. The dramatic method of teaching. l the iron towns ofEngland and bring me samples of iron from each. I havewritten to the principal firms and told them that you willcall for samples. Mr. So-and-so then had to board a train (a boys back,of course !), which stopped at every town. If it were an iron town, he was to get out, get a sample of iron,and go on again. If it were not, he must sit still in thetrain until it moved off again. The train would start amid much screeching, whistling,and steam-engine noises. Pulling up at the first station,which would perhaps be Newcastle-on-Tyne, the boy hold-
. The dramatic method of teaching. l the iron towns ofEngland and bring me samples of iron from each. I havewritten to the principal firms and told them that you willcall for samples. Mr. So-and-so then had to board a train (a boys back,of course !), which stopped at every town. If it were an iron town, he was to get out, get a sample of iron,and go on again. If it were not, he must sit still in thetrain until it moved off again. The train would start amid much screeching, whistling,and steam-engine noises. Pulling up at the first station,which would perhaps be Newcastle-on-Tyne, the boy hold-ing the name card would call out Newcastle! New-castle ! Should Mr. So-and-so sit still and impassive, thetrain would presently move on again ; but should he, fromignorance, alight from the train and demand, A sampleof your iron, please, the holder of the name card wouldtriumphantly turn it round and show noted for coal, ship-building, machinery, chemicals, glass. A telephone mes-sage would be flashed along to the master: Your man. i4i GEOGRAPHY 143 wasting his time at Newcastle. Should he pass aniron town and fail to alight, a telephone message wouldbe sent: Your man neglected to call at Middlesbrough. The master made a note of all these little messages,and when his man came to report himself and showhis samples, his errors would be pointed out to him anda certain sum docked from his wages. He was some-times told that his services as traveler would not be re-quired again. The fun of the game came next; for, as theman returned from the masters office, the townsdrew up in two rows facing each other, and he had torun the gauntlet to the tune of Newcastle for coal;Middlesbrough for iron, to the accompaniment of playfulblows with handkerchiefs. The game would progress untilall the chorus had taken their turn at being traveler. The class next made out tickets for a game combiningcotton and woolen towns of England, and played it in asimilar way, afterwards making up another game incl
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