| Show fliR Sc IJ Tile The Utah State T association met mel again this It at I In Inthe inthe the Assembly HaU There re tires eat nt about 16 teachers who who listened to the excellent ut of the subjects that call caine before the conven ton ion A ot of from trum hue school time sInging under the lie leadership of oC Prof Young The Che first on the program WM was wasa R a paPe To what whal extent is instruction In In hue common schools hool de 1 It WR wa t read d ly by Mils Miss Jt Jessie Goddard or of thu Sai Salt lAke Ik Beh High She said ald In A decade decad ao ago edu caterS or more inure speakIng ex cx awoke awake to the fact that theN there Is II su a ut of don as the 11 auM that hn hiss of er a form r recognised 1 good od Ind and that people generally and aDd students II in wel violating Is Its prin principles So the professor beJ began n nto to cry out loudly against the b by applIcants for tor admissIon to our unIversities and they are arl still denouncIng It II Iii the strongest terms As AI It I is customary to shIft Ir the high teachers ul to bar bear the burden put pUl up upon n them b by bythe the college professor r for tor relief ted teda A Parta lure large the eighth grade teachers teacher and the thie In turn to the seventh and so 10 on down until It seemed the primar teacher must mUll carry the whole lod load And wih with she ahe ald what cal can r I do when the II lIt lIttIe le tIe OleM ones have Inherited por toor spelling no grammar at all and impurity or of lunt sound M My example tea are as aM noth nothing In ing against this and ond the correspondIng surroundings In the place J I against this by college professors high schol school instructors and grade crade teacher as al being unjust And again I maintain that condemning Ole one another is II UI on professional and wrong we thus show a lack ot of uni unit In our to 10 corret correct the defects existing r I would advise adlle a uni uniting In un o the part of al all I instructors to r remedy mely th the conditions In this respect hien once cince We liae hae learned to work alone as one b body each lach earlier doing her share In ma ln the transition run grade r p to grate It wi will be but smoother another Step to corret correct another defect vir IE or of makIng English the voal vocal stud stud Upon the childs ability to red read Interpret compose compa write and speak English hl his ability to luter master other subjects The pupi pupil must be able to express clearly what lie he 01 oh I serea h by speech or b by Irling writing spell lag Ing And gramma grammar Composition it IC studied only for the principle Involve involved Is not mare made to Ire serve the 1st best purpose Tests In spelling In the he examination ot of In A California city cly four Cour years eRs ao ago were lade made upon words ord out by the course ot of study Ant and upon ne new words based baled upon principles In But In m my examinations ot of In the lie common schools lit last June 1 tok took the rom composition papers A as tests In spelling thus giving me the students OWn vocabulary and the re suIts of these theMe two to tests tet are I the Ime same In grades rad above the thIrd niP the greatest difficulty in hi the hl high h school hol we have to lo contend wih with to today today day II iii the matter ot of Irel spell spelling Ins ing Is the result of or our ex cx tried some time ego of at teach teachIng Ing pupi pupils In the lie primary Ird grade to read b by what whal Is II known as the word and semi en tlc method no dri drill being given In I have I been n misunderstood man mali times when saying that I thought the phonic metho method should b be taught In Ina a all I the he grades Another loter mistake we are from now 11 Is the s spelling Introduced A tl few year years ago alo 1 study is II Important important sail I a necessary part or of all subjects mu grammar u Is likewise important We should hould Insist upon PuPils their knowledge or of grammar In fph speech as al well A as writ In lag first Nt begins when the child puts put two to wor words together all and cn eon throughout his hll lif life I It includes both orl oral ant and written expression Tle The I errors moat noticeable Ir are thO those ot I tau faulty I work Much uch In con com my may b be learned hy by the chii Iy by observation or of the texts lIe uses ue tiTer tor fore It Is Important that we insist upon using u texts only tO hoes books Ihl that are rhetorically I as wel well R as I ly y correct W We may work for Cor the cor correction ot of th these various defects ant and If at we Ir are not careful arrul there wi will IH be a tie III In lack Jack or of tet