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Show I V THOUillTl I'I. ADDItt ss. ' rmlit'iit Mntlicirj' 1ttir lira I llcforc Hie "liml Unttnlloii. In acoorJani-n with Hie liiTitslloil lilTcn 1 Terrlloilol (Joinn.ltilontf itorcmiu, n ocuitoiiIIoh of school wotkiri M hell nt tlio Utah Unl-veralty, Unl-veralty, tills c;tj, ou Haturiay last) meutlou if llio roewUlngn ol which , will ba found In another column. Wa ptrMiit herewith, howorer, ttin full texlof tho a liiiltablsj opaiilug ritlclrest I of 1'trtlJent Juich T Kingsbury, I outlining tliu u if ones of thuoourtn. i Hon aul auzseatlnj tlio olleola to which the rilucaloni prelum slioukl rIyu their atlentiou. The ,a,,or ' Iiiultsi no other Introduction or com mindatlon than Hi! ; It la plitlD, ric tloil anil vlgerou, ah 1 speaks for Itielfl Uentlenieu flia matter of I rlnglna; the achoult ol the Terrllor Into n clistr relation with the unlTrlijr It of the nrtaleal liiitlaiice, mi J wo, ni oountytiiifltiteliilctit, traclmrs nuil men luternietl In tlio nlvmcrmrat of tlio t ubllo echool t.iem nn I eJnri-tlouil eJnri-tlouil Intc tests Keurtally of the Tirrl-lory Tirrl-lory aro hrru toilny fmin nil pirti of Utah to iIIiciim meatures that will lint IrlugRhout the iltilre 1 enil In Tlow. There In no one hern wli i clows Lot know that the final n it hit wn) of liarmocltlnit anil syttrmlilUK all iiaita of the ubllo tchool titt-in ol the lcrrltory uuct thus bring aloul a rioter relation tetweeii the schools of cur ciiuinonneallh anil tlio university, l the establishment of IiIrIi tcliuolt In thu countlea anil thu inalutiKof a systematic) sys-tematic) crailatlon thr mill the primary school-, than llirough tlioipconJnry or lilKll tchoolt to tlm university. rill rcetboil of gradation In the whoo iubllo tcliwil arlem li urrliil out to a high ilea no of tcrfie. tlon In Iho statu of Knuiai. "lnti unlrerilty theru stands at the heal of Iho ubhstchoola m hen, and 11 hai hud a I rr i.rul iry cleturtmeiit oou. nectol with It m la thm caao In rii)irdtothe University of Ulali until abtut two year ojgo when thot del art-mrnt art-mrnt n acollatied. At that time Iho tlutrlct and hliih schools had elevelo i-J titucli froionlotn that Iho Ituara-tury Ituara-tury tleiutimcnt was no longer liters. esry. la tl.o ttovalojinuiit of tho public tchool system the utilrerilt) waa rtc nulled tu thu hcaj and nil other portions of the aisles viae graded with a view to glvluir Itioroutlti liiparntlou for Hie unlvetaity, anj now tliu publlu icliool tjslcni of (hat atntn la coialdertd anions thottftln thu Uiilled mate. Wllliuut a ierfcct gradation throughout the ubllo rcliool muoht meendtiieauianwauednud tho kieatitt elllrcncycau nut juwibly lit ttccomt llthed Where tbu schools me not Kiadel every time thei la a ihunce nude lu tho teacher tbu cnll uren are ut t ucl au I wade, to t,o over llictstuit. vorlf. Tula cccurs tlmu nnd timet attain aud In aome luttaucea thu la continued ui til tho I oy or the tjlrl la taken out of achool allogetlior und o du catlonall) luiln la ncxoinilltliid for inntboy or that itlrl A(,alu, when tliu district schools am bjrauaJ with n view lorearlUKujlla for thu titt.li schools, and thn I l.ti aiboola In lulu uiogradid with n view to r arlui; sluueiils lor ihe unlvoralty there la no iinnecenary du llcatioii of work. auJ thus a gleat aiyinK of money nud tluio followa Where the Uilld la made to koovtrlhuaainn thlnntline