| Show association I 1 As per adjournment the salt lake county teachers association met on saturday in the fourteenth ward assembly Room rooms sat at 11 a in supt bupt john morgan presiding beautiful day was sung by the choir opening prayer by mr dir C F wilcox singing by the choir mr hir geo 11 brimhall county superintendent in of district schools of utah county with a delegation of teachers from that county met in asso association C lation with the teach teachers of this county onn oni bein introduced to the ass association ocla ocia by the chair supt bupt Brim brimhall liall after a f few ew introductory remarks proceeded to speak on the organization and classification of district schools mr nir brimhall showed himself to be thoroughly master of his bis subject and to be fully appreciated and understood fallk it would atwould have to be heard as deliver delivered eI by the utah county superintendent amon among a multitude of other ideas the gentleman presented the following the principles of self govern ment sh should ouid be the base of school government ern ment the teacher should throw the responsibility of the government of the school as much as possible on the pupils pupil ls the child Is a miniature man inan and by making him carry a portion of the responsibility it will greatly assist in the government of the school was in favor as much as possible of having the school governed by the school and of allowing the pupils to elect out of their number various officers such as a secretary monitor ins inspectors rectors c of if desk s books records etc reporters and aid committees on decoration to decorate the school room on cabinet etc by this means the pupils were led to look u upon pa n the schoolroom school room as theirs as a pleasant eouse place house I 1 a ce of ine rue meeting eting and not as a prison select reading miss emma finch the selection read by this lady contained many words of wisdom and conveyed many sound thoughts lecture by prof T B lewis subject the cultivation of individuality uil ull ity and self reliance by pupils the remarks of prof lewis like those of supt bupt brimhall would have to bohnard bei bel heard to be thoroughly appreciated what is not used is lost so the child who does not use his minds eye his intelligence Is eventually dwarfed and his mind becomes darkened knowledge led g and skill are on only y secondary ar 0 objects ac t I 1 the zhe power to think ink is the leading ob object eject to be att attained aine in the education of thee the child 11 know the mind of the pupil and the subject taugh taught twill will need i no cut and dried methods no teacher can teach sixty or pupils on any one method and brin bring out the individuality of the pupils the pupil must learn to feed himself not to think that he depend ay iy udon onori others never allow a pupil to fail in the accomplishment of any uny 0 U jacc anen it lies in the power of the teacher tb ire oro lre vent it for constant failure will der certainly destroy the pupils self reliance I 1 0 o anas in tho the th breast of f ry v human I 1 leluga elna eina eln ein a germ that is destined 6 0 grow anu lue lne t leacher teacher e ss id there i 11 ae school room to remove the barthers bar liers hiers from this germ erra and a allow I 1 low it to erow and it will grow the association at this point 0 nt was alhorn enlivened with a song by bv miss ll 11 thornley to 1 mr 1 r brinton the critic stated that he had nothing but praise to bestow besto v on the proceed proceedings lugg of thel Association A hearty vote of thanks was tendered by the teachers of salt lake county to superintendent brimhall and the accompanying compa nying teachers from utah county singing by the choir the association adjourned for two weeks |
