Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-07
HOW FEW GAN READ
THE BOOK OF LIFE?
DR.. Kingsbury Delivers Thought
full Address to Church School
Teachers in Convention.

The principal feature Of the third ses-
sion Of the Church school teachers
convention held this morning was an
address by DR.. Kingsbury, president
OF the state university. The convention
accepted an invitation extended by
President Kingsbury to attend the com
mencement exercises tomorrow morn
ing, In body. In order To do this,
however. It WAS decided To take part OF
tomorrow mornings program at this
session ana the rest Thursday morning
President klngsburys address took
up three related ideas, the limited
knowledge man Is In possession Of. the
duty OF the school, and the duty of the
teacher so far as concerns his work
with the young people in his classes
by means of the figure OF the pebble
and the coral he showed what may DO
and what may not be known By man.
Most OF the book Of life and nature
however" he maintained. lis yet I'M
readable by mortal man for lack OF
knowledge. although simple to him who
created the universe. The coral book
and the pebble book are open to us all
To read. but who OF US can read them?
In them are the symbols representing
almost all knowledge, and they lie open
to US all for an eternity OF research.
So vast are the unsurveyed fields OF
knowledge before US that no one. how.
ever learned he may be, has reason to
assume to know scarcely any more
than his brother or TO disdain to as
semble with him because OF his greater
know ledge.
What genuine happiness could there
be In having reached the ultimate end
OF all knowledge? Eternal progression
seems as real AZ life II real. as necos-
sary In the perpetuity of existence as
food for maintenance Of the human
body"
President Kingsbury affirmed tiiat
what alone will crafty the physical
appetite or feed the passions Of man il
not conducive to the general progress
OF the human race, but win result in
retrogrcssion. The great important
duty Of the school Is to make character.
"a to make manly man, womanly
woman. to prepare men and wom,n
to appreciate and TO enjoy fully The
harmony and the beauties OF art and
Of literature; ana the harmony. beau
ties. and wonderful workings In nature:
TO make conscientious and Industrious
workers full OF love and charity 10 hui
manity. or course. we must eat. drink
and have comfortable homes. and M
knowledge necessary 10 prepare the
student to acquire these things must
be part OF the school room and labor
atory"
THE STUDENT AT HOME.
paper was to have been given by
Alice Reynolds Of the u. V. university,
but as she had gone To Europe before
she could prepare her paper. Mrs. Jon-
ME -. Knight. OF the same school. read
a paper on the subject. How to Reach
the individual Student at Home"
She believed that the school was only
ono factor In the education OF Young
people, The home Is likewise a factor,
the state and the church ls each an
other factor She made n strong plea
for closer connection between teacher
especially the theology teacher. and the
student. not only the student who IL
dcrelict hut likewise the student who
IL not getting tho gospel into the In
Vestigator." she held this rather
than getting tho Investigator into
the church" should he tho chics
anxiety In the mind Of the mis-
sionary. So the Getting and the
Keeping Of the spirit and ideal ~
the school into the student is % more
importance than Fetting and keening
possible for a student 10 get into tho
school and remsin there without tho
schools getting into him
Every school should have the special
care Of the girls under the direction
~ one or moro women Of good common
sense and culture. THE matron should
have m oa1re Tor rrivate consultation
In this oe7oo should be filed the find
inga or the ~hvsical examiner so far
as q Is related 20 the girls md
through this cTi~a tho school should
he IN touch with tho home life 81 every
rirl IN the school The recommended
tons ~ the matron should have weight
with tho teachers and the execution ~
the school ~ 10 what should or should
not be expected or required Of this nr
that Individual riri under ordinary or
exceptional circumstances and condi-
lions"
GENERAL DISCUSSION.
The paper was discussed by A. G. An
iorson and others Of the teachers. The
necessity for the dormitory found OK
preston from two or three. and was
freely discussed
4 paper on How to Reach the stu
lent In His Social and Religious Life"
vas read by Newton F. Noyes. Of the
snow academy. which was thrown open
% general discussion.
As was done last year. committee
vas appointed 10 prepare for athletic
ports at Wandamere Friday afternoon.
i ls not known Just yet what will be
iose, but the contest win be a chief
eRturc
This afternoon the teachers are dis
ussing the matter Of text books for
he next three years.
The music for this session was FUR
ilshed by the n Y. college. There
vas a chorus, with a violin solo by
lucille Heart, and a vocal solo by Vera
Iendrickson. The invocation was Of
cred by Elder Nash and the benedic-
ION pronounced by President Grant.