Show THE IMPERFECT COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM I 1 L brills trills late lafe president brigham Brig harm hara ydun young on several i occasions expressed his disa disapproval approval 6 of tile hie common school system of this country and showed taht that in its present condition fl jt unfitted i fitted the young for the thel labors labora and duties of couin conin common ion iou working life ilfe he advocated the blending together 0 of industrial and intellectual education auca ducA atlon wished boys to he be taught trades and the be best methods of manual labor as book learning ing and ana girls domestic duties and the way to sew and cook as well as the accomplishments for this lie ir was as berated I 1 by ills his enemies as a foe to education he lie was repeatedly represented by mendacious reporters aa w claiming that all a boy wy needed to learn was bow hiow how to saw off the end of a board or handle a hoc 11 and all that a girl should be hauht taught was how to sweep the floor ma make mako bread and boil doll the pot q t and because the present leaders of the latter day saints advise the people not to send their children to schools taught by persons opposed to their faith but to employ teachers who wha are sound in doctrine and ond mo aali bality ty as well as in cular secular fae I 1 learning earning they are misrepresented as opposed to education in looking erthe ov march humbert of Scribner scribners 8 magazine we notice a pithy article on industrial education from which we have made a few extracts because th they OY embody similar ideas idea to those entertained by our late president and many of his brethren and touch per on the point under consideration era ena tion they ar aze are ro as follows quarrel with the fact arwe as we may it cannot be successfully denied that dhe dho influence of common schools has buento be ento unfit those subjected to their processes roe roc e ases and social influences for T ahe h common employments of life ilfe the lad ad who has made a successful beginning of the cultivation of hjal hial intellect does docs not like the idea of getting a living by the tho skillful use of his muscles in a mechanical employment it does not account for everything to say that he gets above it it is enough that he likes the jine line ot 0 intellectual development in which h finds himself and has no taste for nor bodily labon labor so lie te g goe oes further or stopping nj altogether a ito ther seeks some light employment de tiding of culture or tries ill ili to go tins living 0 by his wits wits wils afif the money spent 1 in edu altion eatlo vatic si tion an really uin tin unfits fits tits abe the great majori major ty for nor r the tho work of life or rather falls lails k nit fit them foll fon work why should we inthia his direction 8 5 we ilvo have iliade madea god of gur pur t to school system ideis itis it is treason to speak a word agal agai against us t I 1 it t A A man is regarded as a foe to education wha who expresses any doubt of the value of if but mut we may as well open opel hiir our eyes oyes to fo the fact that in pre parin f men for the work otliffe of oT ilfe life es specially for that wark delie delpe depending imp on manu manual manuals alp askill kill it is a hindrance a anda etui failure ur 6 F lit ait if it vere vero were tere nob not dbr forn fort lin immigration this country would suiter severely from a jaek jack bof skilled eizans arii arf eans the tendency of the general beneral american speculation curatio cul atio atlo n trade s 1 l commerce politics politic 9 the so called 0 professions of anything any thing by which a living V in cah can be without con in dug dus bodily exertion or riches be arrived at by sudden leaps instead T plodding the prevail in in system of education cultivates L E el developing the physical fand tand and find often without ti training the tho moral monal or cultivating the spiritual faculties the 1 results are beginning to beefelt be feit felt anu will be m gre pre fully experienced experienced in the tho future ild disposition indisposition to labor unfitness for skilful work disregard of bf moral ob and and d agnos m ynos laicism are the natural fruits 0 of f the r system it will mil be found fund on close in hinves vesti ti gabon that among harmy pf af tramps with winch cho che country has been infested and perplexed few have llave ever learn learned ed a trade traded and that tha t if they haVe in in most instances nee nce they thoy are ready to labor when opportunity is afforded the criminal statistics of the country will show that the sam feame Tule erule applies to the tile inmates of jails and pen penitentiaries i ten aries arles education as tile the word is common ay iy used sig learning ii is is not an an all Q jdonte to crime the tho learned criminal is ii the mot mo t danger 0 ous 0 oi o his ills uis ela dla class elass s s the majority of lali jail birds birdall can both read tead and write the common school system as at present constituted does doe snot not make people law abiding moral or reverent the leading men laen among the tile lat ter day Sainte ale aie as strongly in favor of general education du catlon cation as any men living and those who state to the contrary either make a great mistake or are guilty of gross