Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-31 | Page 8 | Course in Biography

t I Courses in in Biography I IBy fr c- c By Uy DR FRANK CRANE The important part of ot history is iR biography Men Ien epitomize periods If Ie comprehend the mans man's life lire you OU will understand th the forces force that shaped his character and the Influence of his per per- upon the time In these you ou have the ke key to the deepest com corn comprehension comprehension of the important elements of ot his period If you ou understand d the life me of Abrah Abraham m Lincoln oln you Ou know the history of Americas America's frontier darand days dar and of her Civil war V VIt V It If you OU know Robert Robort Clive and his career In th the orient you grasp the kernel knowledge l of England's conquest of If India It If you OU appreciate all of the life liCe of ot the Little V Corsican Napoleon you ou pierce the soul of ot the his history tor of the times that th enveloped him Such i men condense the currents o of ot change and the spirit and ideals of ot the mass of people in their epochs They focus the essential historical elements into a small space Dates and dust dry-as-dust facts are of ot slender Importance importance im Im- for the future Motives ideas and reactions tion are of primary significance One focuses the attention upon the tho dead dE' pha phase phae e of hi t tory the other upon the living Ing phase which helps illuminate the road of ot history that Is in the making Not ot only Is biography an aid to a correct understanding understanding understanding under under- standing of an aJr age but It U Is the most fascinating avenue a of ot approach First and last we are Interested In men Personalities rather than Ideas hold our a attention Biography Is history in its most torm form Foll Following the path of or personalities WE wp arrive most mott easily at the correct sensing of ot the moving p forMs forCes of or a time In view of ot this It Is interesting V to note that courses In biography are beIng beine offered by the his his- ton tor departments of ot three colleges The institutions which have taken talen up the tho e e nt V lle He lie in widely separated E. E sections of ot the country Whittier college in California Duke Dulce university toi In North orth Carolina and Wittenberg ittenberg college in Ohio offer biography courses History is the study of studies and biography is the most Interesting method of attack It Is to be hoped that other colleges and schools school will take up the plan of instituting such courses course Copyright 1926 by by- McClure Newspaper 1 Syndicate