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Show TIME TABLES AS GEOGRAPHIE8. New York School Teacher Makes a Valuable Discovery. "I nover realized tho value of tlmo tables until I got hold of a class of boys old enough to tako an lntorcst in geography," said a New York public pub-lic school tenchor. "So far as the study of maps goes, I can got better results from tho uso of tlmo tables than from all tho geographies In the market. Maps that havo been prepared pre-pared for tho purposo of cultivating the youthful mind in tho matter of locality lo-cality are shunned as bugbears by all except tho studious fow. Hut Just set a dozen boys around a pllo of tlmo tables and tell them to locate certain cities, lakes and rivers, nnd they will work like heavers and come out letter-perfect overy time. For most children chil-dren tlmo tables and accompanying maps uro a sourco of unfailing Interest Inter-est both In and out of school hours. It Is true that this unorthodox method may give the boys exaggerated ideas as to tho impoitance of certain railroads, rail-roads, but they boem to get enough good out of tho Investigation to counteract coun-teract such Impressions." |