Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1901 — War and Geography. [ARTICLE]

War and Geography.

A new, although possibly doubtful, blessing of war has been discovered by a Philadelphia school teacher, who asserts that since the Spanlßh-Amerlcan conflict and 'the Transvaal and Chinese troubles her pupils have made wonderful progress lu geography. She has under her charge children ranging from 9 to 11 years of age, and declares that she expects them to graduate with 100 per cent to their credit in geography. The boya in particular are so eager to see where the troops landed, the route they followed and the battles they fought, that they spend much time poring over their atlases and studying the maps. “So you can see.” she says, "that their knowledge of geography Is muoh greater than It otherwise would have been, as it was made Interesting by a study of coming events In those particular countries. Thus the geography of these conflicts and the history of them are pretty well fixed in the pupils’ minds.”