. School buildings, school grounds, and their improvement. Kansas, 1911. oncondition that the pupils will construct the playground apparatus. Theexperience acquired in constructing it is in itself as valuable as any otherschool exercise. The movement for more ornamental school grounds needs the en-couragement of every teacher and superintendent, as well as the coopera-tion and activity of every school officer and patron. Trees with their cool-ing shade, shrubs with their green verdure, flowers with their beautifulcolors and sweet-smelling odors, grass with its velvetlike softness to theparched
. School buildings, school grounds, and their improvement. Kansas, 1911. oncondition that the pupils will construct the playground apparatus. Theexperience acquired in constructing it is in itself as valuable as any otherschool exercise. The movement for more ornamental school grounds needs the en-couragement of every teacher and superintendent, as well as the coopera-tion and activity of every school officer and patron. Trees with their cool-ing shade, shrubs with their green verdure, flowers with their beautifulcolors and sweet-smelling odors, grass with its velvetlike softness to theparched feet of the barefoot boy, all are silent messengers of righteous-ness. Cicero in one of his orations speaks of placing before himself theportraits of great men, thinking that they would be silent monitors, re-minding him of their great achievements and admonishing him to greaterdeeds of uprightness. It was the Greeks love of beauty that led them tosuch a high state of civilization, and enabled them to set such a high idealin art that it is still the standard Teeters, swings and horizontal bar, on the grounds of the Model Rural School, near Emporia, Kan. But while we are speaking of the Greeks, we must not forget that theirlove of beauty was joined inseparably with their games and play. It wasthe beautiful body, the godlike form, attained through the influence ofthe Olympic games, that was the inspiration for many a poem andfurnished the model for many a sculptor. These marble forms adorned School Buildings and Grounds. 25 their temples and imperfect copies still ornament our public libraries andstudios of art. So we, in our desire to make beautiful the surroundings ofour schoolhouses, must not forget that they are for boys and girls; andthat, if boys and girls are to become the highest type of men and women,they must have an opportunity to play. We must not fill the ground withtrees, however beautiful, but must leave room for play and games. E*2*\^%
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