Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-28
coNyENr1oN KEY NOTES.

Thomas that the educational convcn-.
ton may firmly grasp and fairly solve
some OF the greater questions of this
vocation so closely identified with the
general welfare.
The teachers association had n very
suspicious opening. Governor Spry gen
orally is ut his best when speaking on
the training of the youth, and he made
"a favorable impression upon the large
audience in his address of welcome. as
did also the mayor, in behalf of this
city That the wcll-timed remarks
We're more than formal expressions OF
their personal interest in this great
cause was perfectly evident from the
careful selection OF their subject matter
and also from the emotion apparent in
their delivery of It. When the highest
elective officers thus Identify them
selves with the interests of the masses
OF the people in the better training OF
the youth. then the cause OF education
Is certain of speedy and definite ad-
rancement
Education" said DR.. Brimhall, in his
response to the Governors hearty
g greetings. rs the right hand of the
goddess OF liberty; and we are here
with the expectation of helping to hold
that hand above the clutch of political
part;sanism''
In the same speakers apt phrase,
the teachers came to the convention
with the expectation that our awaken
ing may be more perfect-that our
"
transition taking place in the art or
teaching.
Tic rapid trend from the textbo
to the laboratory, from the telling to
the finding out: from the artificial in
centive to the inspiration Of interest;
from the external coercion to the inter-
nal awakening. He remarked that the
schools are passing into an era when
the lesson assignment shall be fewer
pages and more problems; when the
+ ability of the individual rather than
outlines Of instruction shall he the
measure Of school requirement.
The real key note to the proceedings
of the convention was admirably struck
by President Thomas in his opening
address. He hoped that the present
. .
session of the association would be one
devoted to the more general issue of
preparing men and women than to the
idea OF institution iwork--that Is. of
sharpening the tools so to speak, OF
the teachers vocation.
Several larger matters he declared to
be pressing for adjustment; of these
& the relations between trustees and
teachers he regarded as paramount. His
own conviction, which We believe the
psoplc generally Will share, was that
the trustee has merely general and
not special supervision Of the work OF
the school He should not assume to
direct the work of the teacher who is
the expert chosen Tor the special pur-
pose OF performing a certain piece OF
technical labor. Likewise. the trustee
shall not seek TO save the funds en-
trusted TO Ills management. but wiscly
cSpcnd them On the other hand. the
teacher may we'll be expected to be an
expert in his profession II the old
ndagc is true" said Mr.. Thomas. "if
We are receiving the benefits of all past
agcs--if life now represents the sum OF
experiences which have passed-thcn
~, ~. ,,,,,,soa ,osn,ns,hi,it;cs of
this time, the father and the mother
MA IN hr,uyht INTO closer to,,ch
i With the lnbors Of the experts In the
educational field
49,, ,,,,tn i, !, uronos,tion of great
~, ~, ,r,t .hou,d mud rco,lv
,,,.,,,., ,nd ,nnrovoI Th,, teachers;
y,n,s. % mo trur narcnt's dccpcst
,n,norr ,n1 IL also the cspccial caro-
nj no state The education of the
.,,,t, 10 IN. r,,l work Of mankind
IN, n,.;n,ipol ,ccupa,ion OF every truly
o,,i,iyod nronIc
Il. ~ ,hp utmost inheritance that
III. ,,c,t work be well done, and that
ia teacher above an other community
h.lncrs have The right attitude toward
III, ,,.,,., In unraunncc of this idea
~, i. 4, hcpinninr 10 This end. tho
,,,,.,d.nt st,,tc,I nm, Two great renorts
$40 h,cn nrcunr,a to submit To this
convention ono ON ..,rho Physical
Euai. ar rauration, viii undertake
Il, shn,v mo ncccssitys Of n closer. more
,,o,,,,,,, ana ~ thr Same limo n
NO., ,ondc,. c,r, pf The suh-uormnl
,,hi,1 arm mas horc,nrorc been deemed
,s;,l a.. ,,..nnti,,