Show provo prove letter esteemed EDITOR thinking 0 s R short article on the summer normal norma institute of the B Y A and other counties of the territory interested now dow in session here would not be amiss I 1 hasten to write you a few beatt scattered ered fragments of the many excellent remarks and things done here is as they may present themselves to my memory I 1 left bountiful early monday morning august ath and arrived in this beautiful prosperous and progressive gres sive garden city over the D R k G W just in time to attend the mornings session of school 10 a in I 1 found about old young anti and middle age teachers in attendance all anxious and eager to hear bear cou consider sider and assimilate the mental feast in store prof giles lead in the shi singing gilig of the soul song america after prayer and introductions adress of welcome etc dr baldwin tile the noted teacher lecturer and psychologist ch from the university of tex gave an introductory lecture on the laws of tea teaching china he requested the teachers to hide their pencils and to listen think and work in a later lecture I 1 it was stated by one who addressed the teachers how u dozen note books had been carefully filled with notes taken home laid by and never looked at afterwards the laws of teaching are in substance that the teacher should be what lie he would have his become know thoroughly 0 tile the child ti id that which he be attempted to teach him use words that were easy to tile the childs comprehension all and apt illustrations easy to be understood der stood secure attention through 3 alt interest by easy steps lead from the known to the unknown train pupils to assimilate into unity that which the they acquire they should fineout fin dout and do for themselves children should study the best things and do their best iu in the best way teach so that right ideas will lie be gained and from them right conduct very interesting and practical lessons have been given to children by ladies from the cook co normal school ill misses baker and cook before the teachers assembled showing how bow they should be taugh in their primary classes in reading geography and numbers the little ones were so entertained and in te terest rested cd by the manners and methods of those lady teachers that they seemed to forget where they were and add attention with all tile the eyes and cars that they had bad they were lead to answer questions well for such little folks the training classes of the Y 31 M 1 I A and the S S are exceedingly interesting and instructive I 1 usually attend the school at 8 a in get out tit at 12 in return at 2 1 p m until 5 p ui in again at to 1 10 or 1030 1 p in daily the different from ode to two hours each prof stewart is 13 the lecturer who lias has iu in the main if nol 1101 wholly occupied two hours with his fig practical arithmetic lessons next week there will be quite a different program varius special courses being provided and given free as well as the regular lectures of these I 1 will endeavor to write you for your next issue well now for tile the funny part dr baldwin mone iu one of his lectures advised the ladies not to marry until they were about lawent twenty y live five this doctrine will hardly do for utah I 1 think ile he said they could accomplish much more after that time than before would be more capable and efficient ile he cited the incident of the test of gideons men spoken of lu in the tile the bible told the ladies not I 1 to marry A was one who got down and lapped water with liis his tongue instead of finding a better way a stupid debt that was asleep when lie he pro protested tented to be awake and that who followed in ill the ways of others or remained stationary not know 1 ing which way to go w was 1 1 s a mechanical ing ellan ch anical cal ma machine c hine kin kind of artisan r t i s an instead of a real living inventive artist ile he told the young men not to marry a 0 of a girl told the ladies if a troublesome fellow bothered them by coming to see them ove one that they did not want why to just not be at home who lie he came he be would soon quit coming but if it was a young 0 man they really liked for them to be at home every time h he is came and to entertain bertain and please him the best they could and the strong probability was that ho be would keep coming if a young man loved a girl to tell her so 80 and not be afraid perhaps she had bad been waiting for a long while wishing earnestly wit he be or some one else would oue one of the lady lecturers said she wished it distinctly understood that was not dot against advising the girls to get married in to the contrary she advised e dehem them to marry good live wide aw awake ake men and to stick to them your humble servant is somewhat adventurous advent erous prof cluff who is superintendent of the hie county in which I 1 expect to teach sent seat me to a boarding house where there were no unmarried ladies except tile the hired 9 girl irl and the other fellow seemed to be looking after her some one remarked about this being a dire state of affairs my appetite was tolerably well satiated in every way but in in this way As I 1 was going to say the person remarked about this matter that there ought to be some ladies in the boarding house gelf if there was said one bashful young man id find an other boarding house well I 1 found one because there was ent anya found a boarding house where thre there were all lady boarders only occasionally a gentleman gent laman coming in I 1 came near losing may speech owing tile the dia dialers lems but am fast regaining it now I 1 have to ask the blessing upon the food most of the time and take lead in this promiscuous family I 1 am in it and getting along alright 0 now then getting introduced to the ladies some of them have names with a handle I 1 declare I 1 do get into a fix when I 1 want to speak to one of them and cannot because I 1 dont remember tile the name ive got at it the right way now when I 1 am not introduced to them in wholesale quantities I 1 ask miss you come from what part of the country miss where did you attend school last year and so I 1 ask all kind of questions each time tima pronouncing no noun cing the name ill get there by and by I 1 mean to the end of this article I 1 went out and was introduced to a young lady who looked like she had been stung by a bee on one side of her mouth and as though the roof of a house had bad fallen on her squarely she very tall she said 1 I just wish I 1 had some young man to go out with I 1 am so lonely down here I 1 dont know anybody I 1 told her that I 1 was not in the business at least I 1 was well I 1 was too bugy bruiy to attend to her but told her to get acquainted at tile the boarding house I 1 had just left there was lies peace ce and plenty there anyhow I 1 managed to evade her and get away I 1 have bave had bad narrow escapes before now I 1 am revenge there are many things that might be interesting and perhaps perli aps I 1 way may writ write e again aguill bishop booth this evening ad addressed dres what is known as the tile the sunday sund ay school class of teachers in a very in I 1 interesting te and humorous way tiBE PROVO O cur CITY august 0 1833 1803 SCHOOL SECOND WEEK the last week of the summer school at the B Y A provo opened an aug lath and ami closed aug aug dr baldwin the eminent educator continued his lectures on psychology chol aud and education lie ile deals with willi his subject in a scholarly manner and lie he is certainly cerla a waster workman most of his life has been sp ent cut teaching and his instructions have not been confine to children as he be has been a teacher of teachers in four foul hundred summer schools in different of the united states the doctor expressed himself as never having met a more energetic and persistent school of teachers than the ones he met will within ill lie ile is a devout christian Clit ben being 0 his model teacher ile he said 1 I have learned more in the art of teaching from tile new jestam testament ent than llian from any other book ever written the old schoolmaster like the hie military commander said go the rhe modern school teacher like christ should say come follow me into the held field of knowledge know lege dr loald baldwin avin says A man who does not believe in the supreme being is not a fit person Pel sOll for a school teacher a trustee school superintendent ft a parent or in any way to be connected with the life of a child A number dumber of lectures on science and education were delivered by dr talmage lie treated the subject in an all attractive yet practical way performing many simple experiments peri ments which demonstrated great truths truth dr maeser in speaking of dr talmage says lie he is a phoneme we non in a very forcible manner dr j maeser spoke of at the early bogues aristotle froebel eto etc dr is the pioneer of pedagogy III in this territory and is termed the he father of education in utah prof Brim brimhall ball lectured on the recitation and school devices the lectures were very instructive on account of being so practical prof cluff gave two lectures one on teachers problem tile the other on pedagogy Y in addition to these eminent educators lectures wet were e given liy by a number of other persons on a variety of subjects pertaining to school work we also had besides the summer school a S S and Y bf MI I 1 A courses course which were conducted by cluff Brim brimhall ball and drs maeser and hardy there were about four hundred in attendance most of whom were district school teachers they were all highly satisfied with the school there were nine from davis county six of whom were from bountiful DONT SIGN |