The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-15
SHOULD NOT
BEND TO WEALTH
PedagOgues Who Crook the
Knee Are Scored.
DR.. A. D. GILBERT LECTURES
TEACHERS TOLD OF "DEMoC-
RACY IN THE SCHOOLS"
DR.. A. D. GILBERT LECTURE:

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Or. Charles d. Gilbert, the celebrated
educator and former president Of the
national Educational association, spoke
IN the above terms yesterday afternoon
during the course ef a lecture on DE
moeraey in the Schools" delivered be-
Tore salt Lakes teachers at the La
fayette school
IN dwelling on this particular sub
Ject, DR.. Gilbert regretted that the ideal
president TO the minds of many edu-
Gators was the man who knew best how
10 separate the millionaire from his
Meaith Tor educational purposes. While
the speaker agreed that the vast for
tunes which in many instances had
oeen acquired by unlawful transactions
should be spent for the public good. ne
could not condOne the money-seeking
business carried on in the east to a
great extent. He told Of man high in
the ranks of pedagogy who prophesied
the failure of the newIy-elected presi-
dent Of large college because he
didn't know how Ito work" certain
capitalists The man thus spoken of
was an excellent scholar and well fitted
IN every respect save the one mentioned
for his position. Yet this one defect. in
the mind of DR.. Gilbert's fellow edu-
Gator was sufficient TO guarantee his
non-success.
DR.. Gilbert introduced his remarks
with brief reflection on the advan-
tages which western teachers have over
those in the east because they have less
OF old-fashiOned ideas. less Of prece-
dence to live down
In the west the speaker said. eff
you get a new idea and think it's
good one. you can go after it. In me
east you must first gain the consent
of majority of teachers to put your
theory into practice. If you get this.
you may have a chance to give it q.
half-hearted trial. In this way. the adj
vance of the new. the best. is some
times retarded because it is not of the
old school
Compliments Local Schools.
Dr. Gilbert went on 10 comment ia
vorably on what he mad seen OF Salt
Lakes schools since his arrival in the
morning. He stated that in the east
he had been told by one of the national
supervisors of primary training that
Utah's exhibit at the Worlds fair was
one of the best to be seen.
The speaker went on to analyze edu-
cation, which he characterized as a
continuous. vital process. The three
RS" he said, were the merest bare
backbone of an education The edu-
cation Of a child lies not in imparting
knowledge to him. not in trying to
teach him certain exact mathematical
or grammatical formulas thoroughly.
but in fitting him TO go out prepared to
meet the conditions which society pre-
sents.
Between the individual and society
there is a tendency TO clash. On the
one hand is a desire 10 be sOul-free.
to follow ones desires. on the other
is a desire to rule the individual The
one extreme means anarchy. the other
tyranny. In democracy may be found
a happy medium. In the schools il was
fittest that there should be d spirit OF
democracy as that is the tendency in
the government which fosters the
schools.
Glass Evils in Schools.
The speaker then ALLUDED to the vari-
Gus popular evils which the public in
general believes are working against
demOcracy-the immigration evil and
the money evil" In the case of the
former he believed that there was
much less danger than was feared. He
gave the opinion that the second gen
Grafton will outlive the ignorance Of
the first, and cited az an example Of
this John Johnson. governor-elect Of
Minnesota. JOhnson's father was an
immigrant Swede-a drunkard and
spendthrift.
The money evil. DR.. Gilbert declared,
would be solved by the second and
third generations. who generally man
aged 10 unburden themselves Of the
wealth which their thievtng progenitOrs
had stored away.
But the real evil TO democracy. the
speaker found. lay in the class spirit
which is steadily gaining a foothold,
the wall which labor and capital are
seeking to erect that they may be kept
separate and distinct.
In the public schools under proper
conditions was to be found the remedy
for this The lad from the palace and
the lad from the hovel were here
brought together The feeling of equal
itv. gained i'm class room. over the
sIoyd bench or on the football field was
not to be easily overthrown.
Advises Against Rigmarole.
DR.. Gilbert devoted the latter part OF
his lecture 10 practical Instructions 60
teachers on using the curriculum and
system Of discipline a. means toward
encouraging a spirit of democracy. He
showed what a personal sense of re-
sponsibility and self-cOntrol would 90
among pupils.
In dwelling on the curriculum or oc-
cupation feature. DR.. Gilbert related Il
story which brought hearty laughter
from all over the assembly room.
Don't teach rigmarole,' he said.
There, was a small boy examined once
i'm physiology, who had learned anat-
omy and also grammar by the riSma-
role method. The lad was asked to de-
scribe the human body. His descrip-
ton was as follows:
q" The human body is divided into
three parts, head chest and stomach
The head contains the eyes, ears. nose
and mouth. The chest contains the
lungs. heart and a part Of the liver.
The stomach contains the vowels. Of
which there are fiVe-a. c. /. o and u.
The boy, you see, the speaker con-
tinued. mad been taught rigmarole.
and once he had mixed his " for o.
ne had to keep on.
DIR. Gilbert was introduced to his au-
dience by Superintendent of Schools d.
II. Christensen. who reminded his hear
ers that the visitor was no stranger,
inasmuch as a number Of textbooks
compiled by him were i'm use in Salt
Lake schools. DR.. Gilbert leaves to-
dav for California. where he will de-
liver a. course of addresses.
In addition TO the teachers who at
tended DIR. Gilbert's lecture, were many
students from the university norma
training school.
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