StNicholas [serial] . tician in Georgia, United States senatorand leader in the movement to dissolve the Union,but as a boy he showed some of the qualities thatmade him so conspicuous in after life. He waspersevering and determined, and when he thoughthe was right, nothing could prevent him fromdoing his best to accomplish his object. But hewas not always right. The Faculty would notallow him to deliver the speech that he had pre-pared for Commencement, but at his request theaudience followed him to the shade of this oaktree, to hear a speaker even then eloquent, andone destined to be prominen
StNicholas [serial] . tician in Georgia, United States senatorand leader in the movement to dissolve the Union,but as a boy he showed some of the qualities thatmade him so conspicuous in after life. He waspersevering and determined, and when he thoughthe was right, nothing could prevent him fromdoing his best to accomplish his object. But hewas not always right. The Faculty would notallow him to deliver the speech that he had pre-pared for Commencement, but at his request theaudience followed him to the shade of this oaktree, to hear a speaker even then eloquent, andone destined to be prominent in the history ofboth State and Nation. And the beautiful ivy-covered tall stump of tree in the photograph getsits name of The Toombs Oak because under it heaccomplished his purpose, in spite of the properpunishment that the University Faculty had im-posed for his disobedience and his persistence inhaving his own way. Aside from its historical associations, the stumpand ivy are of interest to every nature student as. THE IVY-COVERED STUMP OF THE FAMOUS ROBERT TOOMBS OAK. Photographed especially for St. Nicholas by Prof. D. L. Earnest. a remarkable example of profuse and extensivegrowth of a climbing vine. Who knows of anequally good or better example of ivy decoration ? 272 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Jan., ^BECAUSE- WE[WANT TO KNOW fish in spring ponds Cleveland, St. Nicholas: I have heard that there are fish inponds that have no inlet but are supplied by springs. Ifthis is so, how do the fish get there ?Yours sincerely, Grant Fewsmith. The presence of fish in ponds that have no in-lets may be accounted for in various ways; : 1. The fish may have come in by the outlet. 2. The ponds may at one time have been sub-merged, and when the waters receded some fishremained in the ponds. This occurs in thousandsof places every year along the western rivers. 3. The ponds may have been intentionallystocked with fish, or they may have received thecatch of a passing
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