| Show delivered a diute lecture OH constitutional law the TJ C T A met in the usual on saturday oct superintendent perin willoa presiding af tor the usual opening exercises prof giles drilled tho association on several songs then camo the gems as follows think for thyself for QUO thought known to be thine own la worth a thousand gleaned from fields hy others sown author unknown tell if you can what is it to bo wise hut to know how little can be known to see all ethers faults and feel our own pope not enjoyment sorrow ay iy our destined end or way but to act that each tomorrow to morrow finds us farther alian to daiv longfellow our greatest glory consists not in newer falling but in rising every time we fall oliver goldsmith precision in detail a guiding plan is like a clock that marks the seconds but not the hours byron ve timea as hungry for knowledge as for food for the body henry ward beecher He echer the boast of heraldry the pomp of powei and all that beauty all that wealth eer gave awaits alike the inevitable hour the paths of globy lead but to the crave gray truth is the source of every good to he who expects to be blessed and fortunate in thia world be a partake r of it from the ear test moment of his life plato it is a mean kind of poverty that starves the mind to feed the body henry clay both in sufferance and exer tion is a character which I 1 would wish to possess I 1 have always despised alie whining yelp of complaint and the cowardly feeble resolve burns how empty is learning and how vain is art but as it mends tho life and guides the heart young ON government OF CHILDREN when you refuse refuse finally alien you consent consent cheerfully often command never scold jacob abott whatever career you embrace propose to yourself an elevated aim cousins let every man bo occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable and dio the consciousness that he has done liis best clydla smith if I 1 could reach from pole to pole and hold creation in my span I 1 would bo measured by my soul the minds the standard of alie man author s name not given TO A WATER FOWL he who from zone to zone guides through the boundless space thy certain llight in alio long way that I 1 must read alone wilt guide my steps aright he is the best teacher alio makes the best use of hig time and that of his pupils emma willard the man that hath no music in himself nor is not moved with concord of sound fit for treason arta sews ana spoils let no such man be trusted e prayer is the souls desire uttered or unexpressed the motion of a hidden fire that trembles in the breast james montgomery believe me the talent of success is nothing more than doing what youcan do well longfellow cowards die many times before death the valiant never taste death but once julius casar life is not so short but that there ia always time enough for courtesy amerson Km erson sin haa many tools but a lio 15 a bandit which fits them all so abilities however splendid can command success intense labor and persevering application A T the haagens arc a point from tho pen of his perfection tho is a rosebud from the bower oi his beauty the sun is a spark from the lalit of his wisdom and is a bubble on the sea of his power sir wn jones our sorrows are often like clouds though dark when they are paging over when they are past appear as the garments of god thrown out in purple and gola along the sky loewy ward shall be proud our par ments poor for the mind that makes the body rich and aa alie sun breaks through the darkest 0 o honor appear eth in the meanest habit shakespeare prof giles rendered an organ bioco as his gem and W A koy lanco sang a comic song entitled lost child conw H kag then gaw a short bat interesting lecture on the subject of constitutional joaw mr king referred to the great united sas being the first to have a real constitutional or written law dc lining abo duties of the president and all other officers as well as those of the people no one man under our system of government can rule our president is just as much bound by laws as we are powers may go BO far and no further our forefathers were greatly perplexed over the question and before they accomplished that great object many times belt discouraged the past gave them no guide england the great mother country with all her light and genius had no written constitution the king could make such moves as he wished and no one had any power to interfere with him the judge could decide as he liked and baere was no supreme court to which bis act might be referred the courts were only bound by common law there are laws regulating every department part ment 0 our government and it is as a wheel within a wheel all on one harmonious whole our constitution provides for almost every exigency we should all appreciate this glorious constitution and pledge our lives for its protection teachers should instill the love of the constitution into their pupils and parents should instill it into their children unless we bend our energies to preserve this grand constitution we are surely in danger there are breakers ahead and the matter should have the immediate attention of all citizens if wo wish to preserve the constitution mf king received a round of applause followed by a vote of thanks the following question was then ansted by miss ella smith what effect has the moon on the earths surface steele says that portion of the moons surface which is exposed to the ann is supposed to be highly heated