Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-05
STATE TEACHERS
NEARLY THROUGH.
Annual Business Meeting for the
Election Of Officers Being
Held This Afternoon.
PROF. EATON FOR PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Cooley Delivers the Second of Her
Series OF Lectures-Dr. Halls
Lecture.

Tonight at the Assembly Hall the H.
nal session Of he.Utah Teachers assoc
citation win beeheId, and this after
noon at the same place the annual bus
iners meeting WIN decide who shall be
the general officers for next year, and
where the next annual convention Is
10 be held. Principal Geo. a. Eaton Of
the High school is regarded as the
probable choice for president, and It
IS thought that ogden VIII be chosen
as the next meeting place.
Preceding the business meeting this
afternoon Mrs. Alice w. Cooley deliv-
cred the second OF her series OF lee
lures, choosing as her subject the place
of English literature In the grammar
grades and IN the High school. Tonight
DE- c. Stanley Hall will conclude his
series with a talk on Education Of the
Heart and the Imagination,
DEPARTMENT WORK.
This morning the department meet
ings were concluded with session Of
the primary section IN the Assembly
Hsll, and a meeting Of the grammar
grade teachers IN Barratt hall. Both
met tings were attended by large crowds
which filed the buildings TO their ca
pocity, and interesting programs were
carried through.
AZ the Assembly Hall Miss Rose VI
mcnt presided, and after the render
ing OF musical selection. she intro
duced Mira Alice W. Cooley. who spoke |
on the subject Of Literature In the
Primary Grades
MRS. CooLEY's ADDRESS.
Mrs. cooley's talk was informal In
nature, but It urged strongly the need
Tor literature. carefully selected I'm
ever the lowest grades. The speaker
pointed out that all OF the worlds
greatest teachers were story teers,
ana that some OF the worlds greatest
teachings are In the form OF stories. a
form indeed. which the Savior often
used IN stating His great ethical truths.
IN the lower grades the pupil Ia par
tcuihrly sensitive to stories In which
imagination plays a part. and In this
pei lod stories read to him VIII leave
4 lasting Impression.
For this reason stories from authors
who know child life. and who write IN
the spirit In which child thinks,
should be chosen and read Stevenson,
Riley, Eugene Field and Klpling we're
highly recommended for this field.
The myth ard legend were consider
ed, and highly recommended. The
teacher must not, however. the speaker
declared seek for the statement OF some
ethical truth In each story told. It's
purpose IL TO develop the Imagination
und not to express a moral The child
loves rythm. and In this field the verses
or Stevenson. and the rhymes OF Moth
or Goose succeeded best.
MEMoRIzING POEMS.
Each child In o school Is compelled
TO commit to memory some poem, dur
Ing It's passing through the lower
grades. In the selection OF this poem
the teacher should be careful 10 see
that II contains first OF all simple. d.
rect message then that its form is sim
pie and Its rythm and cadences exact
ana hnally that its action moves regu-
lsfly to some definite end. II was bet
ter. declared Mrs Cooley. to read poems
10 be memorized TO students than to
write them on the blackboard.
GRAMMAR GRADE SECTION.
At Barratt hall y. W, Ashton pre-
sided over the grammar section and the
leading paper was by Lizbeth NJ, Quail
trough, principal OF the Oauirrh
school. Miss Qualtrough discussed the
subject or literature as an aid in teach
ing language. and held to the view that
'NN'~fi' ~ h'Ntti u kOOu piece or
Writing TO read and then Is required IN
analyze IL, and pick out the interior
construction of each sentence, his
grammar Is strengthened while al the
same time the student obtains an nm
probation OF the value OF construction
In literature.
DIR. HALLS LECTURE.
:, Al The evening session last night DR..
-, stanley HAN spoke on "Genetic
Psychology" or Child Study.p The bu-
man being Dr. Hall said was horn
less mature than the children Of any
o,her species. and took LANCER 10 grow
up. Therefore there was greater
cbance TO educate II. and To bring in
life, VI '''
Dr. Hall spoke n good word for the
enid IN his faults. and advocated tho
liberation OF many faults rather than
the ietarding of growth To illustrate
ne told the story of a tadpole arguing
That II were foolish to cut the tail nf
me tadpole or, because It was being
Absorbed 10 make the powerful muscles
IN the hlnd legs of the grown frog. I'm
iet the same principles the so-called
faults of childhood often were rhe
sroS@ virtues Of maturity.
THE SCHOOL AND HOME.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs Cooley
talked on the school and home. advo.
eating ways In which the co-operation
0f the two can become most effectivc
The teacher, said Mrs, Cooley. should
constantly study and understand the
environment and home life OF the child
md should provide at least some ~
us social activity. The parents should
)e known 10 the teacher and should lie
invited TO meetings In the school build
lngs
AT the session kilograms were read
inviting the teachers to the San Fran.
cisco convention OF the ~ L. 4. next
year, and from the Colorado Teachers
association now in convention sending
is greetings.
PRINCIPALS MEETING.
A number OF principals and educa.
Honal men Of this city assembled IN tho
teachers room at the city and county
building this morning and listened to
an interesting address by Dr. q stanley
Hal, whose theme was the relations
# the sexes In the schools Mrs. Alic6
w. Cooley OF Minneapolis also made A
'plendid talk 10 the principals At the
conclusion Of the meeting all took ad.
vantage OF the opportunity to visit
he Juvenile court, which was IN ses-
sion.
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