The United States of America; a study of the American commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education, and self-government; . Leland Stanford, Junior, Univtrsily, Ialu Alto, Encina Hall. 2. Entrance to Quadrangle. 3. Roble Hall. 4. Art Museum. BRANCHES OF STUDY. 333 In many schools, however, this lesson of commerce as the truecenter of geographical teaching is well understood. Commercein its narrow sense is limited to exchange of goods; commerce inits deeper and wider sense includes the exchange of ide
The United States of America; a study of the American commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education, and self-government; . Leland Stanford, Junior, Univtrsily, Ialu Alto, Encina Hall. 2. Entrance to Quadrangle. 3. Roble Hall. 4. Art Museum. BRANCHES OF STUDY. 333 In many schools, however, this lesson of commerce as the truecenter of geographical teaching is well understood. Commercein its narrow sense is limited to exchange of goods; commerce inits deeper and wider sense includes the exchange of ideas, man-ners and customs, the acquirement of human culture. Geographical revivals have been numerous in the history ofAmerican schools. There has been the map-drawing craze, whichwas not a craze so long as its maps were drawn by the aid ofparallels and meridians, so that each map showed by its latitudeand longitude its relation to all other parts of the world. Butwhen maps were shaped by triangles and squares, and the linesof longitude and latitude disused, it became a craze ; for itomitted the most essential knowledge of geography, which is notshape or contour, but relation to other lands. There w
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