East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1961-05-11

How do you study something
that is SO new that it isn't in the
textbooks yet?
This is the problem that faced
the fifth grade pupils of Mrs.
Bernice Wisecup in Chambers
School some weeks ago, when
they decided to find out all they
could about the two-year-old st.
Lawrence Seaway, the new gate
way to the world,
As a part of their study of
Transportation, they wanted to
know what changes had been
made in our inland waterway
traffic by this tremendous new
engineering achievement. But, IN.
order to find this out, they de-
cided that they would have to
collect the information them
selves, because textbooks don't
have up-to-date accounts OF 1t
yet.
The first thing the students
did was to appoint 1ranspor-
tation Team of five members Of
the class, who got to work on
the subject Of the Great Lakes
and the st. Lawrence Seaway.
They found out the sizes, ele-
vations and depths of the Lakes,
the successively lower elevations
of bottlenecks such as Sault st,
Marie, Lake st. Clair, the Well
and Canal, and the outlet of
Lake Ontario, and the locationI
and elevation of both the new st.
Lawrence locks and the old ones.
(They had to come out right at
Montreal with their subtract
ingD
Then they drew scale models
of the old lake freighters, linn
tied in draft and width by the old
canals, and of the new and
larger ocean-going vessels which
the new Seaway will admit to-
the heart of our continent. All
this material was transferred to-
a huge piece of opaque paper for
display in their room and in the
school corridor, any part of
which could also be shown on a.
screen by the use Of Chambers
opaque protector.
Other members of the class
prepared a large map of the
World, showing shipping lanes
which reach from all major sea-
ports of the earth to Cleveland,
Chicago and Duluth, and telling
the story of the tremendous
boost in trade which the larger
Seaway locks and canals have
made possible.
All this was art of the study
being made by the class of trans
ortation in general, which traced
the history of mans efforts to-
move people and goods all the
way from the earliest dug-out
canoes of the savages to the
huge, swift cargo and passenger
carriers of the land, sea and sky
Of today.
School Dustin
Out All Over
The whole family attended
Rozelle School one recent eve
ming. The annual Family Night
presented by the school brought
900 men, women, boys, girls, and
toddlers to the building for an
evening of fun and relaxation, |
and everyone had good time.
There were so many people IN
the school that they had to move
to different parts of the building
in three shifts.
While some were dancing III
the gymnasium, others were
watching puppet show in the
auditorium, and still others were
playing games or heading for
refreshments in various first
floor rooms and a couple in the
basement.
About the most fun that the
children had, apparently, was
watching their fathers dance, or
try to; father-daughter couples
were especially entertaining to
and provided enjoyment
that was not rehearsed to any.
great extent beforehand.
In addition to the entertain
ment Of the evening itself, school
officials felt that it was a good
thing to let the parents see the
where their children 60
to school.
Some Of the problems posed
by fitting so many people into.