| Show CHILDRENS literature at the county teachers 1 institute saturday prof george M Mare marshall jamill of the utah university made au an address oo on literature for little polka the professor pro 1 insisted dilated that a desire and taste lor for good literature should be cultivated and should be cultivated early literature is ie the repository 0 oj the best belt thought of the best and great set est meo med by careful reading a man can be master no not only of his bis own ideas but may turn to his bis own use the best beat that has baa been thought before him and thus thug can become a man of wider life and greater li is fluence flu enoe too many children come from homes home of ignorance hearing no good language an at home and among play mates is a boy acquires incorrect and gross grom language itsume if borne children can be interested interest cD in good reading they at once come into contact with a world of purity and nobility no billiy of which they have before been ignorant they too are in contact with good language and tian an not but be influenced by it parents parente too often are unable to discriminate between what Is ie good goad and bad in literature and are pleased when they see their children reading regardless of what it is that their children are reading the true teacher la is the most moat potent civilizing influence to la any community and it is ie not only his bia province but his hia duty to create cevelo develop p and encourage a pro penalty of his hia pupils hupila for reading and to direct their choice time taken occasionally from other school exercise to tell or read stories to youngest youn geat pupils pupil la is tar far from being misapplied lot let children under stand aland that therease there ther eare are interesting toinia in books and they mey will be eager to read for themselves have children learn much poetry of laie isis years yeara the cultivation of memory has baa been somewhat neglected by learning and reciting poetry not only will this hia important quality of the be but the child will widen his hia vocabulary and learn correct pronunciation be made familiar with good pare thoughts and have developed the liner finer quality of imagination As soon boon as an pupils pupil are old enough to do reading aloud assign a short abort story to one to practice on and to read to the class other pupils will want the privilege and the stimulus of emulation will then be a tool in the teachers hand such buob readings can be made the means of teaching oom composition position and even the beginning of oratory cry after a reading ask certain pupils to tell colt all they can about what they have heard Asto A story ryean can be givenco given to a pupil to read at his home and at a ertain certain time to be told by him to hla his companions after a wading reading pupils can be asked to write ou their tablets one thing they remember two etc according to their age and devel cevelo A school library should be collected many means can be resorted re to in te rested patrons can be asked to contribute one oae book or the price of one book these theme books can be loaned out to pupils perhaps no as favors or ro rewards wards the school prof marshall said should be a subscriber sube riber to some good periodical as youths companion and A little intelligent extort put forth by a teacher in some such way cannot but make toe the school more interesting and therefore more efficient and motes bome pupils at least could not help learning the love of good literature and what to is good and noble a love that will extend through life and help ralee raise the average of the community in intelligence and ana refinement the professor distributed lists hats of about fifty books suitable tor for use in primary and grammar grades mr 0 M mumford made a brief talk on teaching ss and mr john holt gave a recitation there will be one more meeting in the be nature ofa of a social gathering two weeks from today and the institutes will raj adjourn durn for the vacation period |
