Show J SECOND DAYS SESSION V Teachers Convention Most Successful Yet Held DR J OSHEAS FINE LECTURES oJ I rd Delivered Two Yesterday Both Be irg Pronounced Masterpieces in Their jfltCrethng Papers and Discussions by Tocal and Visiting EducatorsLarge Attendance at All Three Sessions Teachers Tender Ten-der Dr OShea a Delightful Recep Christensens tion at j Yesterday the officers of the Utah chers assOciation were re State Teachersassociation ifearty congratulations of celvlnff the members and friends of the association apd Interest attend ng on the success the annual convention now in session have far surpassed in this city Both the most san the expectations of oven ulncof the committees and the pre 1 St one trill be chronicled in the an k nala of the association as the mot memorable convention yet held I It is agreed that In Inviting Dr t OShea to deliver series of lectures I during the convention the executive committee not only did a service for 4 the teachers but for the public at I large He Is a scholarly cultured man with admirable breadth of vision and originality of thought and a way of I presenting his Ideas altogether pleasIng pleas-Ing and impressive He delivered two I lectures yesterday both of which were pronounced masterpieces In their line and furnished food f011 thought for teacher and parent alike and If I his suggestions are carried out even apart I a-part of themthere must be many improvements I im-provements along educational lines In I t the State I There were three sessions yesterday I at all of which the attendance was most gratifying In the evening both the lower and upper floors of the Assembly As-sembly hall were fled Good music I wa furnished at all these sessions by the pupils of the public schools and I r In the evening by a quartette composed of Messrs Pyper Spencer Whitney and Patrick 3 At the afternoon session today President I Presi-dent Kerr of the Agricultural college 1 will Introduce i resolution favoring university the establishment of a national versity Washington and said last 1 evening that he hoped to be able to secure favorable action by the convention conven-tion ton TREND OP TH TEENS 1 Trend of the Teens was the subject I 1 t > t Dr OSheas lecture last evening I and he dealt with tie adolescent period pe-riod of youthits tendencies emotions I instincts and activities and the best way of meeting the changing conditions condi-tions and guiding the formative character char-acter aright He set forth that it is j in this period tHat boys and girls most readily respond to religious Impulses to appeals for reform and likewise yields to temptation He described minutely riie growth of boys and girls at this period and the effect upon them in a mental and physical way read I essays from students at the University telling of their experiences during those trying years many of which are common to all boys and girls in that period of their lives c I is In this period of life that a boy first becomes selfconscious he said t and insisted that there was nothing more disastrous to his life than to have him brought In to be exhibited before company He characterized selfconsciousness as one of the diseases dis-eases of adolescence and said if a boY were Drought into a room where I strangers were he would have his large hands and feet so much In mind that there would not be room for any thing else The thing to be done with a boy at this period pf life said the speaker was to fill hlsaife with things to be done and not to make thIPS8 scious of himself SCHOOLS NOT TO LAM Dr7 OShoa would not cut down the school currlcul m or take boys and girlsout of school l at this period of life when often they seem to break down L and the blame is laidat the door of the J schools He thought the breakdown of young girls were more often due to the demands of i society th ofen the de mans f the Schools and said that In other countries girls do coutrie not enter BO clety until they have unll passed this pe riod of life while in America they enl ter when they please He wlen pleae thought too 5C more genuine literature more Ino bfslory and the real vital things genu In science were put into the school cur riculum It would be 6cho01 WQuldo keep more boys in school after koop L ino grades acel they pass 1 The speaker denounced the use of L erIodIn 1iquor and tobacco In thIs formative oi excess tact He denounced every form excess approved strongly of religious relgious training and said ad that the agencies le fancies exiting at present exlaUnS for the religious training of boya and wero not fulls meeting the girlS time and meelng needs of the tme I thought It was a cryIng need a n crlngi to 1nake religious i make training mOre Vital mora real trining The emotions of the cmolons 1 youngparUcu 1ury that of lovewere and lovewere then dealt g lonsc ot character the speaker In said that this pie fleels to be the young peo 1leneels dealt find delt wIth most wIsely r rnd suggested that thatbova and girls brought together grls be at school and then more in a sOcial way the secrecy about the there matter would that not be noW 18 mater there Dr OShen approved of the plan adopted bJ the Y M C A It w and said wa dOing a vast amount of becaus good beC It does not SOd must dos say toa 1oy You not do nuslnot this Ides no and that und pro means to OCCUpy his but has energies proldcs studIe what a boy likes anti thoe means for his ment In its hi amuse idea tiat is halls He advanced the nl a it is boy must play bill IaicTh i bettei to play bUIar4s them In that the church If i boys and tlat girls letler that they must dunce It Is the should dance under supervision great desire of the teacher His sreatceslre was lo keep the saloon the boy out of because he a sid a man Imbibes alcohol son a tion in any condl he ton goes back Into sager the condition oc Acton said Dr chief OShea Is one of the expressions of the I Youth thelefore he and where a lOy recommended could gymnasium