intentional falsehood but they see the weak weakness fless of tile existing system I 1 and the tiie necessity of radical changes being made in la it before its establishment a as the settled school policy of supported by the public revenue ventie rb As the representatives of a divinely revealed religious system they desire to see the children of its votaries vot arles aries aries arles trained u up in I 1 its theology lennot and spirit and this cannot be done under a system which bars out the denominational and indeed is opposed to anything religious in its teachings and tendencies this whis Is a subject r requiring g close and grave consideration oui children 0 ought gh t to be trained up to become useful useful citizens of this great country ready for the labors duties trials and responsibilities of actual every day life with a cultured sense of moral obligations and the necessity of truthfulness honesty patience kindness forbearance perseverance and und integrity and an awakened spiritual nature which will thrill at the touch of the divine hand and respond to the whisperings of the spirit which guides into all truth and brings the soul into harmony and communion with the great father hather bf all alj this is 18 simply impossible under the present coldly intellectual ini ind eram cram cramming ming brain stimulating but body neglecting 1 and soul starving educational system that is so much daunte din the greatest coti country under the sun if zion cannot produce something better than that w we e need not noi look foi fol the fulfillment fulfilment of the glorious promises made to the children of the saints the heirs of the new and everlasting covenant EMPLOYER SAND EMPLOYED LAST ast evening about about 8 p in there was observed leading toward and ente entering enteria rim nim in into Z C ba M I 1 group aften after ter ten group of chatting laughing men and youths who seemed to be bent f 11 on some uncommon errand our cur 1 pressed inquiry and discovering that it was a general meeting 0 of f tile the employees of the institution tion speculations were indulged 01 in as to io the purpose of the gathering were the clerks on strike or was waa there some unexpected failure or prospective co collapse of this mammoth liou ilou house se of the west neither question seemed necessary but there wa certainly something unusual in an pro gres cressand sand the point of gathering proved to be in the twe great carpet room of the establishment there pleasantly filling a beautifully upholstered easy chair was observed the genial president of the institution horace S eldredge esq while at his immediate right was seated secretary webber and assistant superintendent john clarh clark and all around were weye those engaged in tile the several departments each one evidently anxious to find out the meaning of ot the ther meeting president eldredge arose and said he had called the brethren the employees plo together to have a quiet chat in regard to matters in which each one was interested namely the mutual relation relationship shi p sustained by and towards each other and toward the institution he referred to the early closing movement and said that while un unwilling williner to tor be a party to any outside con eon compact pact lie he yet wished to give every evers everyone one the largest opportunity for recreation consistent with business necessity and the expressed feelings of the directory but of the stockholders all of whom had claims u upon anthe the time and courtesy of their clerks for the preservation of those interests which they theay had confided to them he suggested certain arrangements range ments calculated to promote the theo these o objects and expressed tile the warmest interest in and satisfaction with those whom he kad had called together itte Itta reference ference was wag also aiso made to complaints entered by some in regard to the manners of some of the clerks and while not disposed to accept cephas as true all this criticism he yet suggested d kindly the necessity for attention to customers irrespective of dress or social position and urged that as th the e operative cooperative co store existed fr for tho the benefit of the tho people all should seek to please and increase the number of its patrons andio and so give give tolt to it the highest character possible le to any mercantile establishment it might be the superintendent then called upon ills his assistant mr john clark dark who in choice phrase and with the same kind yet earnest manner pointed out where each department could rould be improved wh ere individual netlon action coul coult daid faid the dep department artmen t and how by this unity of thought and action the prestige of the institution could be not only maintained but increased the treasurer and secretary mr T G webber at the solicitation of ake the superintendent then arose and endorsed by his unqualified approval all of the suggestions made as faras far nar as he had experience and alid said he indulged the hope as he had the faith that any evil or mistaken course or like practice or method only needed pointing out to be at once and for ever abandoned supt bupt eldredge dredge EI then expressed his concur concurrence rente in all that hid been said and invited an expression from any who felt disposed some two or three responded