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The Review of Reviews. 



iforember 1, 1906. 



Mr. Leach B.Sc. one of the Continuation School Teachers, Giving a Geography Lesson. 



ticed, and is evidently coming into general use for 

 obtaining the meridian altitude of the sun. Many 

 of the quadrants showed simplicity and ingenuity 

 in their construction. There was abundant evi- 

 dence that geography has been made one of the 

 most interesting subjects of the school course. The 

 writer has a vivid recollection of forming one of a 

 class of children who used to learn lists of long 

 names by heart. Many men past forty can remem- 

 ber when they were wont to go through, say, the 

 seas of Asia, from Kamtschatka to Akaba, like a 

 pack of hounds in full cry. 



In such a subject as arithmetic, too, there was 

 abundant evidence that concrete illustrations are 

 used far more than formerly. Apparatus was seen 

 to show such things as the ratio of the inscribed 

 circle to the square, the relations of the squares on 

 the sides of a right-angled triangle to each other, 

 the area of the surface of the cylinder, and the like. 



Probably no court in the Exhibition building at- 

 tracted more notice than the joint one occupied bv 

 the Teachers' Training' College and the Continua- 

 tion School. The fine disp'.avs in the science sec- 

 tions of both made the court particularly interest- 



ing. The Training College court was intended to 

 show as manv teaching aids as could be exhibited in 

 the limited space available. The science exhibit 

 contained apparatus to illustrate almost every part 

 of the science taught in our schools. On the walls, 

 model blackboard sketches, illustrations for the 

 teaching of infants, histor}' aids, and model lessons 

 in reading, number, and other subjects were dis- 

 played, while on and above the tables, geographical 

 and arithmetical aids, notes of lessons, nature study 

 exhibits and others were shown. The science de- 

 monstrations given daily by the students were much 

 appreciated, judging by the numbers who listened. 



The notes of lessons showed the best way to draw 

 up set lessons, and manv teachers seized the oppor- 

 tunit\- of consulting them. 



Excellent work was characteristic of the exhibits 

 shown in the half of the court occupied bv the Con- 

 tinuation School. The work in geography and 

 nature study was especially fine, and showed de- 

 finiteness and thoroughness throughout. The draw- 

 ing and brushwork was also good — in fact the whole 

 exhibit was highly creditable to all concerned. It 

 it not the purpose of this article to deal with the 



