The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-12
rtp RICHMOND VA
Whirns of the 1d.ler.
/. HOW PA TEACHES GEOGRAPHY.

ES GEOGRAPHY
saying \. x BIT Of realty Jointly owned
ana jgslSd 4 'orpont Morgan any
n. Ia IA rcsnonse fronl a the ~lsdom-fungry
Wliiain jennings Bryan ], \ !. .,,h,,h ~
,srho Earth IS the planet, !. on !. which W.
lye Port sIfa,y pains
not to1loose lils grip on the book which ilt
w, j, 81 is expected to learn BY heart, n.
ting nTof n Htese r4 ost et
$nicioiis habit Of running nearly all the
time, has never before heard of.n planet
Ito accepts tho staternetlt IN perfect 5000
faith. a ,i5sS ls5 S. III Il, a.
uuizzes ,inauisltion n. Z v
william Jennings Bryan; VINO Is nov y,
work thIs pfineptto bGep'e oss
! hroph tho medium OF various and al |
yers Offensive gnlrflings, answers moi, put
looks interrogatvclya Of his siro una tl fe
sir round snaps out "a evi "
cling sings Of !, NE X l az
apple ERIN tsrEsa rs l ac9
planntiolls--his happy and altoEether orlg
na l. scheme OF conveying an idea Of ro-
tundlty by Suggesting an an applo or5 ~
orange. a & 'ti " ijjaS fs55 s5 III I'll
Tho mention OF an apple or an orange
despite the fact that slipper Is hardly, IL
teen minutes gives local
the earth and Gconsld eraply rcvlyes ". y.
Ri p,I parent asks what is Geogra-
phy''--wlti1 a cunning ccclt on tho is.
tbo sniirer resp9dt S, With confidence ana
lace Of s exc EARTH bellows Pa greatly
incensed but dll1erlng closely e The
writer. 3.E3 n; ~ s. |. !. G. V KS
q y 10 v poor ". p. begins to have h
ahe aMt sa9uEHa e Is aomethns
more than a series of allurlng pictures
delineating the ant ihals Of Asia, Africa,
why 9toaehcrs DO not use cold chisels IN
drilling the srudiments OF education into
4 the. poor little polls Of z their miserable
NJ \ And 50, supervising his tendency to I'm;
5dreary Question which he, himself, doesn't
Gle OF Of tie COM
p T; q s y; 20 tho Earth's surface
B IKE an apple o. A orange, T, promptly
forth, East South, and Yves {, +, YEARLY
IN order IS inject Siife Into the chase
after knowled &C. and to hold the, alton
ton of the presidential possibili tysssWhOse!
xs Sne
3ture shows the promising William a map
Sin the map are lovely pink and yellow
afa fhd S hae
faded 3pcrcaies shirt wnist. i vi n 81
|s7sT The weary urclin,ss who IS moro or, less
s ii kaowE WI ps ss arc
naturally green raHello w4 a nd con tinents
blue or drab, looks on wi tn more curiosity
tndee the brat u on wing the eaTth's
textbook color. schetrfel explained. SLOWS
remrta pie e.
and IN enefull swoop ti,ndoes all he has ac-
lSobfusca ting,a stiitf fyiifE bewtF derlng niys-
terry Of elementary aphy-t he sub sub
1 eTfe,ffh e. smlsP ennlnEs Bryan
q picture tersely entitled, 'AlaI Of the
tss srtsi
in seas of :white--the5 very,seas which but a
! page before had been cerule ear. rs But
that Is not the worst of IT. {, he otl.er
fraudulcntly presents two samese twin
balls borlbasticalyk known as the Eastern
and 457 Western IIenisp heres 9 81,
It Is allEup with William Jennlngs Bryan
now,E1 Iliss accumulated and hard- earned
do he SEEK
to plain. he eartll5 amt divided up
( I'M wo @pa rts, sure nougt,""5 Pa says
This isseonnlYthe, ma PINOT the real. round
/ earth. There ain no such thing as q
Il;emlsp l,ere; like an oral Sc cut in hal.
It's. only make believe Y a tIeml' means,
half Sphere means a round body q
get this from the book SO / speak con-
ttdently, aye, proudly You live in the
western part OF the orange when Its cut
lp 7, half only y amt cut In half ana -
Is beacuses YOU see ~ on the m - ~
Oh. dog-gone the man who wrote this
fool book and Heaven save 5: ME from
r: Here tho ARyoungiing begins to irri gate
the real estate on his Wretched title face,
and the dormant soul who had gone TO
Baptistss arouses herself with an indig-
nant. snort, and says: e & s
~ is a. measly shame Tor you to get
been sitting here a-listening to you, and
OF all the snappin turtles I've ever seen,
you're tho worst, a No wonder he. can't
derstand geography the way 4 you teach
| it,. You can't read 1t out the book and
yet you go galvanting around tho room
as II he were tho scurf 3, thes earth.
NJ And the family Meal Ticket is half
afraid the good won,an,is pretty nearly
should s. psd nboat Sc m
lutte. and that they ought to be hauled
back and forth to their work In silk
cushioned automobiles and famed by at
PENDANTS, and massaged by experts and
blessed by preachers and Guaranteed
eternal crowns herea fter. {, 4.
It seems, however. that the dear saints
(which shows that although education
is lnonstrous hard to get. it's a mighty
poor, cheap line of goods to handle when
you have It In stock. Il, III
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