feet In our teaching shown bown I a or of originality that should the interest I In Inthe the we are I standing t Gm r the these reforms let us UI not 10 lose sight ot of the Oe came last mentioned Much I of t this h lak lack ot of originality II is due to requiring pupils to write on subjects beyond their capacity or experience nce Ater After the reading or of Miss I Gdan poper It WD was discussed by Prof a L Ii n u Nelson ellon of at the l 13 y ot of Prove Ie lie lall said In part rt That h he thought many ot of Ih the points raised the pint In paper ju jurad just rad read were well taken J lie e also allu believed that a teacher ot of English Wa was not ro me for tor a pupils grammar and claImed list environment had a great geat deal to to IO with Ith a students English ni It caid he hal had asked ked 1 a gre great t man many ot of hi his how man hoks they Ihl hid had rell read antI In nearly found every ru ease toun the they read their nuM schol school bok books I If WI we surround children with plenty ot of otI I I books ok Ill said the speaker and crate erate within them a In hive v for tor literature then lien they will 1 liae hae an to excel In English We must Impress student with and the pupi must I hi iad made a he be must mut watch his verb as he would his hll necktie Watch his hll English a as he do does his hll toilet Cor or reet hIm when lie makes makH a mistake Tl 0 of curl course must mut 1 be done judiciously ll lad In a manner not to discourage him We mUt must remember what whal I is right and what is II wrong Prof Irot IC E J 1 MarEan who was also alsoto to discuss Miss 11 paper being unable to b be present ait sent II in ina a written t n discussion which was wal rd read b by MIss Il Herrol The laher said ald The tact that col college lege Ipe instructor criticise high hh school instruction In anI auni that high school Instructors criticise grade radI In instruction and limit ther here results from this criticism a lack hack ur of In English work from common school to lOU college dol does not nol om to me to bell help at atal atall al all toward answering the question To what hat elent extent I is In tIme the coin awn schools defective Common school an any do not now non consider a knowledge ot of I a as ought in I opinion to l be relegated to toune toone one une or of the InstitutIon at Taking MI I Go lcd dar dards its h as al fonda mental to tn III the ot of other studies sal demandil that list at attl tl hue cIos ot of th the grade the 11 shall 1 b be able to speak Iad read spell writs write compose and interpret It must bl hi granted that these ar are to Coin tiomi exten defects In tonI ton I am Inclined to think the worst Olt Ie 10 fet feet I Is I im reading amid II in the orl oral Students to have seem m acquired the hue habl habit of oC using words II in writing and reciting witti 10 no adequate edl edge of oC what t these hll words Oll for tor heading thus thul degenerates to a mer mere ot of uttering 1 a suc succession t cession of 01 sounds and too tilO often otten I is done don Iho Cl I it b be It If It ItI itis I is nut done intelligently Time The klo thus thull gained alne from what is II read I is that vague kind of at which is II not knowledge Rt at al all but ut at al bl best mere Impressions supported by disconnected a hint at In Perception No awakening of oC the critical faculty I If II iii Ihl this wa was there lucre ae are additions to the hue pupils stock lok of oC words there I his is none folio to hIl stuk stock or of understood things In Ideas Ideal No alli added material fur mental Growth Time The meaning or of word cor comes rota immediate association wih with the object The Th bo boy who explained Homers hue They drank the purple wine ai and with 11 unbounded waste UI iii mean macan hi lug The They unbuckled their belts AI am they dInk drank tailed to recognize corns symbols and to Interpret othel other R Rt St t tIle le bo be who rad read Some In their bowls bwl bowl the wine And water rime boy who that Ihal I a well kept lien hen lays on An average lD ell eggs In a year defined ge as s a hn hen la lays eggs Oi oil n II the hl bet Iho who of oC the Il gr n fathers crossing the ocean In 1 a rail callar capillary relied entirely on til lit diction a a edition Ilon Failing aln to interpret means no ut of vocabulary I e a real mesh usable stok stock ot of words word I 1 believe the Calure failure to read In the broad sense ot of Ih the term Is ii due quie quite a much to the character of at the lie reading boks books II its to any ant lark lack ot of ski skill II in the he thet t teacher DurnI th the earlier yar year ot of school chool lre life