Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-16
COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS.

gcuce seem 90 imagine that withou.
knowing anything Boo particular OF what
is broadly termed nature. they are
ncvertheless educated. but the sup
position d. an illusion
There can be- mo- real or sufficient
education that is not founded. directly
or. indirectly upon natural phenomena;
that is upon reality or the appearance
OF reality
A person may learn words languages.
occurrences. events, history politics. or
law, but since many of the terms used
in oven these branches of learning are
taken from natural appearance, they
depend for their ultimate meaning uro..
what one knows or believes OF -~sIty.
10 is true that a person may learn To-
use words. even volubly. and 90 talk
glibly OF events. 400 the while m.scon-
STRUNG the basic meaning and true
significance Of many OF the terms Do
employs for uwt purpose. but such a
person is only superhcaUy educated.
and cannot rise 90 emnenco In any
line
All real thinkers those. that is. who
think truly. aim 90 conform their think
ing 60 some natural law. 80 that IL
corresponds with TRUTH or reality. for
IL is easy enough TO let tho fancy run
riot or to permit the Imagination To
supply tho basis OF thought. but all
such thought viii then be fancifuI. UNI
real, and generally false And even in
such cases the alleged thinking must
proceed upon the basis Of what is sup
posed to be real. but is only SUPPOSE
ton. Consciously or otherwise. an that
We have to say Is based upon natural
appearances
Because OF this fact-this law Of
thinhng-it is OF the utmost Impor-
lance in the view OF modern educators.
that the images which we form II
natural phenomena shall represent. as
far as possible the truth OF things
rather than vague fancies about them.
When therefore. it happens that coll
lection from natures storehouse is arr
ranged and placed before the public
this rs an event OF more real signin-
canoe than court proceedings or the
gossip OF society
The collection Of Lipidortera present.
ed 10 the University. as noted last
week in our local columns ought to di-
rect attention 20 the fact that such
| collections serve many valuable nur-
poses and that they may be made by
persons who have not had the benefit
Of an education IN the science of onto-
mology.
There is no reason why many moro
people should not engage in this kind
OF recreation, which couduces 30 strong
~ 20 health and knowledge, and which.
ga schools. serves also tho purposes OF
the best forms Of elementary teaching
Every school, even those for the
youngest pupils. could soon possess
valuable cabinets. not only OF insects
but Of other animals. and also OF
plants. if only some thoughtful people
In every town would set the example OF
making such q collection. Every
high school should have % room
set apart for the use of those
students who arc especially in
tsrostod BOZ tho study OF natural his-
tory. and they should be stimulated 20
label arrange and preserve the results
off their collecting tours The expense
Co tine school is merely nominal while
the practical value of such out-of-door
studies is incstmablc, whether for stu-
dents of other people.
Tho greater collections of insects in
this country are 90 Doe found iu univors-
flies and museums. Those of the
government. kept u Washington. are
especially large ana Interesting as arc
also those of Harvard University Of
the Boston Society OF Natural History
Of the Academy of Natural Sciences Ia
Philadelphia. and OF the Carnegie mu-
scum in Pittsburgh.
While such an ayocat,on is 30 easy
and pleasant that almost any one may
engage Ia IL apart from his usual ayo-
cation. the collecting OF insects has
often had an especial charm for people
Of superior knowledge. and many Of
the higher nobility OF Europe have en-
gagged with success iu this educational
diversion. The Grand Duke Nicholas
OF Russia, Or. St1udiugcr Of Dresden,
Germany. NJ. Charles Oborthur Of
Bcnnes. France. ana not few Of the
| English nobility have made extensive
collections of their own. I'm our own
country, the greatest collectors have
haen Or w. J. Holland. whose books
ON butterflies and moths are filled with
coIored plates taken from his own spe-
cimens and representing most Of the
| classes OF these beautiful insects 10 be
found here; Or. samuel II. scudder.
author OF magnificent, three-volume
/ work on the butterflies OF New Eng
| land. and Mr.. w. H. Edwards, whose
| work ON the butterflies OF North Ameri-
"a. also Ia three volumes, sells for $3.50.
/ Even this pr.ce is said 20 be- below the
cost OF manufacture, while the work OF
DR. scutter is likewise sold, and at a
probable loss 70 the publishers for SIS
per copy
Thanks 20 the development Of color
printing IN recent years. plates of spec
cies IN their natural colors, cost much
less than formerly and such books as
those OF Or. Holland which are SUE
| nclent for an but specialists, may De
had for four or five dollars each
II has been supposed that mission
aries To- foreign lands could bring OF
send home much illustrative material
OF this sort. and this is, 20 a limited
extent. true. but unless a person has