The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-11


not more than three groups of either.
the standard lengths or heights being
the extremes. AS any teacher of, or
binary intelligence can easily arrange
these groups, we give no illustrations.
Any one who, will make trial of this
method will be surprised to learn how
rapidly these facts will be nemorized,
and how firmly they will be fixed IN
/, the memory $50
There Is very little attention paid,
lin any of our schools, to the latitude
and longitude of important places.
In manyiastitutes, composed OF teach
| ersI ofiavera9e or more than average
I intelligence, half dozen will rarely
be feuad who can give even the lati-
tude1eGof the y county seat of,
! theira10 own counties. We have
| knownIa difference of more than ten
| degrees in - guesses at the latitude
of the capita of our State. The rea
son for this a lmost iDexcusable igno
ra nee u.s. that as usually attempted to
be learned, the acquisition of this
kind of knowledge is an impossibility
Ewithf most minds Still it is of so
much practical Importance that 1t can
| not beignored in any thorough teach
ling of geography. Many important
facts cannot Unexplained, nor their
cemprehended, unless the
exact relative location of places wide
Fly separated be known. In connec
ton with map drawing. the latitude
and longitude of. sufficient num-
Der of important points may
be learned, in short time.
to enable the student to . guess
the location of other points with SUR
prising, eexaetness. For illustration
suppose one to have committed the
following tables to memory, and mo-
ted the position Of each place named,
on map of the United States:
v EArII UrEs.
250 N, Cape Sable, Florida.
3Uo. New Orleans. 1t. Augustine.
SO 3V, Charleston, s. c.. Vicksburg, Miss.
IS, Newbern, &. c., Memphis, Tenn.
81 SV, Richmond, Va. Springfield, Mo-,
4Oo, Philadelphia, Columbus, o., Dem
Yer, s. II Lake City.
as, Eastport. Me, Houses POINT, ST. |
Paul. Mimi, Salem Oregon.
40, Northern Boundary Line.
- LoSGrTuDEs.
81 3V W. Passport, Me.
75o Philadelphia
To 30, Washington. Rochester, ". Y.
so Charleston, ;. c., Pittsburgh. Pa.
So Frankfort. KY, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
81 SV, Louisville, KY, Milwaukee, Wis.
So GALVESTON. Texas, Leavenworth.
1852 DenVera sii2o. salt Lake CITY.
l22' 80, Salem, Oregon, San Francisco.
Using these as points of COMPARE |
son, drawing parallels and meridians
through them while projecting map
on slate or blackboard, or critically
studying those drawn in an atlas, and
learning, as he soon must, how large
a portion of the map is occupied by
single degree, he cannot err widely in
latitude and longitude of any impor-
tant locality In our country.
1t will be seen that the latitude and
named are not given with the exact
ness extreme accuracy requires
neither is it necessary that they
should be. A difference of single
degree is of no special Importance to
the general student With this fact
in mind. numberiess condolences may
places, which will make the study of
maps an interesting and profitable ex,
ercise. For example, the parallel of
gGu6TdL
trend of the northern shore of the
Gulf of Mexico; the capitals of Mis-
sissippi, Alabama and Georgia, are On
nearly the same parallel as Vicks-
burg; the parallelgo 35 degrees
States as. well as of South Carolina;
the mouth of the Ohio riverlis nearly
due west from Richmond, Va; the
1a1 e 80 I. L..
dairy of-Kansas, divides Illinois and
Indiana into two nearly equal por
tons, and is but little north of the
the mouth of the Columbia river IS
about degree and half north of the
parallel of 45Rs which parallel forms
the southern boundary of Montana,
divides Dak eta 1ntontwo nearly equal
Thunder Bay. Similar facts may be
noticed by a careful study of the me-
The value of this method will be |
best appreciated while teaching the 7
latitude and longitude of localities
widely separated, scattered over Sthe
whole earth To do this in salts
factory manner. a magnetic globe is
extremely convenient. Select some
parallel or meridian, and place an OBJ
ject on each place whose geographical
position you wish to remember. |.
Make lists of these places, and re- |
qnire your pupils to copy them. Re-
with these lists in hand, replace. them
Do this until the lists can be dispensed
with. Endeavor to learn the posi-
ton of but few nlaces e cb. dau: re- ,