aDdtlme aulu an 1 thue ireveiited Iroui ud Mincing, hla time la wasted, an I tho loss ol the chlld'i lime In inle wny In many Instances uts him In u joaltlou lu Ilfu tar Irsi favor. ablBlhsu the coutllllon under whlih lin would havi btiu glared had hi, while at tchool, been ropirly ad. vanced as lie would have bem lu schools proi erly fra led. 1 here It also a waste ol time aud money In not havlut; the teconlary schools held uown to schools of n puratlou lor uol Ntrslty work Instead i nuluialniui; lu such schcols courets that Bo biyoud Ihe i teds ol rearatnry icliools to unl virslllra A thorouith gradation from tho moat primary up to tho unlvirslly through tho intermediate sobujls Ihrcu.hout the uiitlro publlo school atteut, la the most advanced Idia ex. latitat tbu treaeut time upon the auu. Jul. In tact ItlsuowbelnKndvocated i y toiiitt that not uuly thoul I a thorough Ostein nt (.ladatlon I u inalulaliied lu tUe schools thruutfhout raili stale aud territory III tbu Unlit J Hu es, I ut tnat Iho K'adstluii should go Hill fsrther. : It ta advocated that this sraditlon thoul 1 le unllor il throusliout tho whole oguntrj, that His couries also In the varlo is statu unlvtriltKt thoul I le the same as far na I hoy to. It Is rcalltsil, however, that all uulveraltlea cuunot eitind and divide their work tho same, cinnot reach tbu tame dujrru of roflrlency nn 1 cannot do an ijual amount of work la spvilil lines on account of theillllcnnt oinJIllom with nsiect topopulailou, tlnaucoai.d nlher Ihlniis surrouudim; caih one Vet, It Is warrauted ly the nlvocatu of such at) stem, that jc1i state tint-veralty tint-veralty couli do theaarue work ntfar bstheHotk eztinda aud sn far ns II Inconsistent with tho attending clr cumttauus Wero such a tyttem ittabllshed throuiihout the country It ltcouleiidel that the riaratlon lor nnlveialiy work would bo esssu tlally the esnio all over tho liud, and the voum; nun I nnd Iho youtif woman could git his or hurpejaratlouror any ubllo college lu any ubllo ariondury achool without ' uniieiearary woik,uod luiice without i wnateof tlmu and meaua Tho oljec- tlon to thlauullormlly lu tlio unhiril t Ilea Is that It woull tend to prevuiit thedevelcmentotorl,lual hn an I adaptatloLa tultablu to turroundlni; ' clrruuittuiicta This national unl. lorrally lu thu c.radatlou of nil the jubllatchoolslicludlnt: universities It not a matltr, howovir, that we have Btx-eti called together tu Ulscusi We are conceined now with the luhllc tihools of uur own rrrltorj,nnd we wish to 1aio tin m In n condition lu irojortlou to our meant at lenst Kiuslly as far advance 1 ns those of any other territory or si no under cur Koverimient. Xtiat thle may bo iiouitht about It nuns to mo that the Hist step ahoul I bu now token A cominiltio ilnulj bo upimlniel 10 revise tie .chool law providing for the eatabllshnint of hlLh tohools lu several (ountka of tho I union, onil to make such other chances In the Hw ni may be mccssnry t harnionUu mid tytlrmallie all Iho nrla tf thu I ubllo school ayttrm, iiieaauns a'lould Le taken ti retool the law ns Unit revised at thu iiexthsliltturo lor cue. till consideration, nud lla i astao thould be ttrouiily urt.i I. Ut course tho rctourotsm tlio Territory should bu caiolully noiisldeud, ns well at nry othir Joint hiarlm uon Iho tchool an j uducslloual Interealt, In formula! In Ihe law. ,N law sluuld bu Iramcd that Mould work a great hard 