Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-31
RELIGION GLASS
WORKERS MEETING.
Large and Live Gathering Held at
Whitney Hall Sunday
Afternoon.
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ADDRESS A DIR ON LunD SCHOOL.
ADDRESS ON LUND SCHOOL
Elder WcllIng Tells of Purposes of Its
Founding and the Progress
1t Has Made.

That the Religion class organization
in Salt Lake City Is a live organiza-
ton was evident by the large gather
Ing yesterday afternoon at whitney
hall. The occasion was the convention
OF Religion class workers OF the four
city stakes There were present three
of the stake presidents, several coun-
selors, a number of high councillors, most
of the bishops, all the superlntendencie
of the Religion classes, ana the largest
number of workers ever got together In
Religion class gathering Of these four
stakes. The general board was repre-
scented by Elders John Henry Evans,
Joseph j. Cannon, Joseph Jensen and
Willard Young.
The principal features were the run
ming fire of questions after All explains
ton Of the Mature and Use of tine New
Lcssonbooks." by elder Evans. and the
brief address of Elder yelling OF the
Lund school for boys. Mi. yelling told
how the school originated. the purposes
of its founding. and the progress it lns
made. There are now twenty-eight
boys there, he said, whom the school Is
endeavoring to teach three things. first
to work hard. second, to play fairly.
and, third. to tell the truth .Ceneral-
~" Mr.. yelling explained, boys who
come to us have crooked notions OF
things. They think the world owes
them something and that they have to
take 1t. Not expecting the square deal
from the world, they are not prepared to
give ii in return And the worst of
it Is, that they expect you to practise
the same rules of tho game that they
Nt..~ a..
mated in the general board of Religion
class and Is part of that organiza-
tim.
HERE TO GROW.
Some one asked whether the Religion
class has come to stay or not. Elder
Young answered that 1t had not only
come to stay but come to grow. He
explained that the institution would in
time como to be co-cXtcnsive with the
entire system of the state schools, from
the primary grades, through the high
schools and college, to the university
grade. 1T is greater than tho Church
school system" he said, of which it
is said to be part. because its field is
larger and because It can reach a wider
pupilship."
1t was decided unanimously to con-
tinue the monthly conjoint meetings III
which the Religion class work Is stud
led and in which the lessons are con-
Quoted by four teachers from the l.. u.
S. university. 1t was explained by Ed
or Evans, who is chairman of the
committee having charge of the work,
that the lessons this year will be MAIN
ly3 the application of some fundamental
educational principles to Religion class
instruction, instead of n presentation of
lessons as at last years sessions.
though any questions growing out of
tho teaching of the lessons will receive
attention also
The time and the place will be an-
nounced later.
VOTE TAKEN.
Similarly a vote was taken as to the
advisability and practicability of writ
ing every incident Or story in every les
son as Is done this year in the primary
lesson book, and 1t was unanimously
decided that it would be a good thing.
since 1t saves time and labor on the
part of the teachers and insures the
material to be presented, whereas 9TH
erwisc some of the lessons would lack
proper material.
Another interesting feature was the
singing by the children. A group of
children from the Twentieth ward sang
n song, as did also another group from
the Twenty-fifth ward Gladys Spry
sang .Kingdom of Heaven" and
Ar,elia Margctts sang a solo. Papers,
also, were read by Mrs. Mcdonald.
Della Pyper, Frank B. Cummings and
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