Show U C T A another interesting session of hiie association the regular meeting of the IT 0 T A took place at the central schoolhouse saturday november with vice president cr ahl brimhall presiding the minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted sir jos A beeso of spanish fork presented the principles leading to successful composition and public speaking one thing eaid ho is necessary to a success in this braach as in all other branches natural aptitude andar which maybe considered a clear head a quick tion a sensitive ear As hindrances he mentioned mental sies a deficient verbal memory an made quate sense of logical dependence but a little of order and a lack of constructive ingenuity ity among the several rules given the following is given aa an abstract deduce the friction to a minimum by using short sentences using only such words phrases and clauses as are needed to sensibly convoy the meaning economize the recipients attention by using the right choice of words but arrangement of clauses proper order of principal and subordinate propositions in the judicious use of the simile metaphor and other figures of speech and in the rhythmical sequence of syllables use saxon english aren brally and these of other origin occasionally casio nally adjourned until p m members met adjournment president GH made a few remarks after which the association took up the general query in which of my classes is the least inter estand why spanish fork and springville Spring ville found the least interest manifested in IV grade physiology provo pleasant grove payson and american fork found tue greatest difficulty in arousing interest in the teaching of morals and manners many good suggestions were offered by different members conversational reading by pleasant grove and oratorical reading by american fork followed the discussion queries were answered by american fork santaquin San and spanish fork 1 how should discipline be secured discipline may be secured by compelling the will of the child to sur render to the will of tho teacher this method however is less effective than where the will of the child is developed at first by operative cooperative co submission to a superior will it is much easier for a child to execute a rule which he has assiter to make 2 what should an education accomplish com for a pupil an education should help the pupil to carry out his natural inclination it should da celop the religious moral intellectual and physical qualities so that be is a better citizen and better able to perform his life labors 3 what are the symptoms of a diseased mind in a child defective memory slight attention non con to law or order carelessness and disrespect for self and others may be regarded as symptoms sym of a diseased mind for want of time department work was deferred until the next convention adjourned for two weeks at 1030 a m MAY cor sec |