'thlp upon the nolr To, u piio it it 1 1 i n m ltd i in t i at Urol lu inv iiulnia ii i r. h (aulecairl d loo tar bejond itie Him I up tu wblrh the hk i lu st tlu uallon uti Im beuillitel A feellutt uf Indejnuencu rath t than Ucpcndeiice ahoul I be r . motel nt nil hazards. It is ,,,,., tlouablo ns tu whether anything I r eJuoitlonil Intercais ahoolu i don, by the alate beyond i ruvl Init bulldliiKt nnd frre tuition. U nun, r thu slaio tliuiill lutlilth looks nut ttatloue'y ns will na prvuuf rrru tulllon,lamntlcrthatcanl0 mflial '. CoualJered. If ill llolllg: so It has t Isa tllrthteit teudenoy tu eouourauu a lit Unit nf ilrjwnjenoo tuou a lnlnk thoul i not I ouone Cntrliy It out , t II motl tiralietvorth) nttnbulet of ma nud it Illicitly lecomw n slat i IXenliult III bohall of her aulj t whin done s Judlcl'usl), but , in i I thu wiukuutrather thauiri ugti ,, that rotuotea deCndenta rachirtht, j llldrj-eiidelic-e, la wortuthau n churl y at nil. 11ml thlt la true hu I , I forcibly demonstrated lu (he I tury of I'.nKlanJ, w lie i i ituvernmenl became ao chail ill n i the toclal atatua licotiii nlir i m nudl ugUud waaforce-l byihuoi n tlonato which It una evlionliuat aim would beroJUccdowliiiCtntheiiial i clrruniatauote, to dim nltli their i-l.uri lab e work nud lu liupotu up u i at data tu which t if liiiud uf hard- i n been exicuu I in tt, u gtcAter I ui i thlp and Hum (roduce u Itclltig ui Itreattr Indo) munm. In school matter aa wcllna lu crurj thliuelse, nteatutis should In ruvl i ol Hist will retu t In ilivailnll. piopli, nurall), pjlltlcally nul riilxi ouaty. In cooteiul Ulturt the eaUl h.. ment of high till oil In ruott of ih cuuntles or Iho lerrltory, nt llrtt we can hardly oxiect tu makuthem iijual to tho'o lu older and richer commuui Ilea, yet a good hti,lnnlni( can be mtiie Hi rovidlni; aciiools cnniiueiituralo with tii lotulatlou, meaua nu I other aurrouiminic midllloiia. Afur high tcbooli aro established lu thu toiiullta It will not bu long then till tlnunl. urslty can nbollah Its iniaratort school aul coLctntrale all lla, nerglia liiiolhgiato woik. To ntlenipl how. eertu iiinue luch n eourau lief, n high tchoola aro ctlabllahed In which lliojoutli of our Terrtory could trc pare Iheinaelvea fur co lt,ltu courrer, would either mnko It nccenary li lower Iho itauiard of thouniverally, or inch a coursu would kill the uulvtrtlty completely lor want of Iliouny;e, nnd Usldta this, many joiiigwoiiicii nn I uun men won hi i Ue rived altogelh r uf u hlgiur idutuliou havliic. no ouortuully within their tench tu obtain tho re. lulrod nrejiratlnii tu cnwriipuu iho worn in our colhgu o urs a. Until, howoTer thewhlgh si h wis of whlih uienlloii haa been midenre et cbllabeil, the ulttrict tchoola of ilia tcriiiory thould irovlde such aiurteVi of study as will lull retrep iilalorllic ire-p ire-p "utory ilrpartmeut ut the mil veraii) , nnd (or thu Ulc.lt schools already ettab lulled, there should be a unllbrrully as far na It la oaall la lu the csiiiMs uf study lu llietu high schools nnd thu reimrn lory wur uf iho uulvorstyso that I u lis lu tho dlttilct schools uflur they iiiu uniformly graded, uould In on omi Icllug liielr work In thoto achiaila, inter one of thu high schools of the reiatory deiarlinunt of the uulvirslty. Iu .North Dakota. Iho gradatlcn of thu tchoola la such th it thu rejartloiy achcol of Ihe unlvi rally It provhltd with coursu itttutlall) tho