Excerpt from School and Fireside It is with reluctance that the author yields to the entreaties of his fellow teachers and students to publish this record of the Normal instructions given by him at the Brigham Young Academy, Provo, during the fifteen years from 1876 to 1891. No attempt has been made to present startling ideas, or to urge radical changes in existing educational systems. The intention is rather to place on record the characteristic features of the Normal work done in the Brigham Young Academy during that period. While no claim is made to striking originality, it is thought that these features are nevertheless sufficiently marked to distinguish them from the prevailing tendencies of the age. The author has availed himself of the best ideas of educators, as far as they are in accord with the principles of moral and religious training, and has not been unmindful, on the other hand, of the achievements of science in the educational field. Special attention has been paid to the purposes, organizations and methods of our Church Schools, Mutual Improvement Associations, Sunday Schools and Primaries, as the corner-stones of our educational system. It will be observed that theological, scholastic and domestic education are treated as inseparable. This thought underlies the work from beginning to end, hence its title "School and Fireside." Founder's Day of the Brigham Young Academy, October 16, 1894. The design of this work is not to add to the great number of valuable text books already existing, but to plead for the cause of true education, the education of the whole man. Teachers and students, who are presumed to be devoted to this sacred cause without any urging on my part, will, I trust, welcome this book of reference, while members of the home circle - those indispensable co-workers of ours - will recognize in this endeavor to bring about a union of the school and fireside, a desire on my part to furnish information that shall make the efforts of both teachers and lay members tend to one common end - the end looked forward to with unfaltering faith by our people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.