Under the new light thrown upon the subject of geography, as presented by Colonel Parker, the impulse was first received which afterward bore fruit in the development of a new method of map drawing; a method which it was desired should be an adequate expression of the solidity and continuity of the continental land mass.
The necessity for such a map Colonel Parker had himself realized for years and had sought its delineation. With a desire to meet the pupil’s needs in this respect, upon further study of structural geography the idea was conceived of drawing maps which would show mass without outline, and which would also represent relief.
This method of map drawing was called “Chalk Modeling,” and from the first crude effort in this direction by the author, in the year 1891, at the Cook County Normal School, the “Chalk Modeled Map” passed through many stages of development until it reached its present form.
Thus to Colonel Parker himself is primarily due whatever of educational value has resulted from the invention of the author or development by others of what is called “The Chalk Modeled Map.”
Acknowledgments are also due Miss Louise Barwick, for the zeal displayed in forwarding the development and delineation of the Maps of the Continents, and for valuable assistance rendered in the drawing of the same, as illustrations for this work.
I. C. H.
Chicago, Ill.
To the Teacher in General, and to the Members
of the C. C. N. S. Alumni Association in Particular,
Is this Book Respectfully Dedicated by
The Author.