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The Church and the School

Improvement Era, vol. 11, no. 12, October 1908, p. 940

Smith, George Albert

940 IMPR 0 VEMENT ERA . It was the life of Socrates and the practical side of his teachings that appealed most to Xenophon. Plato, on the other hand, was the greatest of the speculative philosophers, and we look to him for an exposition of the philosophical teachings and method of Socrates. The selections that will appear in the next number are from Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates. Forest Dale, Utah. THE CHURCH AND THE SCHOOL. The school and the house of worship, those effective instruments of civilization and culture— spring up like magic wherever the Latter-day Saints plant their colonies. The illustration shows the new Latter-day Saints meeting house at Photo by George Albert Smith. Meetinghouse at Kirtland, New Mexico. Kirtland, New Mexico. The brick were laid by two young men about sixteen years of age, and the expenses for material, as is usual with this people, were mostly donated by the local members of the Church. The Church as a whole has spent many thousands of dollars daring late years in the building of places of worship, in the missions of the world and at home.