Word: compasses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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JOHN S. BLEECKER JR. Danbury, Conn. Compass...
TIME'S picture of the "Compass Boy" (April 20) was unbeatable-would that we scientists could imitate TIME'S lively reporting-but it gives two wrong impressions that are worth correcting, 1) When blind-folded and revolved in a chair the "Compass Boy" lost his sense of direction before he became dizzy. 2) His orientation is carried out, I believe, entirely visually; he gets little or no assistance from auditory, olfactory, or vestibular apparatus...
...reference to "Compass Boy," TIME, April 20, Science; it may interest Dr. DeSilva to know that the natives of Madagascar (where I recently spent several years), having no word for ''right" and "left" must say, "hand me that gourd to the northwest of you-pass me that pot to the southeast of you." Thus through many generations they have developed an uncanny sense of direction. After hours of night marching over ridges, down ravines, through swamps, I have seen my porters arrive at a strange village, in a strange neighborhood, squat down to cook their rice and manioc...
Charles Gleason Jr., 12, of Newton, Kan., who is as inquisitive as a young fox terrier, never gets lost. As soon as he opens his eyes a morning, he automatically recognizes compass points. All day long thereafter he knows exactly where he is. He is as clever and undeliberating as any bird or animal when it comes to homing...
...second book consists of a series of lectures drawn from a first-hand knowledge of over 40 secondary schools in England and on the continent, attempting to set forth in brief compass their existing principles and practices. "Studies and Tests on Virgil's Aeneid" involves an application to the teaching of Latin of the principles which govern the making of objective tests, and not only provides the teacher with material for a general Latin survey, but aids the student to gain a full appreciation of the poem. In "Curriculum Problems of Industrial Education," the educator faces the inaccuracies and inadequacies...