samo as afo given by the socouuary schools of thu stale, In order that i u. Hi ran U on conipleilou of tbtlr studies lu thu ul.trlrt schools entiranj high school lu the state or tuo ini irutorj school of tho unlitr-Hly. unlitr-Hly. Wbero this great uiilioriuity xltts In Ihe whole imollo toiioolsta teui there la aaiuoolhotta lif the whole tchool matter omiineiilaulu ant n criut tavlug of time und menus Time I j laved for thejoung nmu or wo unu oud money for at Icait the paruuf. tealdts much inoru tllectlvo work accoiui llshed. It Is desirable to have tho school manors so adjusted that iinrmuoloua relations rnoj grow up between tho unlverally and all other acho sof thu rerrllorj, nnj that th di.trioi sohoi Is shall tu nrrnugo their work as to ro lru ui lis for entrance Into thu sub. irishiuuu vouites uf the unlvirilty. It would I robably be prolllublo I ir tijo irttcut to havo tatltiactory arrange-iocnmdoforinlraiiceeiamlU4tloin arrange-iocnmdoforinlraiiceeiamlU4tloin Into such sub-In sbmau couraes aj that they could bo held lu the various counties 1 tin cjuiilytupirluteudoult. or thu county biurd ii ixauilcari luUilulf ut the Uulvcrslli faculty I cauaa) tnutoviry member la willing and ready at any tlmu toworkultu you to bring nbcut n lieiter eJuciiljunl cuiidltlou innuiiowixletslnour lerrl. lory. Ihero It iioquestlun eooceruing tliu welfare of n peoi le aj Inn oriaut ui 'ff I ulalnlng to the odueitlon of Iho children, l.very tllort tlicuu lomsio to glo every child lu our country n S od common education nt least, ind uu mem s should lo spired Inlncuhat. ngthorouuhly and nu resslvely upon hit mind the ltlj.lin.tit regard for iiiorull. ty In Iho full meanlug of the word It la of the utuijat Imjiortaiico to the ieo loot tho territory that no dolae I enteitaluid for u moment In putting Utah upon n owl, TduSi,. Usually Kpially at goad in jroiorlloii to clrcuiustaiicea nt nuy uthereoiu iuoiih i ollh In our nallou. X.ct ua il, jo tlio world that Ihe i eoplo ol Utah has both tho cj ability tea well as the Inclination in build up thu i ubllu sonool m stun, tho rial bulwirk of Individual nud national In lepeudeiicu l.very nun Who has children (.rowing iipialn u lioaltlonlo unleratand und tu reallie fully tho necnilty of doing nil within the power of n ante tj,u. vaucu thu educational Intercats of the eole, Ho can a pruolate well the iiuporiaiica of exeriiutfou uvery side n luornl lullueucu about the child the uduli, Ilia in ni nud the woman He ran touiprehund thu luii orlance of lllllng the mind wilh Ideas of Interest nnd Klviiit, to It culture, from tho fact that hi todoln tho liluand unprullu aul lhuiiL.hu will be crow del cut. And hooiiinjt nllorJ to tiu tallsllel lo htvo lii child uajulro only the slmlu rudlrucuts of nu o lunatlo t I cctusu Iho mind Is not then sufllclent-lydnvc sufllclent-lydnvc loped out cultivate 1 tu b ubhj tu rciton to thu titrl advnulue Our youugiiieuiuid uoaieu will have tho biltloof life to wafeaul will bo cm-frouldwltht cm-frouldwltht one abne their leers If tht Ir minds aro not dovelopc I und cultivate! cul-tivate! beyond lint reacuel In tie " I ! nut n n ilia H 1 ii) p ., ,i , 1 Ive coiiig a i Iran in , note 'j lir on an. unt f ih. Pl, wm, (inch t ty n i became familiar, 1 ut "I" i e n oc nn f the culture they ri elvani n n-iitt of trie develu nu in tn.ir teiaonlDK iwwoni ty , .'"'i,"' w" 't) nipsj Milt laetorlly with Hi, if fellow mau. |