Show PLEA MADE FOR FOB PIONEER TALES it we want to save the spirit of 0 I 1 I 1 america ye we will faveto save the sacred ed stories which vitalize and humanize its history history Is a matter ol of feeling what we need to do is make the people of 0 this country feel what it meant to conquer this almost interminable wilderness there is no more sacred duty in all america than to perpetuate pe cuate these vitalized vitali zed stories that spell its name that was the statement of howard R driggs former university of utah instructor in a I 1 lecture to the summer I 1 school students of the the university i ity and the public la in general I 1 last night his subject was pioneer stories professor driggs said that the stories which surround the pioneer trails are the most fascinating inthe history ot of any country embra clog in its wide sweep the carrying and planting of a civilization the pioneer trails which led from coast to coast constituted the stretching of a warp of 0 real americanism across the continent from the atlantic to the pacific he said the vital thing is Is will the warp hold professor driggs states in the affirmative aff irma it if we save the sacred pioneer stories ot of america professor driggs related the history of 0 the oregon trill trail following in detail the j journey bourney of lewis and dark clark he traced later expeditions traveling in their footsteps anit and then related a few of the stories which are outstanding in pioneer history in his lecture to the summer school students at 1 yesterday afternoon on the subject how to teach english professor driggs stated that the central object in teaching english englis is the cultivation of 0 the spirit ot of au orth ship and the inculcation ot of a proper pride in the mastery of 0 the mother tongue the posses posse lson of 0 the skill 0 o of speech leads to an 0 of all that is written and spoken he said there la is one essential cardinal principle that all teachers should keep in mind and that Is that they should first create conditions wherein the pupils teel feel compelled to express themselves not someone else athe the child should be be allowed to express s |