Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . all thepeople will feel a sense of proprietorship in that school afterward, andwill be easier to rouse for a similar occasion next year. They will watchthe school and raise a row about it if the new closets are not eared foror the trees are allowed to die or the house is allowed to get dirty. Therewill be a public spirit behind the trustees and teacher that ^vill make — 81 — them more active and vigilant than before. Every year the people <iOiildmeet in this way. Every year t
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . all thepeople will feel a sense of proprietorship in that school afterward, andwill be easier to rouse for a similar occasion next year. They will watchthe school and raise a row about it if the new closets are not eared foror the trees are allowed to die or the house is allowed to get dirty. Therewill be a public spirit behind the trustees and teacher that ^vill make — 81 — them more active and vigilant than before. Every year the people <iOiildmeet in this way. Every year they would read more, observe more, talkmore about the care and adornment of school property. Every yearthey would add some new feature and bring the old ones up to finecondition. And what would be the natural result, sure and certain? Wouldn t that school premises be famous all over the country ? Indeedit would. Travelers would look at it with admiration. It would havethe best natural situation afforded by the district, a gentle slope over-looking the country round. Tall trees standing in groups around the. POOR SCHOOL CONDITIONS. Another school, with broken blackboard, ragged blinds, sagging stovepipe, generaldisorder. See the teacher struggling for attention, and how much attentionshe gets I outside boundary, making large shaded areas for the quieter games ofthe children and for social gathering of the neighborhood—nothing is sofine as the grateful shade of big trees—it is a benediction to aU who comethat way. These trees are grouped to conceal unsightly things and yetto let the finest and widest prospects show through. Strong benches andseats are built among the trees, and perhaps there is a swing or the lines of trees are clumps of roses and lilacs—and probably agarden of showy annuals in full bloom, all divided off in little beds andeach bed cared for by one of the children. One corner of the school-house is sheltered by a honeysuckle or jessamine, or
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