the chief business must 1 be the acquIsition of at a of common words Orl A In time right direction I Is the substitution tor or of at ca classics ot of hOed worth att rout ran mater matter adapted to age antI amI grade and reat read for Cor time tho intellect amid all also Pleasure I Let t rae mp SU suggest In closing that corn com cornman man fn school teachers or of English will flail JIa great hell help In Dr Stanley StanllY hails all low how to 10 Teach Tearh Reading 25 Dr Teaching hi Language Artl Apple tons tont 1100 Dr S S lAuries In on LinguIstic Method ethod 10 rr an Col Colt then announced that tb the Quartet woul would favor the convention with 11 one ot of their choice selection hen these appeared ott on the platform J a ot of applause went lP up rein the audience Th They were greeted with such a ot of approval at al 11 the chose ot of the frt first song lona that thAl they were forced to le ie two encores In or order dr der to satisfy their harrl hearers GnA Prot Prof Howard R ft Drigge was then introduced to speck upon the subject grammar II iii Il Its 1 relation lalon to language Said aid he Let Iet UI us come comae to In an fIrst as aa to what Jund ground our terms mar Is II the science ot of language Cal eal grammar 1 11 commonly thought of oC oCa ofas a as that solstice dealt with In al cli Ia Its nice tie discussion ot of grammatical apart from their application is II certainly ant practical or Of necessity a child must mut ha have his earl arl language lell taught le lie is II unable to understand the whys and wherefores at first Formal I maintain I is begun too too soon Before a student Is rad ready for or bl his technical study ot of his hi mothe tongue he UI have hae a great deal ot of ln language II material and language un in hInd hand Is II an abundance or of ever every child should have I it Jet Let them see e It hear hearit I it and feel It it rt Let tie the Pupils express themselves all also that list I is III the line It if ever r to unloose both tongue and len imen Reproduction II iii the drone of at campi Uon and should b be avoided other valuable wert were ril raised b by ProC Prof rill alfr after which a general discussion was I indulged In b by Prof Stewart ot of the University ot of Utah Ms Marshall the institutIon Prof hal ot of same Paul of the Saints Collage Prof ot of th the Sl Salt Lake Ike High chool and II Alice Reynolds of oC the Young Youn itt At ot of the discussion wal was A as asto to the lie or of In the 01 of The morning lI lIlion au lion sion adjourned at 1210 to meet In the afternoon In the High School roms rooms Session This Thle afternoon the convention met mel In department meetings II in the Salt Lake CI City High school The 10 good or of tle time mornings session Ion wa sas manifested In tb these gatherings all also Through n a misunderstanding or comae ln other cause Mrs II Ida d DMn Dusen Dusenberry wr berry ot of leader ot of the kinder garteR ule department WI lot not to tAke charge Ind and II iii most mOlt of oC th this te teacher her ot of title CU case u assembled bled In the other departments to her hear lie discussions timer scheduled to take pleas po 11 The PrimarY convened with Mr Mrs Lillian H 11 Cannon ot of presiding She read a meritorious lJ ia per on Time The ot of the motor ac activity pr or of children after which Prof Win I M 1 Stewart ot of the ot of Utah Ulah Manual Training lii III the grammar department Mrs 11 J M I or of Olen Ogden lead head II in the dIscus dIscussion Ion sion ot of the following Aln and ot of Tech Teach Ing To What Extent lite is tile Speer r Idl Idea ot of Applicable to Quie Quite 1 a number ot of the teachers b be caine ale much hutch In the these aM jointed In the consIderation If of them The carried t em out th this ll Prof Gee Oeo A school I aton leading principal of oC Si Salt lAe Hh high rh the e Use ant and Abuse ot of Which tl ii Preferable the Successive Recitation Ian or time the Intermittent Should tl time Hh High School b be Abolished Should ther there l be aUnt a Uni form torm School Diploma A number ot of the other teber teachers eat t ailo aio tok took a han hand II iti time the discussion I ot of Ih the various ot of tIme the mentioned wih with profit to ll 11 Tb primary and grammar depart seemed to drw draw by far the great greatest et est number or of the teachers Th Time a abut about 4 i I mu to 0 met meet again thIs evening at S 8 ClOck I In the Assembly IRI lieu when Irot Wm Win 0 Ih lim n I ot of Chicago wi will le lee tur furs on Practical chIld study and II fin I Mul results Go Good music Wil will also allo lie he 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