| Show UTAH COUNTY TEACHERS LEHI oct 10 1896 the third regular session of the be U G C T A was held at the be district school building in this city today in anticipation of be event a great many of the leading olti zone assembled to receive hust ruction by the way the parents parent here bore nave have long since recognized the teacher an aa a coworker co oo worker in the he same great cause the elevation of the young and as a result of this her schools are recognized as first class in fact second to none in out fair county nty the opening prayer was wag offered by hon A J evans prof stewart of the university of utah had bad prepared a technical talk sullen suited to the profession but on account of the presence of 80 0 many patrons and trustees of schools sc hooli be delivered a popular lecture he prefaced his remarks by referring t j the influence for good of a true teacher we have in the united states teachers tea upon whom rests the grave res ability of bringing about much needed reforms both scoval and political we have 1 in our midst some teachers tea whose services cannot be estimated in dollars and cenec and some who are absolutely worth wort blees lse even a detriment to true progress because they fail to economize the efforts they way may gain interest they may secure enthusiasm and receive the love of pupil and patron yet give no true education on aco aut of ignorance with regard to the laws of mental growth all children are born deaf dumb and 11 but with the dormant capabilities of hearing speak ing to g and seeing all teaching is but furnishing favorable conditions for mental effort and the school Is but an artificially arranged denvir tends la isk this direction education cannot aaa not be imparted it must be acquire all education is self education he to is a true teacher that brings briars about aoh conditions as will lead the child along the direct route from the known to the desired unknown the efforts of pupils must be persistent and progressive saive so as aa to develop the power of independent thought simple thinking to is not enough A man may think over a checker board for a lifetime and yet acquire no ability to think outside of that line we have bad and still are having too much checkerboard checker board teaching teaching where the mind is held bold upon mure more symbols and tet forms for me prof stewart poke briefly bristly upon the Spencer Spen cerlan laii and the hag systems of education ez ng his preference for or the first named he also albo spoke briefly of the teaching ot of writing his main point being that penmanship should be taught under the impulse of thought thouR ht miss hills critic teacher of the training department of the U of U gave some borne v very fy practical suggestion to la regard to the teaching ot of reading read loir phonics and writing the teachers tea are already asking that her services be me ee oared cured again in the near future through the courtesy courte ey of managed culer caller the he teachers tea obera visited the sugar bugar factory |
