| Show IN IS l Till SCHOOLS c Our friend Christian A Madsen of Gunnison Utah writes to ui concern concernIng 4 bIg Ing the subject of teaching leaching agriculture In t the public schools He lie speaks highly of Jt z ix n book called Elements of Agriculture ture luno which he Ito thinks adapted to l country schools as na a n textbook lie Ho Holso Iso comments very er favorably on an article In the Improvement lira Ira by tJ Prof of ot our Agricultural College called Some Properties of ot Soils I Madsen Mads n thinks thinka that such tuch sub subI I t ought to be made part of ot the reg regular regular regI I ular teaching leaching In the district es especially especially I In the rural regions And he ho I answered In the time affirmative the ques question question tion submitted to him from I In 1 Va n by b the author of ot the tile work first Iut here Alluded to Can agriculture be beI 1 I taught In the ho public I We se believe bellee he ho li is right In his opinion h and nd that It would be an nn excellent thing If more of ot our young men were werl trained In the science and ant art of agriculture p arid and our young women In domestic science and anti the art of housekeeping and kindred utilities The Idea constantly I Impressed upon uOn tho youthful mind by b modern modem pedagogy that only the lne l best Mt places In the th world are arc to bo be struggled 4 fore rort for ns nl though ordinary labor was wan qt t Honorable as n ft trell II as a essential II Is fallacious and ant an detrimental to society LJ 1 r tho the great alma aim of all nit learners IB Is to enter what are aro called the pro and the tho Idea Is Inculcated rated that to be bo hewers hewern of ot wood and drawers er of ot water vater would render them thiem despicable great grent damage Is III done to ninny many minds and tho the community la Is i made mado to suffer In consequence con It ought 16 10 be understood and recognized that thata a good mechanic or agriculturist or or worker In any branch of ot human Industry Is 18 ns as necessary a 11 feature of the body politic and Is U as OR and praiseworthy according to the measure of proficiency as IS a 11 law lawyer lawer lawyer yer er doctor legislator lator dentist merchant or other factor tile tor In the tho Rum sum of society The Agricultural College of Utah makes a 1 specialty of or teaching some Use UBe Useful U e ful tul arts There are aro departments In tho the BrIgham Young Academy and the ham Young College Collego devoted devoid to 10 similar manual training They should bo be part of nil all our Church educational The Fhe State University also alia embodies some of them And we see seo no reason why wh our district school should not n t teach the time elementary prin pun principles principles disks of and mechanics and use Une t e the best text books on those thore sub Bub subJects that can bo be had wI Till Tiis Is IR worthy the tho attention of our lawmakers lawmaker boards of at education anti school trustees tru lee and ami wo Wa hope the tho suggestion lI will find Savor favor throughout tho |
