| Show i EUCATORS OF UTAH Half a Thousand of Teachers In Convention at Provo STATE ASSOCIATION MEETS SPLENDID ADDSESS DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT BTtnvnTATT Importance of the Organization Its Delations to the Home and t the State Every Parent I the State I Interested The Oldest Superintendent Super-intendent Speaks Special to The Herald jTrovo Dec 27The convention of the ta State Teachers association cornered here at S oclock this evening even-ing in the auditorium of the Brigham Young academy Between 500 and COO teachers from all over the state were present and i is expected the number 1 be augmented tomorrow IOn I-On the platform were Dr John R Park President G H Brimhall Mayor Hoibrook President Benjamin Cluff jr vt the B Y academy J M Tan lur resident of the State Agricultural of Ooitgv Superintendent Allison Wther county and others The proceedings were oDened with Player by Stake President Edward Partridge of Utah county WELCOMED BY HOLBROOK Mayor Holbrook on behalf of the residents of the city of Provo delivered i war address of welcome to the members of the convention in the course of which he said that this was an age of conventions and organization organiza-tion Business men organIze for their trotection and financial interest but teat lit rs organize for the nobler purpose pur-pose of promoting the education and advancement of youth and the speaker had no doubt that this convention would prove of great assistance to the teachers whom i was his pleasing duty to heartily welcome to Provo Miss May Young and Miss Emma Johns very acceptably rendered a duet REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLUFF President Cluff of the B Y academy srid the teachers had a great work to accomplish the magnitude of which he a a teacher fully realized as he did also the importance of the work to be done by the convention President Presi-dent Cluff closed by complimenting the I I I I i f zII President Cluff of the B Y Academy teachers on the great interest taken in the convention Surer ntendent Allison returned thanks for the hearty welcome extended I ed to the teachers by the city of Provo throuh its mayor and expressed appreciation ap-preciation of the splendid accommodations accommoda-tions provided for them to conduct tluir business A piano solo by S Monahan proved avery a-very pleasing interlude THE OLDEST SUPERINTENDENT Superintendent Wooton or Watch couty was introduced as the oldest sur trintendent of schools in the state Mr Wooten referred to the profession of teacher as the most honorable of all the professions and paid a high tribute trib-ute to Superintendents Park and Mae scr which was received with great ap platft Mr Lamereaux of Logan rendered tvo vocal solos which were warmly applauded THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS President G H Brimhall of the State T > achers association then delivered his address to the convention a foIl foI-l J sIr s-Ir the few minutos allotted it will be iXJaps appropriate to make some plain Ht writs and venture a few susges tc r < with but little or no attempt ar gamen ative In support of either I nfl st be a pleasure to every member of the Ltah State Teachers association to kr > w and feel that his or her individuality individu-ality is an integral part of an educational coUrtivity having for its object the advancement ad-vancement of itself through the better l I I t i r fill f 1 W J t I i I I WJ G H Brimhall President of the Utah State Teachers Association Stt Tcher Assocaton meat of its members and the strengthening strengthen-ing of the lines of Interest existing be 11 twfa the various educational factors of whih our civilization is the product It has been said that an army with arrows may be repulsed but one with ideas is irresistible Granted it still will be well to remember that it is an army Ian I-an organized deciplined army and not a moving mass Organization is one of the cssntial functions of intelligence the iormer is too latters device for hiffher lormr operaton One hundred ambitious teachers armed with advanced ideas each pushing proudly ahead without any common Interest may make a grand display dis-play of originality and even in some particulars par-ticulars brIng about a sort of temporary experimental revolutionEut a much fewer number through a unity of understanding understand-ing and seconded by a union of effort will be able to cause an educational evo lutiOif profitable and permanent Wo are ever passing as Spencer says from ae stat of the agreement of the uniformed to that of the disagreement of the enquiring and thence to the agreement agree-ment cf the Informed And it will be observed ob-served that the most rapid onward move nent is during the time of agreeing to disagree war for the sake of peace is always justifiable and divergence for the sake of unity is commendable Nothing short of constant free inquiry can prop erly extend the circle of thought and sympathy sym-pathy either public or private Every common interest must have the qualities of manysidedness otherwise the I friction of selfishness and schism will stay the advance of the whole wl i is true that every division of life must emphasize I em-phasize self growth the emphasis should not be under the law of animality I Growth not by domination and destruc tion but rather under the law of human ity Expand by aiding and elevating others Our organization is one of maya may-a part of a great social totality and the welfare of the one is the welfare of the many Its growth can never take from I but in the very nature of things must add to all the others RELATION TO THE HOME The association is the direct representative represent-ative of the schools private and public The home is also closely related to i aso as its members are the foster parents of the children during many of the most receptive re-ceptive and impressional hours of their I lives Every parent or guardian is very closely related to the success or failure of this organization for i to succeed means better teachers means better schools means better results for the same amount of child time and opportunity I and while the school can never supplant the home a an educational factor it can I i supplement it just to the extent that the other educational forces aid the school I and its auxiliaries j RELATION TO THE STATE The old Persian policy of planting in I the school what is to be reaped by the state is one that has been pursued by i civilization down to the present and it j ones Utah stands in the same relation to this state organization as the Union does to the National Educational association To contemplate the growth of one is to anticipate the growth of the other Through this organization not only a knowledge of but an acquaintance with the educational status of every part of the state may be had The wants and needs of