| Show ADDRESS BY H 0 1 HC 11 1 I 1 before me the cerrilo territorial icil teacher association sa ake uy y fridau friday oct in surveying the ext external einal einai world we discover that every creature and every physical object have received definite constitutions intelligence wisdom benevolence and power characterize the tilo works abrl go of f creation and tile tiie human mind as ascends celida by a chain of correct and rigid induction to a great first cause causse ili in which these qualities must reside man wan obviously 08 fiands preeminent pre eminent among sublunary ubi unary objects object and is distinguished gui gul shed by remarkable endowments above all other terre terrt terrestrial triad being 3 Never neven nevertheless theles no creature presents such ouch anomalous appearances as man viewed ii iju one aspect lie he almost resembles a domon demon y in I 1 another he still be ardithe impress of tile the image of god gol the most opposite instincts or impulses exi exl existing exist stin lili iiii his mind he is actuate actuated dby by evil instincts and if lie he permit permits the moral sentiments to obey he is almost a bend fiend on 04 the contrary when the moral inoval impulses nate rate the benignity serenity and splendor of a highly elevated na nn ture beam from his countenance and radiate from ills his eye ho he ia bi then lovely noble and gigantically great but how these conflicting tendencies be reconciled we alls alis answer allster wen that lie he should first understand der stand the laws which govern his ills physical intellectual and moral constitution and then thell conform to those laws to thu the th best of lils iiii ability the magnificence once of the form and a nd symmetry of man and ills his superior sua eua excellence over all other created beings cause him hlin to step forth and give the injunction study me for I 1 am tearfully ear fully and wonderfully made the human body consists of bones muscles nerves and blood vessels besides or organs orans 0 ans of nutrition of of respiration of feeling and of thought these parts are all composed of physical el ele ela elements ments and to a certain extent are subject to the thew physical laws of creation the bones increase in size and strength by use while they are ara weakened by inaction exercise favors the deposition of both vili vill animal imal imai and earthy mattei by increasing the circulation ank anh and nutrition in this texture it is also a law of the tile muscular that whenever a muscle is called into frequent use fise its increase iii in thickness and become capable of acting with greater force physiologists and philosophers of the present day re regard gard tho the brain bral n as the organ of the mind it is the centre of the nervous system fc ia 13 the seat of thought of feeling and of consciousness and tile centre centro towards which all nil impressions pres made by the nerves distributed through the body are conveyed and from which the commands of the tha will ivill are transmitted to put the the parts in mot motion motton toil thab that the bopes hopes the our whole physical ci organization arm aro strengthened by exercise the brain partakes of the til e general I 1 q qualities of tho the organized system sst et 1 and is strengthened s by the ilie same amede means as other othe org organs gais gals when ahen the tho muscles are called into vivacious activity an au increased influx of blood and nervous stimulus takes place in them thom and their vessel stand become at once larger firm cr or and aud au III ili more susceptible of action allu tiiu Tl thought lu lit ait and feeling are arp to the b brain what bodily exercise is to alie mus muscles cles clos they put it into activity and ca causlin usein cause reasel re aspI asel action in its blood vessels and und an au augmented iel lel elaboration of or nervous ene energy ay rile first step towards establishing lug the fhe regular re ular exercise ex erciso of the tile bi brain is to educate and train tile mental faculties in youth and add the second is to place tho the individual in dp lip ni andins the discharge of 11 beul 5 kiil aid and important duties I 1 tile the question is often aked ahat jj is the use uso of education the the answer might Jo bo illustrated by explaining to the inquirer the and OT ob the various organs of the body such as the limbs lungs and eyes and then asking him if lie could perceive any advantage advant awo ago to a ingiSo being be so constructed in obtaining access to earth air anil aull 11 light ight he we would at once declare that they were obviously of the very highest utility to him as aa affords affording i ng the only I 1 conceivable means by which these or organs a ng could obtain scope for action which action we suppose him to kno know to be pleasure to those then who know the constitution of bf the brain as the organ of the moral and intellectual powers of man only say that the object presented by education to the till mind bears to it the same relation rela reia tion tiou that the physical elements of nature do to the nerves and muscles they anford afford the fact faculties aties Atles scope for action and yield them dell deil delight ilo lit Iii lri stich questions tile the signification generally attached atta elied clied to the word use is how much money influence or consideration will education bring these being the only objects of strong wong desire with which uncultivated tiva ted minds are acquainted and ilis ills itis i t li not perceived iu in what way education can cari gratify such propensities si ties belthe moment the mind is opened to the perception of its own cown constitution and to the natural I 1 laws the tho great adVant advantage awo ago of moral and intellectual cultivation uee becomes bec bee omes omea apparent as a means of exercising and invigorating the brain and mental faculties dran brau man bran ignorant and uncultivated cultivated is a ferocious sensual and superstitious savage the world affords some enjoyments enjoy ments to his animal feelings hut betit but it confounds his bis moral and intellectual tei tel faculties external nature exhibits to iii lil liis ills s mind a mighty chaos of bf events and aud a dread dis playoff play pt power the tho physical