a and the tiie motion was made seconded ct and carried that we endorse and will put into practice the views suggestions and counsel to which we have listened and that we will study each in our special departments the interests committed to our care leaving to the superintendent and assistant superintendent the regulation of our hours of business our holiday holidays and sand recreation inasmuch as they have exhibited sympathy for and interest in inus us and in our families etc the meeting was then with the blessing of tile the supe superintendent r ln dismissed with sueh such u ch an interchange of oi thought and sentiment so unusual in business circles and yet so much in keeping with our faith everyone every eveny one present was more than satisfied and many expressed the wish that such meetings or reunions re unions could be more common bommon as they would not only be better acquaintance and better feelings but business interests would be fostered and enhanced confidence in and respect for the officers would be increased and many possibilities night ight grow from the creation of by sympathy pathy paths fellow feeling and brotherhood t the 11 between employer and employed which in all society at this period of human experience f deems beems really most desirable and it is believed that if men who employ others elther either in a mercantile or other capacity were to come occa signally sio nally into more immediate relations with them to indulge in a little freedom and exhibit a plainer bense i e of social equality with and alid personal interest in iti their servants or emp employee loyes with an occasional quiet chat eliat on per personal or business matr mate prospects etc many a sug sur could be had which would ibe be invaluable to the employer and the opportunity of espre expressing ging ci opinions pinions by a common clerk would awaken a warmer interest than that which today is only born of wages or given for bread and butter there is no real hostility here between the two classes but there i is an apparent distinction and a little unbending by many an cm em would se wre vre him illus lilus il lustra tra eions of devotion and personal interest which are beyond the power of gold to purchase and he would find himself wielding the key which url ull unlocks the secret springs and fountains of the human heart 4 HAZING tire THE interest in the whittaker case has scarcely subsided when another sensation connected with the west point military academy has drawn I 1 public attention to that establishment and to a custom which is a disgrace to dver every y educational institution in the country where it is permitted to continue on the morning of the ath dinst beaumont B buck a young man twenty years sears of age who had been appointed as cadet from dallas texas and who was studying at highland falls academy a plade place two west and where prospective cadets cabets prepare themselves for examination shot and seriously riou sly if not mally wally wounded john G thompson jr of columbus ohio a student for th the e sa same game e purpose at the same academe academy i the circumstances which led to the affair were briefly these As is the custom at most colleges a series of practical jokes commonly called hazing was vas played on young buck who hailing from t romr Texas exas was not disposed to put up with that kind of treatment without resistance after various annoyances had been resorted to a plan was laid to let iet it down a rope from the window above above the room where buck slept pass it through his window fasten it to his bed clothes and haul them away in the night buck had armed himself with a club and when a fellow student named allston entered his room stealthily as ho he says to th warn buck but as the latter supposed to help in hazing haziel him buck laid him out flat with the club and loud joud jy threatened the whole gang he afterwards after wards warda boasted to some cabets cadets that he had cleaned out the whole set of suckers this was soon noised about and learning that buck hada had a pistol in his trunk the students possessed themselves of it and determined to make liim him withdraw his statement young thompson a fine handsome fello fellow w nineteen years old acco accosted sted buck and telling him what was reported demanded that he take back what he had said buck jm i mediately drewa dreir a pistol larger than the weapon abstracted from his trun kand fired at thompson the ball of 32 calibre entering just above the groin and passing right through the body aming out otil atthe at the back f hompson thompson was cared for at once and buck went to the office of squire avery and gave himself up he was taken to Nev newburg burg jail jall tha the young soung man is described by those familiar with him as ordinarily quiet and inoffensive odlen sive he is tall and slender of dark complexion and not dangerous in appearance app varance his hia father is president of dallas college and the young fellow has a gold medal won tor for his oratory in competition with the pupils of several texas colleges he thinks when wilen the whole affia aclair ir is investigated that he will be exonerated from blame now while the shooting was doubtless unjustifiable no young man it appears to us should be censured for resisting b by y force the indignities |