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Show THE DESERET EAGLE, THE DESSRET EAGLE. without SALT Ij.iKi: CITY, UTAH. oirroiitiii is, is!2. 1IIJIMS11EI SEMI-MOXTIIL- DUftlXU Y THK SCHOOL YEAK. For .school year In advance- - 8.50. Advertising rates made known on -- application. The' object of this paper is to teach the art of printing to the pupils in the Utah School for the Deaf. Add res all communications- and - subscriptions to irivinir them an examina-tio- n School work of variujs kinds from is out of place in a school the public schools, academies and colleges of the Territory. We ent room. an exhibit to show our work in In the death of Supt. Thomas manual training and also some ami mechanical Monroe the profession has lost work in free-han- d work show from our one of its ni:st promising mem- .drawing. The industrial clases was given the bers. He had been a teacher in premium offered $ 0.00. As we the Michigan School for the secured the prize in competition Deaf for a number of years and with the sSalt Lake Academy and in July last was appointed Sup- the Oiieu Military Academy we erintendent. As one of the Edi- have leasou to IVel proud of our woik. tors of the Silent Educator he There were two entries iu the was known to all connected with pin torn i ne contest. One of our the education of the deaf and his pupils Joseph 01urenhaw and Mr. death will leave a blank hard to Paul Mark a graduate ot the Kam-aThe Judges awarded fill. Our sympathy goes out to Institution. s THE DESERET EAGLE, Salt Lake City, Utah. his vomit; wife in her great itered al the post olfije iu S tit Ij ike city as second class matter. IS MM. xs mi:t vi.r, i:iitok. It is well to think now about examinations. It you commence studying bard from the beginning: of tin session you will be prepared for the examination next winter. Tais year if you do not stand a good examination you will rnr, hf promoted. We found the above in one of our exchanges and we believe it to be a false standard to set before pupils. What is the object of education? Is it to be able to answer a set of questions in History or Is it to be able to Geography? solve a few catch questions in Arithmetic? Or is it to develop the faculties of the child? If the former then hold up before your class the bug bear of an examination; tell them they can't be promoted if they don't answer the questions which may happen to be If the latter, then never given. mention examination. Work solely with the idea in mind that education is development of the powers of the child. A teacher who cannot tell which pupils of his class are qualified for promotion 1 ! 1 1 I $3.00 to Uoseph Oloren-shu- w. The following "aie some press comments. oi me iVLaoauia Institution are wrestling with Tne Elucatioual Dpaituieiit is lor its ti Le the course of study problem. highly complimented display, iu wbichthe Deal Mute School That is a gojd nuve and some- takes a conspicuous part. thing every institution should The a raiding committee of the have. It is not a very difficult educational board was unanimous iu the opinion that tee educational matter to frame a course of study department was the best .epreseuttd but the difficulty comes in trvin' of all department of the fair and higtiiy complimented tue t x.iibituip'. to live up to it. j-ii- rit vxK ..A the prize a. A ic-acncr- Tie. puu.ic schools ot Sail LaKe, N.irth Odcu, Frovo aud Weber county nave i cached lar aoove liie average. TQe Deaf Muie Scuool has doue good woik, aud Processor Metcatf was complimented on the exnibit made In the Alabama Institution thev have an equal number of boys and gills. We wish our school was as evenly divided. We have Times. more than twice as many boys as girls and always have had. Tae Uiah School for the IX'af, Mr. How will you trade some girls F. W. Metcalf, principal, had a veiy atraciiVvi display of pioducts of manual for boys Bro. Johnson? of aud haudiciaft consisting wood woik, plain aud fancy sewing mechanical and Ireenand drawings, etc. Auetgiue aud tender, all ot wood, complete, made by a boy attracted much notice, as did also a clock, the wood work of which was fashioned witu a scroll-taSumj excellent was also exbibittd there. Inturning ter Mouuiaiu Educator. training The Silent Echo's caricature of Drs. Gallaudet and Bell is very expressive. Dr. Bell has evidently been knocked over the ropes yet he comes up smiling for another round. w. THE FAIR, FAXTOM1XB CONTEST. We take the prize for the best collection of handicraftand products The pantocaine contest was a good oue. There w re two entries, Joseph of Manual Training. Olorenshaw, Courtship under D illcul-tie- s, and Mr. Paul Mark, the Preacher One of the prominent features of and the Wasps Both acted their the Territorial Fair was the Educa- stories well and received a liberal tional Exhibit. Jt consisted of round of applause. Tribune. |