phy his the globe clearly indicates progression in an adland advancing in g series rf of gil sil changes anges and the civil h history of man a equally proclaims the march mareb at at the time of the tilo roman koman invasion the inhabitants of britain lived as asp ea savages and appeared in painted A sk skins tn s after the norman conquest one part of the nation was placed jil hithe mhd condition of serfs and condemned dem ded ned to labor like beasts of burden ekeh lieh e while another devoted themselves ves to war they fou fought ht battles duning during the day and at night dreamed of bloodshed and broils Next came edme the age of chivalry aw have come the present arrangements of society y the elementary principles both of mind and body were tygre tho the pame same same in our painted an co costels cost ersin in their chivalrous descendants f tild and in us their thein store keeping manufacturing and mone money mones y gather gathe r ing ink childre children ii abt hov different the efte external mil barc circumstances of the tha individual of these several generations jf afy in th tho a av vago ge state tho the int internal emai emal f fic fae fac 10 b of many were in lit liardon harmony harmons X among them themselves selve seive and if his e external condition was in accord accordance aiice atice mth pith them ho lie must then ther have enjoyed all ail the hap bap happiness that his lature admitted of and must have erred when he be changed if thein the institutions and customs of the age of chivalry were calculated to gratify liis ills whole nature harmoniously lie must have been unhappy as a sav age agnand ageia and nd must be miserable now if his present condition be the ilie perfection of ills nature he must have been far from enjoyment both as a savage and as a feudal warrior and if wone nono of these thesa conditions have been in accordance with ills AIs causti tu aution tedi he lie must still have his ills happiness to seek every age agge accordingly has testified that it was not in possession of contentment hence we can only conclude tha tiia man is a progressive being TI the ie creator having baving designed a higher path vath for him tha than n tor for the tile lower creatures has lids given him intellect ito to discover ills his own nature ardd arid that of external objects and left loft him by the exercise of that intellect with mith a portion of that spirit through which all ali intelligence enia enla emanates nates to find out for himself the method of placing ills his in 16 harmony among themselves and in accordance with th alto b external world man uan when civilized grid gild illuminated by knowledge knowledg in the objects and oce occurrences uc around him aschen iob loh beautifully dutifully auti fully arrand arranged d orah oreb atlon of his whole w po powers ers fi nimai moral hy lip leeo leoo in himself the intelligent and alid accountable able subject 0 of r an all an bountiful cleator and III in joy and gladness desro desire to to study tile the creators work sto ascertain his laws and to leid bold yield to them a ste steady 03 and willing wiffing obedience ul undervaluing the tilo pleasures plea piea tires orbis animal nat nature tire lie he tastes the higher more and ammil more enduring delff delights aits of his moral and intellectual capaci capacities ties and ho lie then calls alord aloud for education as indispensable to tile the full enjoyment of 11 his 1 13 rational powers bowers As a source of material wealth what is true of an individual is also true arue of the state this tills is political economy the education of ofa people bears a constant and pre eminter ly influential relation to its attainments and excellences physical mental and moral the national education is at once a cause and an effect of tho national character and it is an unfailing standard for estimating its advance or retreat upon the line of human preg progress gress if we canvass the tho past history of our country it will afford abundant materials for improvement in the tile present in our own territory this pre emli emil lent truth is again still more eminently preeminently pre true nowhere alar adiong jilg civilized nations is the business q ot of education pursued with wit hsueh hsuch su ell eil utter backof lack laek 0 f system such sueh complete 1 independent macoit eli elf reli eji dependant isolation of umfort effort though yet with a fervor devotion ent eft efterpy eroy ergy and capacity almost un unrivaled 6 by a pew few practical educators bomay wo may Is stated what is a rather than a resulting fact that aur zur our people are characterized characterized by many e excellences cel lences but the reason of this is is not to be looked for in its system of education it i can only be bp found by means of a br broad oad estimate of the tiie tofal influence of all their social po lio liti caland religious circumstances our boys bos and iris kiris grow grow up within TI a homo home atmosphere of purity of unlimited freedom in all ail 11 good endeavors and under the wholesome though almast unfelt restraints of laws and governments adapted to a free and good people with a wisdom even divine men blen and women growing up under such circum will commonly become g good and useful members of tile the commonwealth by virtue of forces which might even bo be termed independent of afew a few years of schooling but history indicates so clearly and definitely how materially the school tra training ining aid ald fortifies confirms and enhances all the good results of all the other influences of ilfe life hence bo be it Be resolved solved 1 that education is the property of the state 2 12 that education is ne necessary Cesary to the perpetuity and tile the very existence of a government 3 that tb the people cannot be educated without a school system organizing gan izing tiia tila schools locally and financially within with inthe the tho reach of the tile people 4 that this association petition tho the legislature of utah to consider in its next nt session me the necessity of legislation in tile tho educational deportment ami amt effect effi eeb ani afi tion and tild tile passage of a school law which shall bo for the educational glory gloy of its col coi constituents |
