we should seek TO Undue
the young. This is not done by criti-
cism, but by recognizing and, appreciat-
ing the best In all things and people.
We should not look for perfection, but
for progress. and above all parents and
teachers should cultivate the ability TO
see the good"
At the meeting Of the High school
and college department in the after
noon the main business was the report
of the committee appointed at the last
meeting TO plan course of study for
state high schools and to recommend
text books for them. A fine paper on
and maintaining high
schools was read by State Superlntend-
ent Nelson. who reported twenty-five
high schools in the state. exclusive Of
church schools. The paper was dis
cussed by President Kerr Of the Logan
college and w. W. Cluff of Provo.
n. T. Porter was elected president OF
the section, and G. sW. Decker secre-
tary.
Today's programme includes a meet
ing of all school boards this morning
AT o'clock, and later a meeting of the
visiting teachers TO discuss plans for
visiting the city schools. In the after
noon DR. Hughes will deliver a lecture
on DO Justice 10 the Nature of the
Child and in the evening Professor
Preston w. Search will speak on 1.-The
Ideal School" The meeting will be
held in Rarratt hall.