| Show I CHURCH TEACHERS COLLEGE 0 a people whose faith makes intelligence intel intelligence intelligence TO T and salvation only different as aspects aspects aspects of the same it would be an anomaly an not to give foremost attention to education As os a matter of fact the Prophet I Joseph was the first among the Saints to establish collegiate courses of study Long Lang L ng before the community itself could coull support even a high school the Prophet established for himself and his brethren the School of Prophets where Greek I and an Hebrew were among the studies pursued That his successor has some sometimes sometimes sometimes times been credited with a contempt for human learning was probably due to his unsparing criticism of certain cert n barren systems of education education education tion which have since practically passed away Brigham Young believed that education should fit men Wren first for social service in this world and secondly for eternal life and had little use iise for mere scholasticism That he was however eager to advance the cause of higher education is evident from the fact that as Governor of Utah he established the Deseret University now the University of Utah and was the founder of the Brigham Young University at Provo and of the Brigham Brig Brigham Brigham ham Young College at Logan His successors in ill the Presidency have built upon this foundation until at present the Saints have a system of Church schools that is the admiration of all aU who study it At the apex apo of this system is a Church Teachers leathers College fittingly centered in the Brigham Young University for it was here that Dr Karl G Maeser impressed most strongly the genius which has since shaped the Church school system m The need of a Church Teachers College must seem scent imperative to every Saint by a n moments reflection The present is fast becoming the era of high schools Reading writing and and arithmetic no longer suffice for a common education as they did a generation ago Nor is the training of the eighth grades sufficient though it is a very ery great advance over the he three Rs The senti sentiment sentiment sentiment ment is fast that a high school education is the birthright of every American boy and girl Our own people are especially swift in coming coining to this mental attitude For the thc work of preparing grade teachers the Church Chinch schools are arc well equipped and have been for several years For the preparation preparation preparation tion of teachers for academies aca and high schools the system is yet somewhat handi handicapped handicapped handicapped capped and it is to meet this fast growing demand that the General Board of Education founded the Church Teachers College The fhe value of having ha in secondary schools teachers of high moral and spiritual ideals must mUl t be when one remembers that whatever else a teacher may impart imparl he never fails to impart himself elf It is to be hoped therefore that parents throughout Zion will keep this thought in view when preparing their sons and daugh daughters daughters daughters for the higher activities in life The rhe Church Teachers College is not the school of any one ne Stake or of any number of Stakes in Zion As before stated staled it is the present apex of the Church School system and must draw its support and patronage equally from all the Stakes of Zion C ki J 4 t iJ |
