Show THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE th sessions of the joint teachers I 1 BM stute of the teachers of utah millard devier bevier sa Sao pete juab and tooele thoele counties begs K at 9 o yesterday monday morn morning irig at the BY B Y academy at provo prove and will continue throughout the W week eek D H christensen Christe osen was wa elected selected chairman and acknowledged the honor 9 suitable terms terme conferred in thus thu to then the adise bly proceeded to vote jn in joshua greenwood superintendent of u millard as aa vice vi oe president pre aident and peter greaves of sanpete to county as secretary and treasurer trea einer under the leaders hid of prof giles the assembly ong bang hail columbia prof N L ope opening laing prayer by nelson the chairman chal spoke a few words bordi of explanation and extended a hearty welcome in behalf of the teachers of utah county dr baldwin took the platform and after a tow few opening remarks proceeded with hla his subjects psychology or OF EDUCATION he said bald this morning I 1 wish to got get you deeply interested ed in the cultivation of the amster faculty reason man maim sees the universe as aa a plan work ing together in harmony the leader fiust be a mn min of large reasoning powers power others must follow the higher and most distant relations of must be seen it if we either achieve usefulness or happiness if you can look directly into the sense world we can become acquainted with ourselves with god the relation of truth troth and time and nil all other truths to other I 1 each I 1 first we learn to classify we have the power to think of classes and to discern truth relations after we have thought them into sciences eDees truth la is the agreement of things and upon the power of discerning truth depends our ability to progress to be able to judge is ie the power that must be exercised in every step in the broad field of human relations without faith we would be brutes indeed it is the power that enables us to use the knowledge of other people and gives us power and will to press on in mathematics every stop step is in a judgment and a truth but faith enables us ur to accept it the power of faith enables us to see the relations of things anti and accept truth the evil one always appeals to so the animal passions passion iod to the reason and the faith no first class reasoner in any age has been an agn agnostic ostle great to Is the reason of man but more sublime in conception and result io 1 the faith of man back ot of all is the creator the great first cause the loving father I 1 cannot doubt this sooner I 1 doubt my own existence there is no mystery clod always appeals reason anu judgment of man he to Is love and I 1 iu u this we discern the relations of truth and utter a judgment to in putting it into a sentence every lvery if step in life and education is a judgment how wonderfully and yet how simply the human mina has been whenever a child begins searching for a cause it begins to reason through inductive reasoning from the single objects we learn that there are a great elate clara of objects that being heavier than air fall we decide after a number of experiments that there are many more and by deduction lorm form a larger class by faith in law anil aali reason through reason our power tu ti kaow truth we learn through the known that which is unknown is truth and truth is in life falsehood is degrading truth is ennobling and take I 1 it t fellow teachers wherever you find it let us have truth it 3 matters not w whether bother the world likes libel 1 in C or not lot bacon pointed out the way to think when he said let us find out truth they did not reason in that age they simply discussed disputed fought if a man does not dot teach truth the light of the ages will expose it spencer who tried to create a world without a did a grand work his facts are invaluable and you need not accept his theories there them is a sun even it if a man shuts his eyes and declares he cannot see it stand bland on a rook of truth and all is well open the eyes of your understanding and all will be well witti with you here arid and hereafter we must got get on in this matter of educating ducati ug bring good truthful judgment into strong action reason in the mental economy to is to know yourself yo ursell remembrance to live over the past reasoning is using all that experience gains and memory recalls in new and higher ideas each individual stands alone weighing measuring determining all things and bringing bring inu all things to the king kingdom dool of self will Is ie the power of commanding all faculties and when we reason we bring the whole self into active life all of our powers have proper steps in development the saying old shen men for coun council cipo shows us that age education experience to Is the difference between the judgment of the child and that of the stater mao from the scorn acorn to the mighty oak the expansion must be kocor ling liag to law and this follow fellow teachers li is your work I 1 A wootton occupied half an hour on arithmetical language showing the misleading nature or oi some of the terms used and demonstrating the proper method for teachers to 10 follow in using arithmetical language dr J E talmage followed upon science and education ills hie talk wag wa a plea for science lo in education and wits waft a most able and interesting effort at the afternoon session dr baldwin resumed the sub subject act of psychology and education continuing his hie most moat entertaining address on the same lines as at the morning session prof fl E giles took up VOW vocal music and read a very concise and interesting paper on the above subject supplemented by many remarks ly setting forth the desirability practicability and possibility of introducing it in our common schools school also alaa on the effect or music on the general character of the school and its place in the harmonious and economic development of the pupil as an eduma lional factor prof george H Brim brimhall ball delivered a most effective lecture on the recitations Recitation 9 91 showing its aims and uses prof talmage followed on cation in science and education which he be treated in a moat comprehensive manner |