Show the parson answered compan ion darsow green was one of the school committee in the town of briarfield Bri arfield and ne of bis he related to the study of geography he contended very little time should be spent over foreign coun tries but that each pupil should leave a common school with a clear and accurate knowledg ga of Ns own a tates resources and rap b y not only was he devoted to this theory but he lost no opportunity of promulgating it visiting schod one day with a colleague who ventured to daffier with him on this point the ter undertook to illustrate his views by practical example sel i a particularly brig lit little girl ia the geography class which had been reciting about africa be said to her what do you know about the source of the nile the little maid thereupon gave a vivid account of e x sand at which her teacher smiled approvingly do you know lehere liberia Is ahe answered promptly and cor erectly can you tell anything about the of alexandria it that she could tell a coved great eal and when she had dis herself in the eyes of her classmates by enlarging u p on it I 1 the minister y ch a ngod his tactics I 1 what town in your state mane fractures fac tures most clotet he asked the child hung her head she did not know man moun I 1 bains are there over three housand feet high she had apparently never been told the minister looked tri UT ta t ly at his friend I 1 w you see he went on this chi id even know enough about her own state to ut alize its advantages when she gro we up tell mb my little girl if you wanted to go from your home to new york what line of rall rowl you would take and what bodies of water you would croes 1 I dont know air sorrowfully said the child ithee you see yourself stat you dont know anything about your own state said be determined to drive the question home well if yo u wanted to take such a journey a t y 0 u do the child was driven to the walt find like many a weaker creature J hd turned at bey iler eyes were full of tears and her lip quivered but she replied bravely 1 I should just ask my tapa to etke we to the station anti uy my she was no more that d ay |