altllt Instead Work off his surplus I oC wasting it In Ing his annoy mother and sisters that the Be sail bully or trined athlete Is never 1 bUl a tease He 0 this was age such to a ThfIn1 mater did not far n think boy at it I 1 were whipped i7nnjitthousht lc j hc he one or his OWn would years receive yeors Could not receive In discipline which he Closing he Urged any other way II the Inlro moro flthltIc5 introducUon of Schools athletcs In public and pUblc high r and gid more to help sid athletics had done boys than Latin oftentimes through high school trof j H Ocntmcs Prof Paul aye the at the mOrning first paper morlng session and pica plea for made higher educatio a alsted that edUctou He In Without raml1ed wihout It man feels and limited that lmied He said kt higher edUcation too should 11 Bught ever is J for the Its educton because what be iI the divine mind truth The is a revelation o live teacher Inisted lve he w nIWa8 CVcr an Wa inspiration learning and Was I 1 fldancing Inplruton to his pupil by AdvnClS himself pupl 1Iclf and lead1n thni UVTV I lnS c P > r to do likewise Prof Pauls paper was discussed by Prof Eaton Prof Nelson Attewell Wooton and Prof Lynian WHAT RURAL SCHOOLS CAN DO What Can the Rural Schools Do Ito I Prepare Pupils for Agricultural Pursuits was presented by Dr E I G Gowans of Logan who said that inasmuch in-asmuch as a vast majority of the pupils of Utah were from the rural districts the curriculum of the public schools of those districts should comprehend com-prehend the practical training in all the industrial sides of life encountered upon the farm The paper was discussed dis-cussed by Prof Ernest Partridge of Provo Miss Rosalie Pollock of Salt Lake and Horace Cummings of the University Pupils of the Wnsatch school under the direction oc Ira F Schafiner then gave a chorus Lightly Sly Bark In a very creditable way Suggestion In Education and the Affairs of Life was handled In a masterly way by Tr OShea I was practical and helpful to a degree The speaker is not given to quoting other authorities or writers but presents his own arguments In such clearcut incisive and interesting style as to at once catch and hold the undivided attention of his hearers His lecture was made more interesting by a fund of apt Interesting illustrations to teachers and was particularly At the close of Dr OSheas lecture arecess coce taken until2 oclock THE NEW CURRICULUM a session Prof William At the afternoon WI liam M Stewart principal of the State normal read the first paper entitled en-titled The New Curriculum He touched slightly upon social organization organiza-tion but dealt chiefly with the relation ot the home to the school ond the different dif-ferent school to be pursued He maintained that the home should be the origin of good work in school and that the form of study should I be adapted to the nature of tho pupil He strongly asserted his belief in the training of the youth in art music and foreign languages and later the teaching of technical and scientific knowledge In universities This paper was discussed by Superin j tendent Georire W Decker nf tho I branch normal Miss Pincom of the State normal and John Sundvall qf I Kaysvllle Sundval SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE Principal Doxeys paper on School Architecture was rather aggressive especially In his allusions to some of those who draw up plans somO school buildings he referring to them as Incompetent In-competent carpenters and masons He outlined iow he thought a schoolhouse shouldjbe built and made spveral sug gestions as to the geston arrangement of schoolropms Prof M A Merrill of Logan followed with an able discus sion of the subject During the session a chorus of young boys and girls from the Washington school and another of ghla from the Sumner sang two pretty vaongs which were greatly appreciated TjyT the audi ence telegram from the Colorado Teach ers association now in session was received and read and on motion of Prof Paul acknowledged and greet ings turned and compliments of the season re AT THE RECEPTION I A very delightful feature of the con vention was the reception given cn yes t terday afternoon at Christensens In honor of Dr OShea The large hall had I been beautifully decorated for ha1 Refl I and Black party and the pretty tea tables placed In the four comers and the cirlcrs center of the room were most attractive The violet table was t corned with violets and streamers of violet ribbons from the chandelier and tea was served by the Misses Evelyn and Gertrude Riley Fforenbo T Riey Foren a Dye eena McKnight and Winifred whilehead The red table had red rib b one and red carnations and carnatons was pre sided over by the ane Parson Foster Lane Wilkinson and Par Larsen Oi WiUcnson Pink and white carnations and pink ribbons graced the table presided over presldCd by the Misses Bishop Mises Bshop Kendall Murphy Barr and Emma Brown yel low l chrysanthemums and ribbons the table where the Misses Crltchlow S owl s and Williamson Crichlow greenrlbhons with white carnations and snapdragons where the Misses Woodmansee Seokels presided Paul Ilarker Keate and In the main receptionroom tho receptonroam re ceiving party stood including Mrs Mc Vlcker Dr OShea Dr Klngsbury and llng8burynd Prof Kerr Here Dr OShea met hundreds of teachers from various parts ot the State and extended a kindly greeting to all During the reception hours which receplon lasted from 4 1 until C oclock Chrlsten sens orchestra rendered a fine stro rendCoed fne pro gramme which added much to the pleasure of the event TODAYS PROGRAMME This morning department meetings I I will be held at the State meetng I school At 2 oclock at the Assembly hall the election of officers will I bo held and at 3 oclock Dr OShea will lecturc on The School of the Twentieth Gem II tury J Stop the Couch and Work OfT tho Cold Laxative BromoQulnlno Tablets cure a cold in one day No Cure No Pay n Price 2o cents |