School; a magazine devoted to elementary and secondary education . weenthe lath and the horizontal (found with a spirit level). This angle shouldbe recorded on the rectangular paper obtained by experiment 1 on thesame day. The changing angles together with the varying areas furnish datathat should throw some light on the difficult subject of the the information, the pupils will have gained practice in patient,continuous observation, and, for them, accurate measurement. The altitude of the sun on or about the 21st of September, December,March and June is especially interesting a
School; a magazine devoted to elementary and secondary education . weenthe lath and the horizontal (found with a spirit level). This angle shouldbe recorded on the rectangular paper obtained by experiment 1 on thesame day. The changing angles together with the varying areas furnish datathat should throw some light on the difficult subject of the the information, the pupils will have gained practice in patient,continuous observation, and, for them, accurate measurement. The altitude of the sun on or about the 21st of September, December,March and June is especially interesting as it furnishes a means of reck-oning the latitude of the place. Both experiments should be performed at solar noon. To find this,get the longitude of the place from the map and for every degree west ofthe 75th meridian, west longitude, add 4 minutes to clock time (Easternstandard in the case of Old Ontario and Quebec), deducting the same ifthe place is east of the 75th line. For example, if the longitude be81° W., solar noon falls at by the clock. f 498 1. Little Journeys to Rural Schools • F. H. SPINNEY Principal Alexandra Public School, Montreal VIII. IT was a stormy day in winter when I called upon Miss Price in theMilton school. The few pupils present were certainly having agood time in the very best sense of that were playing a game called ring-toss. Quite likely everyreader of The School has played this game. It consists of four or fiverope rings about 8 inches in diameter. A stake, six inches high, is held inposition by boring a hole in a piece of plank about a foot square. Thepupils, when throwing the rings, stand at a distance of eight feet fromthe stake. The first ring that is made to circle the stake counts onepoint, the second, two, the third, three, etc. That is, if a pupil throws fourrings over the stake, his total score is the sum of 1, 2, 3, and 4. The teacher placed the score on the board in the following manner: Total:- Mary Frank David Tom
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