Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-03
Opening Meeting Largely Attend
ed Assemblies in Barratt
Hall at 10 a. m.
PRESIDENT SMITH SPEAKS.
Sessions VIII be Held Daily During
The Entire Week With Various
ADJUSTMENTS Intervening.

The first convention OF the Church
school teachers ever held had its
opening session at Barratt hall this
morning. 1t has been good while in
preparation, and some excellent things
are looked forward to by everyone con-
cerned, In all 10 sessions will be held
in which papers win be presented. dis
cussions held and lectures given by
leading Church men and educators.
The frs; session opened suspicious
~, there being present probably two
thirds Of the teachers In the Church
school service. Presidents Smith.
Winder, and Lund were present. The
address OF welcome was given by
President Smith. 1t follows in FULL
PRES. SMITHS ADDRESS.
feel that am In the presence Of,
and facing the very embodiment OF
the spirit Of the church schools-the
men and women upon whom rests the
great responsibility Of directing the
instruction of the youth OF Zion. the
conducting OF these great educational
institutions which have been ordained
Christ OF Latter-day Saints for the
proper trainging OF our children In
spiritual things along religious lines
as well as In the ordinary courses
the instruction given IN our schools
I gee before me the men who preside
over the destinles of these institutions
men who train the minds and spirits
of the youth OF Zion IN all the branches
Of education which are being taught
in our schools not only reading and
writing, the use OF figures, the prin-
ciples OF philosophy, history music, In
it's delightful and pleasing forms, but
men ana women whose lives, whose
moral characters, whose high and ex-
allied being in the midst Of the chill
dren of men are supposed 10 be the
guides and the eXamplHrs, the lead
ers and teachers of the future hope
of Israel, and Of the future hope and
promise of our great and glor-
fruits Of the labors Of this body OF
men and women as reaching out be-
yond the confines Of small and conf
paratively insignificant body of people
called the Latter-day Saints-that is.
taking the limits OF the Latter day
Saints as they exist today.
] regard the future NJ your efforts
and training and influence and spirit
as being something that will be far
Their reaching and more extensively
and more potently felt IN our nation
and throughout tho world than can be
made visible today, for the men and
the women you are training or assist
ing 10 train today win be the men and
the women OF the future who viii bn
the teachers OF mankind. the oxern-
plars Of mankind. because they will
derive from you cue. an impetus
TO effort and toward the future Ia
Dor that will be required al their
t,si1l hN 1,H "a thu
germ I'm embryo, so TO speak. the salt
of the earth, tho leaveu that will leav-
Ell the whole lump: and this little be-
comparatively small today,
will spread out and grow and develop
and will produce some of the most gil
Gantic results that have ever been Wit
messed or known In the world. This
work in which you are engaged Is call
culated 10 permeate all nations, all
kndreds. tongues, and peoples.
and all Of the interests of men
In the world and not only that, for II
viii reach beyond the present sphere Of
action into the world 10 come. looking
after the redemption of men, the saliva
ton of those who have died without
a knowledge of the principles which 1t Is
a part of your duty to iustll into the
very souls and faith Of the children
81 Zion
DEvIsING WAYS AND MEANS.
As | understand Ii, you have assem-
bled here IN this capacity for the pur-
pose OF devising the best means OF edu-
eating the children OF Zion taking into
consideration those things that are
necessary to be considered that you
may be united In your efforts, har-
monious In your labors, avoiding all
conniction. and, So far as possible, ]
presume. TO avoid repeating unneccs-
sarily the trainings In the various in
stitutons OF learning which you rep
resent. a great deal of energy time
and labOrs viii be lost If the same
things are taught or attempted to be
taught, more OF less imperfectly--as of
necessity they Will be Ia some cases
where facilities are not favorable In all
of our schools; and ] do not think that
1t is Wise for us 90 permit continu-
ance OF this to the extent that II has
existed In the past m the duplication OF
some work In our schools beyond what
Is necessary | think our llbors, your
labors. should be classified and the
proper appointments he made to the
various schools as 10 the branches Of
education that they shall take up and
teach.
WELCOME EXTENDED,
NoW NV brethren and sisters IL is