. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet. 929 OUTDOOR SPORTS You hear that boy laughing?—You think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop at his call, And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all! —Oliver Wendell Holmes A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of goodwill; and their entrance into a room is as
. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet. 929 OUTDOOR SPORTS You hear that boy laughing?—You think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop at his call, And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all! —Oliver Wendell Holmes A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of goodwill; and their entrance into a room is as though another candle had been lighted.—Robert Louis Stevenson Every merry soul in the world is a far reaching influence. The spirit of fun should be encouraged in the young folks about us. In the educa- tional world to-day there are two lines of develop- ment that are being ser- iously considered: The industrial and the recre- ational. It has been stated that one of the things that has led the farm boy to seek the city is that there was too much work and too little play in his life on the farm. The subject is worthy of consideration by those who have the interest of children at heart. Educators throughout the country are Irymg to find the best means for activity that will be of a recreational character. Experiments are being made along this line. The help of ever\^ teacher in the country is requested. We want to encourage in the rural schools throughout the land, some plays and games that shall be standard. There should be play grounds connected with the rural school. There should be an interest manifested by teachers and parents in the right kind of play. We are hoping that the games developed in the countn,', will be those that include the many rather than the few; good wholesome play in which 30. Fig. 46.—TJte snow man has a place in the lives of children. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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