Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-07
TEACHERS VISIT
SCHOOLS TODAY.
The Entire Forenoon Spent in See
ing How Educational Work is
Done in This City.
PLEASED WITH the RESULTS.
Listen to Prominent Pedagogues From
Other States Yesterday Afternoon
And Last Night.

The whole OF the forenoon was spent
by the visiting teachers in attending
the regular routine exercises OF the diff
ferent city schools, Those who were
seen at noon expressed themselves as
being much pleased with the results
and generally their statements were Of
nature that reflected credit upon the
system. This afternoon they are as
sembled at BaTratt Hall to be further
edited.
Yesterday afternoon at Barratt Hall
Henry r, Pattengill continued his Ice
ture, before the State Teachers associ-
alton, "Greasing the Squeak In the
primary grades, He discussed the sub
feet of spelling. "Some people" he
said, ARE naturally gifted in spelling,
but everybody can learn to spell, pro-
viding the correct methods are used"
by way OF Illustration he gave cut
few words TO the teachers and others
present, DR., Boone, an eductor who IS
well known throughout the east and for
some time past has been connected
with the public schools Of Ohio, stopped
off I'm the city and visited the Teachers
association. supt. d. II. Christensen
introduced him before the convention
and he delivered an address on "Edu-
cation" He dweli on IS relation to the
school and its benefits to mankind.
The elocuton department rendered a
special program after the regular meet
ing, Miss Maud May Babcock discussed
Reading" and Prof. j. 7. Miller gave
q lecture on Physical Education in the
Public Schools"
EVENING SESSION.
The first speaker Of the evening, pr
Boone of Cincinnati, addressed the
teachers at the Assembly Hall on THE
Importance OF Growth IN Teachers" He
took W tho factors OF the chiid's edu-
cation and said In part. THE mother
can be the most effective teacher or
the most unsatisfactory. Jutt 80 long
as her sympathy and love will allow
the child TO do those things which she
knows are not best for him. her teach
ing is unsatisfactory. hut when she
helps to amuse him, Np1s out who are
his compohlons and kes home the
riou Pleasant place an earth 10 him.
her teachings are the most effective"
He spoke on the necessity for growth
In teachers and continuous advance
nent along systematic lines In speak
ing upon the faults OF teachers he re-
lated the story of the boy who fell out
OF bed and on being asked by his moth
err how he came TO do &C. replied II
must have gone to sleep too near where
! got in at He applied this TO a great
many school teachers and concluded
that teachers have no right to do less
than their very best in every session"
SCHOOL AND LABOR.
Mr.. Pattengill lectured on 1.-The School
and the Labor Problem He spoke on
the organization Of labor unions and
the combinations of capitalists. He
cited Incidents where the labor unions
on the one hand and the capitalists on
the other had taken the law into their
own hands and tried to rule the produce
ton of some article.
In view OF this he said, 80 long as
these two great forces are hghtlng each
other the labor question win never be
solved neither will Il be solved by law
nor politics, but on the principle Of the
golden rule, and the school is the place
10 commence to teach II.
He laid down four other lemedies for
this labor question to be taken advan-
tage Of and taught in the public schools.
namely, the law of cooperation. the
dignity of labor, thrift, and temperance.
During the evening the national songs
america" and star Spangled Ban
nor were sung by the audience. Miss
Eldredge and Mr. Winters rendered vo-
cal selections.