possibly to the degree of boiling water yet its rays im harfe no heat to us indeed prof tendall considers them rays of cold probably this is caused by the fact that our dense atmosphere absorbs all the heat which in the highest regions produces the effect of scattering the clouds in a general sense however it cannot be proven that the moon affects the earths atmosphere mo sphere in any way excepting probably heating it some all illusion to plant in the dark of the moon etc next came the debate on the proposition resolved that better results can be obtained from oral than from written spelling in the same time H L harris was to affirm and james L brown to deny the proposition and any of the teachers who felt disposed could present their views the debaters were nofa ready so mr walton led out mr walton was decidedly in favor of written spelling if only one method was used but considered both essential to success in the study of spewing he presented a novel method of spelling which he had found to work nicely in his school fifty words were given for a weeks spelling each word wa to be considered as a soldier if one was missed it would be reported aa one soldier fallen in battle mr nuttall considered oral spelling the bes it trained pupils in pronunciation then the written method ho considered caused the pupils to cheat by tempting them to copy from each others slates mr brown read a paper on the subject quoting from the great col parker and other eminent teachers the dmd receives impressions through the five senses of these the sense of sight is most powerful we see a word and the picture of that word is photographed upon the mind then with a pencil we draw the picture thus giving depth to the impression the oftener we draw that picture the deeper will be the impression one great principle in education is that we learn to doby do by doing the only real uso we over have for spelling is when talking with the pen then since we use only written spelling the practice of writing the spelling would be the surest way to learn to spell begard bog the time of spelling take a claes of fifty pupils A word is dictated by the written method fifty pictures are drawn fifty comparisons are made and fifty pupils are learning to do by doing and doing in this way it is always done by the oral method one description is made of a form already in the mind and in a way it is never made uso cf in practical life therefore be it hereby thai less satisfactory results can bo obtained by oral than by written spelling in the same time mr bees was in favor of written spelling if either alone were used but it should be given in a way that would express ideas and not merely isolated words mr eoy lance considered written spelling the more important but thought that both methods wore essential to good results he thought that written spelling waa much abused as many pupils in copying the work are careless about liue the words correctly jt was suggested that teachers examine spelling preparations pa rations often and correct the bad coping mr harris gave his points in favor of oral spelling the speaker considered that it stimulates ahe pupils to study because each one knows that hie mistakes will be detected at once by the ather pupils and moreover that he will lose his place in tho class whenever he makes a mistake he claimed that it strengthened the observation by keeping tho pupils awake to the of fellow pupils every one would be on the alert to spell well and get ahead therefore be it resolved that oral spelling cultivates emulation pronunciation nuncia tion and observation sapt wilson said he giuld illta to hear from tho teachers on primary spelling miss billings said that she gave children short lessons and had them write them well then she looked over all the preparations to see if they were correctly copied she considered it a good plan to let pupils correct choir own work as it stamn lates honor another teacher thought it a good idea to have pupils pronounce and spell orally every word it this was of course for primary classes mr anderson thought it best to criticism criticise critic ise some ones slate before commencing ahns calling the attention of tho class to bad copies tho matter was then put to vote as to which of tho two methods was considered best where one alone was used alio majority voted in favor of the written mr then offered the following resolution be tt fe solved b y the U C T A that an eclectic system of spelling consisting of both oral and written la productive of best the was adopted mr walton gave the association fine exercise it was then suggested that some district be assigned to answer the stimulating questions in the association the question were given to lehi for nest time of course all the teachers in the county would be expected to use them in school bupt supt wilson congratulated the teachers on heir good attendance and the enthusiasm manifested the following stimulating questions were then read what is sleep what causes rain has rain on climate what are the different parts of a baskett what keeps the earth from falling from its position why does a tree die when only a portion of its bark is taken off what ar the essentials to reading how is it that we blow our hands to warm them and our food to cool it why can a bee sting ant once while a wasp can sting as many times as it chooses to do so why does the pressure of the hands upon an aching head relieve pain the association then adjourned for two weeks |
