EDITORIAL— NEWS NOTES 45 



map. What if it had been our lot to be placed on the map of 

 Russia, Armenia or one of the Balkan states or upon any of the 

 maps of Europe where there are now peoples suffering with the cold 

 and for lack of food. Yet it has been geography more than any 

 other factor perhaps, that has kept Europe in a turmoil of war 

 for ages past and has put untold suffering upon innocent peoples. 

 War in Europe, famine in India, fever in Africa have all been mat- 

 ters of geography. Our own geography may not always please us 

 but we should consider what it has done for us, taking the centuries 

 into account and be very thankful that we live on a map which 

 covers a great amount of tilled land to give us food and that it is 

 dotted with towns and villages the crowning pride of every one 

 of which is a school-house. 



News Notes 



In the last annual report of the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, La. 

 is contained a most interesting account of the studies of Professor Alfred M. 

 Bailey of a pelican survey. 



The American Library Association of Washington, D. C, has published a 

 very attractive booklet on Books-at-Work in the War During the Armistice 

 and After. It is beautifully illustrated, showing the work of providing books 

 for those in need in many phases of war and should be in the hands of every 

 teacher. 



The Kansas School Journal published at Topeka is a new and valuable 

 publication given over to the educational activities, plans and ideals of educa- 

 tion in that great state. It is attractively gotten up and bears on its cover, 

 delightfully illustrated the following very cogent verses: 



Mary had a little cold 



It started in her head. 

 And everywhere that Mary went 



That cold was sure to spread. 

 It followed her to school one day 



There wasn't any rule. 

 It made the children cough and sneeze 



To have that cold in school. 

 The teacher tried to drive it out 



She tried hard but "kerchoo-oo" ! 

 It didn't do a bit of good 



For teacher caught it too. 



