Framingham State University - Dial Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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I6 Pass It On The College President- Such rawness in a student is a shame, But lack of preparation is to blame. The High School Principal- Cood l'leav'ns, what crudity! The lJoy's a fool. The fault, of course, is with the grammar school. The Grammar Principal- O, that from such a dunce I might be spared! They send them up to me so unprepared. The Primary Principal- Poor kindergarten bloclchead! And they call That preparation worse than none at all! The Kindergarten Teacher- N ever such lack of' training did I see, What sort of person can the mother be! The Mother- You stupid child! But then, you're not to blame Your father's family are all the same. A noted exception to this rule Is a Massachusetts Normal School.

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I5 This leads to industrial geography. Another way to connect physical with industrial geography is through the collection of the soils found in the town. After the children have brought the kinds to school study the uses of each and their distribution in this and other countries. Learn how it is that soils determine occupations, and what occupations the different soils favor. Many interesting geography lessons may be learned from the grocery and dry-goods stores of the town. The children know what they can buy in these stores, and they also know that most of the articles in them did not come from Framingham. But probably they have not known much about the places or people from which these things have come to Framingham: now is the time to show how dependent we are on people away off in strange lands. Where did the tea, the raisins, the Hour and cocoa in a ,grocery store come from? Who sent us the silk and linen and cotton in our dry- goods stores? How did these things get here? The answers to these ques- tions come from the study of countries on the other side of the world or in other parts of our own land. But what is Framingham doing for people in other cities and coun- tries? The study of the great manufacturing plants in South Framingham and Saxonville tells us this. Trains are carrying away every day the things made in these factories to people who live in distant countries. Our stores and factories are the best things in the town to teach the relations of all the parts of our nation, and the relation of all the parts of the world to one another. Framingham is just a very small part of a great whole, but it has its place and its work to do. Try to have the children realize this. I believe that when home geography is taught so that children have the beginning of an understanding of their home town, and the knowledge of the close relationship of the town to all the rest of the world, the time spent in the study of home geography is well worth while. R E T

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I7 The Yellowstone Park THERE has been a collection of pictures of the Yellowstone National Park hanging in the Reading Room recently, containing some of the finest views I have ever seen of the Park wonders. The pictures of the Yellowstone Falls, both Upper and Lower, are particularly good, yet no picture or words could ever describe their true grandeur. The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone 'are three hundred and ten feet high, about twice as high as the more familiar Falls of Niagara. In the sunlight, a rainbow spans the silvery mists that fall, and to :ee them by moonlight is a sight that one can never forget. The Canyon, as shown in this collection, gives a good-idea of the for- mation, but loses its real beauty in the absence of any color. It is the gor- geous coloring that makes this Canyon of the Yellowstone so wonderful to look at. l shall never forget the morning I stood on the brink of this vast chasm, and looked down into its depths for a distance of twelve hundred feet. At the very bottom, rushes and tumbles the green river with its white foaming rapids, so far below you that not a sound is audible. All around is an array of the most wonderful harmony of color, red and yellow preclominating, while all gradations of brown, gray, and pink seem to cover every rock. l-luge turrets of dark red stone rise like ancient castles here and there, and on the very top of these crags, the eagles have built their nests. The scene seems to affect all people alike, namely, that they do not wish to talk. There are no words to express one's thoughts, but, overwhelmed with mingled awe and wonder, one finds himself unconsciously repeating, When l consider Thy heavens, the works of Thy fingers, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? It is very impressive. A horseback ride to the other side displays more wonders, and the more adventurous take the narrow trail down the steep sides to enjoy the view from the level of the river. The picture of Yellowstone Lake shows only a small portion of this body of water, for it is about twenty miles long, and at a higher altitude than any other lake in North America. On the shore of its western arm is the Fish Pot, a pool of boiling hot water, where the angler, catching a trout in the Lake, without changing his position, can cook the fish in a very short time. Then there are the geysers, playing at all intervals and heights. Old Faithful is the pet of all the tourists, because it is so regular in its eruptions. Throwing its columns of steam and boiling water one hundred and fifty feet into the air, it looks very majestic, and at night when the colored lights from the Inn are turned upon it in full eruption, it is indeed beautiful. The geysers sometimes boil furiously and emit strong fumes of sulphur. which