Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-19
LITERATURE IS
| NOT A PAST|ME,
p,,sl.m Of How to Grapple
% successfully With the Print
ed Page
MS INTERESTINGLY TOLD
of cl,rts Splendid Presentation Of
~, sDlertId Theme There Must
b Some Time For Art

.,.,a.v afternoon Prof. Clark gave
i' W., lecture to teachers, THE
as D ., Literature" The audience
sp." ~. smallest that he has ever
W. cal, lake city, and 1t appeared
~ ~, y that this would interfere some
", "" with the easy flow of his thought
'' wa dd not, for the professor went on
w ~. usual buoyancy OF spirit. This
y, ' certainly one of the most valuable
W.. ~ mat teachers could listen TO-
.. enlarged upon the idea that there
. ~ be a goal and that this goal
.,nM suggest the means the method
sscs should be adopted to reach it
u. svt called attention to the nature
:, literature and the need there is for
.,HcatIng II. Literature. he said' Is
.ts mstlne; but when It Is a pastime,
s,.s GOOD one. To show the child
,,v to uapple with the printed page
IA chow him how to get something out
~ Is TO put into his hands a tool
a., will be invaluable In after life'
l,prpnt the practical seems to domi'
,,,s IN our schools, not only In tho
md rad,s but In the high school, college,
"a university. The parents, for the
ro., mart, ask the teacher TO give
M, children something practical,
rrslhlng that will bring immediate
,mlis something that will show,
,rAarh them to work arithmetic, to add
,J subtract: we don't care so much
a, mar grammar and reading" And
IA result partly OF this sentiment,
rstly q, the scientific spirit OF the
lines the teacher emphasizes the
msssreable parts OF every subject,
E,nce even in grammar, rhetoric, lit
rsture aud reading, the mechanical
features are made prominent, and the
NH, Is left largely to take care OF It.
Ri.
m, teacher should have his objective
rolnt clearly IN mind he should have
4 sosl. This Is even more es-
ertial IN literature than In any
other branch OF study; since II Is the
ret difficult 10 teach and the easiest
/, nIseach The only reasonable good
IA literature teaching is, what will DO
he Effect Of this work 10, 20, 80 years
hrN' What will this child do by
rtasn Of the instruction ] give him?
The test Of a study Is It's final effect
On character. What will this young
boy Or girl do with his leisure? VIII
he spend II on the streets, In the broth.
d splitting tobacco Juice into the fire,
Or will he spend II In enjoying a good
kokl Here surely is the practical
question for US 10 answer. The chill
trsh during their school life, must ba
made 10 feel the effect Of good litera-
TUE The relation between the school
nd lie must be shown him; for school
snd one thing and life another; they
us one and Identical. The student
nat Is lardy at school VIII be tardy
d life; The student that is a shirker
, he school room will be shirker
10 lie And there is no happy and
mysterious process that will make
hlhss different.
WITH the goal fixed, the means will
ilggsi itself, There Is no intellect
n literature; as soon az IL becomes
MeNctual, Il becomes something not
nsh'ure' On the contrary II Is q
sh@ Of pictures Any line is a picture,
i've enid must therefore be made 10
~ ne must have picture OF what
y RsdS To be sure there Is intel.
,slnl tfort required to understand
nsialure 10 get the picture. The
nnoos, Tor Instance those convention
sgts, must be interpreted. But AZ.
w mat Il Is q question OF vision. OF |
lung pictures Then comes the emo. |
w suggested by the picture; and this |
SUE spirit Of literature.
ne ohly art that most OF our Children
G IVY IS literature, They win probably |
t',u see great painting; only a repro.
ss,s., u lney may never see great ar.
s,. Ste, The chances are against |
~ ~" ,. aeaTlns any great music. that is, |
greatest compositions executed by |
~ 'ed'est masters. But every day
nav, y, ~ small price they may have the |
4 10y a. ~, literature. They may enter in.
Ss gs o5st thoughts Of the best men,
n, I MI. Y. the most beautiful form |
l.,n ~ve'aIuFe cannot be separated from
,,'s',, , u is a beautiful thought ex
NI'sl IN a beautiful manner w"
hlsrs,,,,nu,V moreover the only means OF
lly.' wa growth after the child |
hin, y. ne chool, He may enter tho
Mn ~, ~ some other occupation that
n ny g''ng MIN into contact viii nhesos
brs , s1ere there is no art culture
o. tbr,aa az ma, mas love for literature two
hay h i ias, even that are great no
to,s' Wy largely to his own r nV
t.hys' Literature is. in addItion 70
Nhsi We oy VaI a, troubles On occasions
eutdy y at, ,s depressed, and there is no
tfeS5, ID ~ Ihe conversation OF 20 o ~
bgoG Ana ps ~ may sit down 10 a fayorIte
tSan n KY Nl stimulus that we conId
ns' Us ont po % S'a her.. way and that will
b a,ea NV NV .. ourselves as we would
tAli Asse ~ ny nothing else, 1ut ~ o NV
iig he /, "a S loye Tor this kind Of resd
t.ltsssiol areprlyed Of soIace in his
have poo IS explained that he wou,a no,
.eaJ dsv, 90 away with evervthi i,U.
lsaors1 ' vote al their time 10 rsa ,tins
.i'ay ana sI 0,l. The best. Work Is uncs
: i'sl that t T tsd,S children must be : made m
, .. ha msn i"G'G T, Is ST. nothing Degrading
J. There ,n ,So9r. But TO work is
70 V on, I ,a,, after all It is ART pS, Ky "
YOU'D Savs' salvation N in the World NOR Sna' IS
hay ri o literature az In order t En1w ,h the
asa n T SraS Of lie all that "S has 'H soy
9 aueS A. c'S ae that they NAV =, mus Sao, Tor