Yet there lie all about us new worlds, everywhere, And await their Columbus securely. There are new worlds in Science and new worlds in Art, And the boy who will work with his head and his heart Will discover his new world surely. TO THE PUPIL: 1. 2. Memorize the first stanza of "Columbus." Use an adjective expressing a sound to describe each of the following: 3. Ridiculous, droll, funny, silly, trifling; schemes, plans or theories of something to be done, projects, systems; crave, to ask with earnestness, to ask with submission or humility, to implore, to entreat. 4. Analyze the following words by separating the suffix from the stem, and give the meaning of each word: parental, humorous, healthful, republican, courageous, merciful, personal, American. TO THE TEACHER: No. 4 may be oral. "Well, how did you like our entertainment, Uncle Jack?" asked Belle the day after the exercises. "Very, very much. I couldn't help thinking, when May and Alice danced so prettily, of something Sir John Suckling wrote," was the reply. "Who was he, Uncle Jack?" asked May. "An English poet who lived in the seventeenth century," was Uncle Jack's response. "Here is part of the lyric: 'Her feet beneath her petticoat, As if they feared the light; "That is very pretty, Uncle Jack," said Belle,— "pretty enough to be in my commonplace book." "That will be a very good place for it, although your memory would be better," said Uncle Jack. "By the way, children, I am going away on business, and may not be back until Thanksgiving, as I shall probably run down to Philadelphia to see the Army-Navy game. Before I go, however, I will give Ben the suggestions I have written out for him with regard to his practicing. Here they are:" RELAY RUNNING HYGIENIC HABITS: Sufficient sleep. Avoid late hours. Regular eating. (Avoid eating between meals). Good food, all kinds. (No candies from street vendors). No cigarettes. Keep body pure and clean. STARTING: Know how to get on your mark : get set,and then, at the word, go. Do not try to beat the command. This practice should be repeated five or six times as a preliminary part of each day's training. The importance of getting a good start cannot be overestimated. Full distance at top speed should not be run at each practice. That would soon make you stale. Short distances should be alternated with longer distances. The shorter distances of twenty to thirty yards should be run with speed. The longer distances of one hundred to one hundred and twenty yards should consist of a fast jog repeated several times for endurance. TOUCH OFF: The "touch-off" is most important and must be practiced daily in order to gain facility. At each start a line twenty feet in advance of the starting line is marked off. This permits the next runner in the relay to get started before being touched by the last runner. If the runner fails to touch the succeeding runner, or if he fails to touch off inside the twenty foot line, a foul is committed, and the team is penalized by being disqualified. When the runner reaches the twenty foot line on the near side of the finishing line, the succeeding runner should start, so that he will be well under way at the time he receives the touch-off. STARTING LINE: The following diagram will show the starting line and the twenty foot line. TO THE PUPIL: Twenty foot line Starting Line Image twenty foot line 1. Lyric means of or pertaining to a lyre or harp, fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, a song. 2. Give the suggestions for relay running in your own words. 3. Write in a column the 16th group of adjectives, page 429. Consult your dictionary, and after each adjective write its antonym. TO THE TEACHER: Have considerable oral composition on Exercise 2, before it is committed to paper. Review, pp. 419-424. |