Show TEAGHERS N SESSION Seventh Annual Meeting Began Be-gan Yesterday r I I I L I ADDRESSES ARE DELIVERED Ii tl r I J PresidentVan CottFavors the Em tlG L L 11 I I I t ploymontx of tho Most Competent 1 1 1 Teachers Irrespective o f Place of 1 Residence Stiys No Utah Talent Is If 1 1 IdlerAddress Welcome by Brig haUl S Young and Responses by r r 1 George Christensen and NephL J Anderson JI J The opening session oC the seventh annual meeting of the Utah State Teachers association was held last evening in the Assembly hall Not I many of the teachers from outside I points have reached the city so the ittendance was not large The session I f however was an interesting one and I the audience very appreciative The room was tastefully decorated J In the national colors while palms and plants adorned the rostrum After a pleasing selection by Best Bros string quartette and the invocation 1 invoca-tion by Rev Dr W M Paden President j Presi-dent Van Colt introduced Brigham S Young who in behalf of the teachers of Salt Lake extended to the visitors a cordial welcome He said that the teachers of Salt Lake City could not vo1rninp tliolr inlets nfc rllTI the citizens 1 of old their conquering heroes but 0I 1 what they had was at the service of the visitors He Invited them to visit 1 our institutions of learning and In this j connection said he hoped the time would come when the educational institutions 4 in-stitutions of Ulah would be the equal of any In tlie land and the graduates therefrom the peers of the graduates oC any school I of learning in the country TRIBUTE TO DR PARK i Mr Young paid a glowing tribute to the worth of the late Dr John K Park 1 J and said he revered him as he did few I men He ookc In terms of high praise of the calling of a teacher and as a citizen and parent welcomed them to the city Mrs William Iglehcart was also to have made an address of welcome but was prevented on account of illness so the address was read by Mrs E E Shepard It was the welcome from the mothers of the city particularly the clubwomen mothers who are deeply J interested in the movement to better q correlate the forces of home and school The speaker said that through mothers moth-ers clubs and l parents meetings deli 4 nile way had been pointed out by which mothers and teachers could remind each other of Ihe true object of education educa-tion which Is not the formation but Iho development of character As to tIe kind of character which boys and rlrls will need when turned into a chilly unindulgent world Mrs Igle lll art said she found the best answer In ISlbert Jlubbards little story A Message Mes-sage to Garcia portions of which were rrad to shovy that the great need of the world today is for men who can do i things rather than think about doing them To educate boys and girls to make them able and willing to carry a message to Garcia Mrs Igleheart said it would be ncccssarv to do away with the coddling I System atv > homc and I in i the school lliat etumUles anil the knocks l the doing for i themselves and for others are what develop the capacity I capaci-ty to stand alone and while a mother shudders to sec her boy climb to the top of trees If she is wise she allows him to climb and romp satisfied that the gain to the child of courage of I quickness of perception and action are of more conseaucncc than the soothing of the mothers fears GEORGE CHRISTENSEN RESPONDS George Christensen Superintendent of Schools of Sanpete county responded to the addresses of welcome and In behalf I be-half l of the teachers of the south sincerely 1 sin-cerely thanked those who had extended to them the word of cordial greeting and welcome Ho said the teachers realized that they were in good hands that they were proud J of the parent city of Its educational attainments its edifice I edi-fice < 1 and felt that the11city of the SalnUs vas a fit place in which to re telvo inspiration for the development of the minds Qio teachers of the State I are called upon to train In behalf of the teachers of the northern north-ern part of the State Ncphi Anderson Supsrlntendent of Schools ofBox Elder county expressed his gratitude for the expressions of good Will toward the visiting teachers Mr Anderson thought that more of the force which impels men to action in other spheres should be brought into the schools and that an effort should be made to bring about loser relations rela-tions between the school and the home But the great fundamental need of the I teacher Mr Anderson thought was in I i Hplrutlun Tho Ideal teacher said the speaker should be a poet a prophet and an Idealist a poet that he might I t appicclato the beautiful everywhere a prophet that he might look from the monotonous present Into the future I an Ideal hit that even though his idols bo shattered he nmv sot them up again more beautiful than boforc r At this point Mr Xat M Brlgham r favored tho audience with u solo Ben domeres Stream sung as only Mr r Brlghnm can sing HIP beautiful hal lad and In response to vociferous ap f plause rendered The Danube nivcr i another charming ballad PRESIDENT VAN COTTS ADDRESS Tho closing address of the evening was made by Oscar Van Colt president presi-dent of the association Ho referred first to the great advance made In Utah I in educational matters particularly during the past ten years and in tills 1 connection said ho found the peoplo taking the greatest interest In the schools demanding the best teachers I voting the