Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-06
SUPERIORITY OF
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Dr. skinner Says it viii Ultimate
" Become the One Language
OF the World
HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF WORDS.
Some Of the Differences Between II
And the French Two Spleen
did Papers

mr. II. NJ. skinner delivered his
oioslng lecture of the series last night
=, The Tabernacle, before an audience
~ perhaps 1900 people. His subject
,yos "The English Language" and II
,,roved one of the most interesting OF
,,o doctors talks. IL was the opinion
Of the speaker that English would ul-
amately become the one language OF
,he world. AS reason for this he
said Il has twice as many words as
ony other language, as could readily
no seen by comparing dictionaries.
ON Utah. said he, whore the name OF
Ieboyah Is so often on the lips, | need
hardly say that the Almighty power
may have something to do with this.
spy one language the nations shall be
united"
In explaining the use OF two differ
ont words meaning the same thing, the
speaker said
"After the Saxons became slaves TO
the Normans, the Saxon boy took care
Of that animal he called the swine, or
the hog. But when the Norman boy
wished 10 speak OF It, and ask that
some be placed on the board for eating,
be asked for pork, In this way we
have two words, one meaning an ami
mai before II IL ready for table use and
the other, after though in the Begin
Ming they both meant the same,
"The Saxon shepherd boy called his
charges Sheep when the Norman boy
IN the castle desired some for eating,
he asked for mutton. The Saxon called
the animal which helped him at work
the OK the Norman, who wished some
to eat, asked for beef as he called IT,"
DR.. Skinner called attention to the
difference between the French and
Saxon words as follows:
ITO show the strength OF tho Saxon
against the French, In proposing you
would think II very weak TO say to a
maiden, I have an affection for YOU
You would rather say, ! love you
and then somel"
He called attention 10 the fact that
he English speaking people are the
only people Oh earth who address the
Almighty with a different form of per-
sonal prOnOun to that used In address,
Ing others. Said he:
IN all other languages God Is spok-
en- 10 with the same personal pronoun
used In addressing a mother or father,
brother or sister, In the English
alone, the ancient, unnatural thee and
thou have dropped out OF use except
IN addressing deity"
During the evening the Tabernacle
choir rendered a number OF choice Sc
lectons while Prof Mcclellan charmed
the teachers with his organ solos.
Mrs. lizzle Thomas-Edward WAS solo
ist Of the evening.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The feature Of the afternoon session
Thursday was the discussion of two
very important subjects by President
Kngsbury Of the University OF Utah
ana Or, 5. III. Allen, who dealt re-
spectlYely with Education and Crime"
and Medical Inspection and Proven
uor OF Disease In the Schoolroom,"
subject originally assigned to Or. t. B.
Beaity' Before the papers were pre-
sehted, Supt Nelson announced that
the Joint office OF secretary and treas
uly had been created, the person elect
Cd to receive at least 500 per annum
ana a sum not exceeding 5000. This
place, he said, would be filled by the
ouperintendents appointment,
EDUCATION AND CRIME"
President Kingsbury. IN his paper on
Education and Crime contended that
Whlle crime may seem TO advance with
EDUCATION, such, In fact, was not the
case Statistics" said he, prove
n.sothing IN this regard, as statistics on
XIV point are very meager, II is true
.uat some nations have Increased In
sl as education has advanced, but
such Things are duo TO some evil such
many Wv NU'0 III pel-
'Onr idea Of what constitutes n crime
ngs changed through education. once
ncnelaIt was a crime. Once Il was
Sous'uered criminal to say that the sun
H Ihe center OF the planets. Men
"st neeh committed TO prison through
beliefs. 'N'0 ieiiBious
Education has certainly prevented
lNue when II has prevented the nun,
uils 10 death OF hundreds OF thousands
y, persons on account of their person.
az opinions, as were the Huguenots
nU lhomas Moore and many others
nSA also done away. 20 a great en-
sh.Iiwlth war for greed, and II has
S 'r, slavery. Tho change wns
, vros Dy education, though II was
G,oubnl gradually II has caused tho
s%d,yoli1l9,iingling Of nations in trade and
brought forth the statement from presil
asni Brlmhall Of the b. Y. universitv
a. FroVo, that the boys ana girls OF to,
vay are better than Uben Ne 80
boy, WV ''"'' ""eh ne was
DISEASE IN THE SCHOOLS.
g." Aliens paper on Medical Inspeo-
se yu ana Prevention OF Disease I'm tho
deVH Vopl was closely followed, Tho
sOtor began by stating that he wns
ss lng from stage fright and felt
mi Wough he needed dose OF bromide,
men l ne proceeded:
ns,iulhk OF the grand spectacle OF our
ooo oSnn providing free education 60 2b.-
soNu children Of school age. At the
wo ulne' It IL proper and right that
our suo9ld lay the seyerest censure on
tepdnna tion ana state for not providing
Hoo proiection to the health and tho
PATTI, tlls army OF children while
,sosd,ulg this education. In the vear
~ tnere were these appalling casiiai-
tes w the United States: i8.l55 deatba
vsr " 91iphtheria, 6,333 from scarlet fe-
vh I-'sb6 from measles, g.o5s from
s,s Vyplg-cough, making a total of as
A. Culldren who died OF communicable
N"aes IN one year, and these children
Ir,s,lS from the schools. Rlght hero IN
scSdn we have 200 deaths yearly of
school children" 'H VI
me remedy for this evil" he con.
scbe.ql' rs the physical inspection Of
N" children every day. In Chicago
NY nlst year OF medical lnspection
s5s owed decrease in that disease M
~ cases, In this same CITY I'm gour