Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-27
TEACHERS GATHER
FOR CONVENTION
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for they viii be brave enough TO do
right and strong enough to speak the
truth.
Possibly the movement which is most
widespread today is that movement
toward industrial education In our
schools. The time has come when we
must teach our children not only the
valuo and Importance OF labor, but 10
honor the man who tolls. The manual
training and domestic science courses
already introduced into some OF our
schools have awakened q great interest
In the subject of industrial education.
Many educators Insist that we shall
extend these courses. some of them ad-
yocate the introduction of trades and
vocational training. In it's declara-
ton of principles at Denver,
the National Educational association
declares that the changed conditions
OF the twentieth century demand the
establishment OF free schools whose
purpose shall be the training of our
youth for commerce and the Industries,
as well as for the professions. Is
there any danger of getting over-am-
bilious for Industrial training?
The old idea was education for schol-
arship and has often been expressed
by parents in this injunction, "Profes-
sor, here Is my son, take him and edu-
cate him so we'll that he will never
have to work as have worked"
To my mind II Is almost criminal
for fond parent to allow John to re-
main In bed while he lights the fires,
milks the cows. chops the wood and
does all the work. To me 1t is not
kindness to let Mary sleep while
mother prepares the breakfast, sets the
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order Home duties are the vital duties
of life. We are striving to make a
better homo for better child. to make
a better earth and a better homo for
mankind, for the vast majority OF our
people earn their living by working
with their hands
Should not the injunction be, "Give
us this day our daily work?" II so, let
US create within our pupils love for
work, and desire for independence
and a Willingness to serve others.
However this intricate problem may
be solved. whether there shall be more
industrial training. or whether we shall
cling to the old idea of training for
scholarship. VIC may rest assured that
the great interest that has been awak-
ened in this matter will result in q
greater reverence for labor and for
the man who labors.
Finally, teachers have more right
today to feel proud OF their profession
than ever before The movements
under discussion are such as will result
in adding even greater dignity to the
teaching profession and bring to the
teacher even a greater right to love
his work
The movement which concerns specl-
fically the teacher Will also make him
more and moro the equal of other pro-
fessional men In training, ability, char
acter and influence, The feeling that
the school is to be better organized
and more business-like will again have
the effect of making the one who fol-
lows a teachers vocation of more
worth In his community.
The demand of the country upon the
schools for better citizenship indicates
that there is a realization OF the i'm
portance of the teachers work, and
that the welfare OF the nation depends
upon the product of the school. The
fact that the schools have already
taken up some phases of Industrial
training is clear evidence of the close
relationship between the school and
the work of life. May we then not be
congratulated over the fact that our
work as teachers is of more Importance
to the life of the nation than 1t has
been at any previous time? May we
not also rejoice in the knowledge that
these problems are ours to solve and
that we have a big job on our hands, a
task. which. properly worked out. will
make a better world for q better homo
for better men and women?
THE GOVERNORS GREETING.
The speech Of Governor William
Spry. who is now in the east with the
party which participated In the launch
ing of the battleship Utah, was read
l.e ne
University of Utah. The governors
greeting follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: In extending
a word OF welcome to the teachers of
the state, 1 wish II understood at the
outset that greet you as members OF
the official family of Utah. AS repre-
sentatives of the educational branch of
state government, which / regard as
holding in it's administration the most
sacred of all public trusts, you have
mot at this time for the purpose OF re-
viewing and discussing the educational
progress OF the state. and for the eX-
change Of views as TO the requirements
of the future. The work mapped out
for this convention covers wide and
important field, and II the program Is
carried out 1 realize that the papers
and discussions will engage every min
ute of the time at your disposal My
remarks, therefore. will be of a gen.
eral nature and brief.
The close association I have enjoyed
with some of those actively engaged in
school work during the past II months
has resulted in a somewhat intimate
acquaintance with our school system
and its operation in the state. have
taken great pleasure in praising our
school system on every occasion.
have pointed with pride to our school
buildings, equipment and courses of
study And I confess that a spirit of
boasting may have inspired my fire.
quent references to the daily and per
capita expenditures of our state in the
interests OF common school education.
My remarks regarding the teaching
corps of the state school system were
Just and every good word have said
of thcm Is richly merlted. What have
heretofore been compelled to say be-
hind your backs, / now take pleasure
I'm saying to you directly: Utah is ex-
ceptionally favored In having connected
with its educational system men and
women of ability and fdelity-teach
ers whose hearts are in their work, and
whose la'bors are bearing fruit In an In
teligent. upright generation of boys
and girls. who are mentally and physi-
calIy equipped for the duties OF life.
Our teachers, I believe. are active. en-
ergetic and thoroughly awake to tho
progressive spirit of the times. eager to
adopt those ideas that tend to increase