taxes willingly and Insisting that the schools be conducted the full schOol year The teacher more than any individual said Mr Van Cott shapes the character of a child and whcnpver good teachers are found the buys anil girls under them makcself I reliant men and women Therefore a teacher nntst possess thc Qualities of a leader must interest his pupils in what they arc dolne must be efficient In the branches which he teaches and no teacher should he content with less than 100 per cent in the common branches Our standards arc higher than they were said Mr Van Colt but they are still too low Speaking of good teachers and their Influence upon children Mr Van Colt referred to Karl G Macser and the late T Eo Lewis and Dr John R Park and named many of the prominent men In Utah who had been trained under these teachers SHOULD EMPLOY THE BEST or the hue and cry recehtly made about the employment of Utah teachers teach-ers Mr Van Colt said if there had ever been any Idle Utah talent ho did not know It Where Is the Utah teacher teach-er who is too large for the chair In which he sits If you will show me one I will show you ten larger ones ready for occupancy We all favor talent but we Insist upon talent if we have to go to the ends of the earth for it In the employment of teachers there is but one thing to be considered and that Is the welfare of the children My advice to Boards of Education Is to get good teachers Get home talent If you can but get good teachers If Utah talent Is not Jlttcd it is unworthy to be considered The greatest evil In the schools of Utah today is the exercise ex-ercise of too much leniency with tho incompetent teacher When my place can be better I filled l I am no longer wormy 10 occupy u Every school in Utah should have a boiler teacher tomorrow than It has today It is only in the last part of the present century that the children of Utah have been blessed wIth the free public schools but it has come to stay and the man who raises Jils voice or his power against it should be considered con-sidered a public enemy President Van CoLt made a plea for more high schools In the State as feeders feed-ers for the University He gave credit to our fathers for what they had accomplished ac-complished In an educational way enumerated enu-merated the material improvements of the nineteenth century and closed by saying that the greatest need In tho education of the young today Is J the training In accuracy Mr Alfred Best sang My Redeemer and My Lord words from Longfel lows Golden Legend music by Dudley Buck after which the convention conven-tion adjourned until 0 oclock this morning I CONVENTIONS PROGRAMME This morning the convcntion will be called to order at ti oclock in the Assembly As-sembly hall After music and announcements an-nouncements a paper on To What Extent is Instruction in the Common Schools Defective will be read by Miss Jessie > Goddard of the Salt Lake 1 high school This paper will be discussed dis-cussed by Prof E J MacEwan of Logan Lo-gan Miss Alice Scoville of Salt Lake City and Prof N L Nelson of Provo Technical Grammar in Its Relation to Language Teaching is the subject of a paper to be presented by Prof John R Driggs of Pleasant Grove the discussion dis-cussion to be led by Miss Ella M Dukes of the Salt Lake high school and Prof John H Evans of the Latterday Saints college The afternoon will be devoted to department de-partment meetings to be held at the hUrh school The kindergarten dcparj mont will be conducted by Mrs Ida Snioot Duscnberry of Provo The primary pri-mary T deparlmenl will be I in cliaigc I of MIS llllUU ri VilllllUIl UL JTOVU MIS J M Bishop of Ogden will conduct the grammar department and Principal George A Eaton of the high school will lead the secondary tIn t-In the evening Prof William O Krohn Ph D of Chicago will lecture on Practical Child Study and Its Results Re-sults On Friday morning Prof James II Linford of Logan will read a paper on NatureStudy in Public SchoolsWhat Shall It Embrace and How Shall It Be Taught the discussion to be led by Prof George 11 Marshall of Ml Pleasant Plea-sant Miss Susan G Stokes of tho high school Prof George W Decker of Cedar City and Prof Horace Cummings Cum-mings of the University of Utah Prof Krohn will deliver the second in his I series of lectures on Mental AVaste and Mental EconomY in School Work at this session This will be followed by the election of officers Friday afternoon IT L A Culmcr will give an address oil The Domain of Art and Mrs Franc R Elliott will speak of Art as a J Factor In Publlc Education In the evening Piof Krohn will deliver tile third and last lecture l in tho series The Hunan Brain and Its Development Through Education This lectuie will be Illus t ia ted There will be but one session on Saturday Sat-urday In the morning Superintendent Frank B Cooper of Salt Lake will give an address on Cooperative Work Between I Be-tween Parents and Teachers the discussion dis-cussion to be led by Altewall Wooton of Midway A C Nolson of Manti will read a paper on The Free TextBook System for Rural Schools it Desirable Desira-ble and Practicable the discussion to be led by B W Ashlon of Salt Lake county The Relation of Psychology to Pedagogy IN l the subject of a paper to be read by Prof J II J Paul of the Lallcrday Sainls college the discussion discus-sion to bo led by Prof W G Roylance of thC Inlcrsllv of Utah and George II Brimhall president of the Brigham Young academy Logan |