the various localities can be obtained ob-tained without extra expenditure of public pub-lic money I can become the means of providing for and protecting the progressive progres-sive teacher while it pushes the pedant and quack out of the ranks of salaryre ceivers Its chief function is to elevate and unify the educational interests of Utah Alone it must struggle on slowly aided it can arrive at extensive unssful l ness in time to more than repay for every effort put forth to assist i THE PRESS This great educational factor has ever been kind to our organization We have been heard of and heard from through its thousandtongued columns without reserve When little has been asked much has been given We have thus a friend A champion bravo alert and strong to defend the right and oppose the wrong The press seems to sense the fact that its glory is added to by educational edu-cational growth in any direction BUSINESS INTERESTS It has bean a matter of conjecture why our national educational executive committee com-mittee has never been able to secure as low transportation rates for teachers to attend the great educational meetings as religious organizations have secured for their members to attend continental conferences con-ferences and why fishing parties and football teams can ride in chair cars more cheaply than men and women whose greatness consists more in mindfulness than in muscularity and who are doing more for patience and painstaking than pleasure seeking But there is another phase of this problem prob-lem Ours is an age of action united action and I will venture the prediction that when the teachers of America move with all the unity and enthusiasm of the Christian Endeavor members toward any point of gathering they will be accorded gtherng all that is granted to others and when Discussion on Wherein Are We Edu i cationally Wasteful led by J A Smith of Ogden and Samuel Oldham I of Logan I j The Relative Value of Text Books and Oral Instructions by Professor Millspaugh of Salt Lake Discussion by George A Eaton of Ogden and others The afternoon session will be devoted to kindergarten and primary organizations organiza-tions and will include discussion by Ida Coombs of Payson and W F Roy lance of Salt Lake on The Likes and Dislikes of Children and on The Child and Its Relationship by Miss May of Salt Salt Lake Lake and Rev L B Ridgely of e S Ti ili1 I giiii B Y ACADEMY PROVO WHEBE ABE TH ASSOCIATION MEETINGS goes without saying that whatever movement move-ment either I Ia is made in n public or private the direction of elevating the schools is i deserving at least the commendation of the state or the moral support of society The American teachers impelled by what may be termed pedagogical patriotism have effected the greatest educational organization or-ganization the world has ever had a teaching fraternity unparalleled in any age the National Educational associa j 1 Uonf i the nation is proud and why not when it is one of the levers by which I our republic is not only held in her high position but constantly raised to higher Utahs educators operate witn tne oneness one-ness of a Rugby eleven they will demand de-mand and receive favorable consideration Perhaps however it has not occurred to some of our financial friends that there is no absolute value even in the real estate When the savage held sway what was the fertile soil of Utah valley worth per acre What has given it worth Cultured inhabitants Take that which makes it valuable away and it becomes worthless increase that which gave it worth and the value rises I pays then financially to foster educational organizations organiza-tions they make men men make money SUGGESTIONS In view of making the association what i can and ought become it will be well to contemplate increasing the working capacity ca-pacity just as fast as the motive power interest increases Permit me to suggest that there be appointed a committee of nine consisting of three subcommittees representing the northern the central and the southern localities of the state Each committee of three will collect such data as will enable it to report to the committee of nine previous to the meeting of the association in iSiS the needs and wants of the various localities and the i committee of nine report to the association I asso-ciation its findings and the recommendations I recommenda-tions of the association be properly presented pre-sented to our state legislature at its next session to aid it in giving to our state thebes I the-bes possible school laws I Second That there be a committee to aid in the work connected with the national na-tional association ThirdThat special effort be made to have established a state bureau of information in-formation and also at least one experimental formaton mental school where methods may be I tested The need of system In educational experiment is apparent when it has been found that after two years test in our private normal schools an average pupil can reach the seventh grade wIth a foreign ca for-eign vernacular in such a manner as to have the work done bv him in this line rather accelerate than retard him in his other studies in fact i seems that the capability to think in two languages makes it easier than to think in one I appears however that they are giving too much attention to the consideration of quantity and its measurement and too little to the consideration of quality and lte its relations Calculation is emphasized at the expense of culture As President Elliot has it the least useful study uses up the most energy And the result is that graduates pass from the grades thoughtful perhaps but without any foundation whatever for literary taste which is one of the chief characterbuild ing forces Our young people attending eastern colleges nnu tnemseives as a ruio I noticeably strong in mathematical and I scientific pursuits but correspondingly weak in literary lines The socalled artistic element has been held in penmanship I ship at a wasteful expense of time and I toll and an experimental school would I I aid the typewriter in eliminating or malting malt-ing room for legibility and ease of execution today execu-tion the sole essentials of the writing of A bureau of information would indicate wherein we are weakest educationally and also furnish material that could be used in efectng such reforms as the advancement ad-vancement of the age demands The Boshard Pyne Brothers quartette quar-tette gave a rendition which was encored en-cored Reed Smoot introduced a the friend of education said that he had been I educated for a teacher but in What he termed his perversity had afterwards chosen to follow business pursuits He I I however was in full sympathy with the educators l The convention then adjourned until 930 oclock tomorrow mornIng r TODAYS PROGRAMME II I I follows The programme for tomorrow Is a I |
