The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-29
WHICH DENOUNCES
THE SOCIAL EVIL
Existence Of Restricted Dis
triCt Is Decried in the
Strongest Terms.
STRINGENT LAWS ASKED
G-anitc School Teacher Would Have
Those Responsible for Sit
uation Punished.

Coudcwuiu- ae abrorrcuf. immoral
unciviiizcd and uuc1ristianiikc the
maiutcnan~c ~ q segregated and unmo-
Tested restricted district" In this or
any other city and calling upon the leg
stature 20 pass laws that would enable
patriotic citizens Co ua' out Of office
and into tho rerifcufIary any official
q no dtshouors th" fair name % this
state. Parker o. Pratt teacher AZ tho
Granite high school. presented 20 the
Utah Teachers association at its gen
rr1l meeting tn the Assembly hall yes
ferdav afternoon the most radical and
sensational resolution that has been
presented 20 the convention.
The resolution. which follows. con
dennis Tor breach ~ holy promise and
pcrvcrsiou ~ solemn covenant. each
and every officer eworn TO uphold tho
laws Of this state who may be guilty
or the alleged prostitution OF the fair
name or the state OF Utah.
Whereas We. the teachers. super
intcudeuts and trustees 81 Utah schools.
arc gathered together In general as
Ecmbly. and
Where's. We have dedicated our
lives and our energies 20 the intellect
ual. spiritual and moral uplift Of our
fair state and
whereas. We arc the legally ar
pointed guardians Bon part % the bows
and girls % today-fhc citizens Of to-
morrow r.ro must be tho bulwarS Of
our future commonwealth. and
"Whcrrdr salt Lake city has the only
segregated. uumoicstcd gtoCkadc and
rcd light district tn the United states.
whereas. such condition strikes ar
the very roots Or our homes and is a
menace 90 the health. the happiness
and the purity 81 our sacred fircsidcs.
Therefore. We. the men and women
of the Utah state Teachers association.
do highly resolve
That our pioneer mothers and Dio-
g. "a "a
That we condemn az ahhorrcnt. iwmor-
81. unCivilizcd and unchristisulilye the
doctrine that tho social evil is neces-
Eary evil en- our modern city itfc.
THAT We condemn for breach OF holy
promise. pcrvcrsiou 81 solemn covenant
each and every officer sworn to uphold
the laws or our state.
And De- 10 further resolved.
That as The people give and the pco-
pie take away. therefore we. the Utah
Teachers association. hereby call upon
the legislature about to convene I'm salt
Lake city 90 pass The necessary laws
enabling our patriotic citizens 90 put
out 81 office ard into the pcnitcntisry
any public official who dishonors the
fair name n our great and glorious
state
70 D~noustrstion-
The entire resolution was not read 90
Che delegates. After President Ma
thonihah Thomas bad granted Mr
uudrrstandiuE arose. ar. Pratt started
fo explain his reason for introducing
. the resolution. The chair interrupted
him 90 say that be had been granted
the privilege 70 introduce "a resolution
but discussion must come later. and not
af this time. President Thomas asked
20 read tho resolution.
Mr.. Pratt handed him the paper on
which 90 tras written. and the president
read the first half % the manuscript
and iaid % aside with tho announce
-ncut that the resolution would be re-
ferrcd Co the committee on rcsoluttoui
and acted on in regular order. There
was no demonstration from the large
DIT. John ". Cook. former president
- the National Eduoational associs
tigu. and now president Of the Illinois
state Normal school. was tho priuctpa
speaker Of the afternoon His them,
was Modern Tendencies In Education
In part he said:
.fsducation Is civilization In the proc
eeg Of making Education o. civilization
struggling 90 survive. TO succeed W.
must have both practical and theoret
seal knowledge. Practical as the edu
cation % savaEes In getting food aut
clothing theoretical. In the religion
and higher sense.
virtue of Pollteness.
"rorenkranz SAYS that 20 civilizc
child is 90 teach the virtue of politness
form the equality between men am
women Therefore We must have mora
and religious CIVILIZATION. hlGucAt re
gard for the OmnipOtcnt being Tit
child must take upon himself immor
fn1ffv Death must hc mere incident
More should be thought about kecpini
children out Of he'll than keeping bel
out ~ children. 7 am reminded Of IN
teacher who stood with a rod and
Latin grammar On his hand and salt
20 "a stubborn pupil. Which OF thes'
will you havcT The child got both.
I'VE are afraid OF ideals. but VIC hav'
goa 20 form them The American poo
nic like problems. and 20 organize mol
viduaia everything should De ap
r-oacred with a queatiofs, mark. Wha
,,-r want g. the method 81 child.
~Ffnd out what the child needs IN ~
trade FInd out what 10 II he want
most. ict him have a.. but give - TO hin
An such 4 manner that he VIII ncc'
reading and writing and arithmetic Z
rcf a. There o. room IN the Hchoo
room Tor n kings Intellect
~yvo have humanity before us an'
--o rhaW stand awcstricken before loni