. Bird lore . and nature from the kinder-garten to the university. Every aspect of the relation of birds to mankind shouldbe embraced in the curriculum, especially the economic. Having grounded themin this phase of the subject, the esthetic value will naturally make itself knownto the student. A large i)orportion of the school children of today will be theagriculturists of the near future, and some of them will be the law-makers. Can Address of the President 287 any one doubt that the children who are trained in the manner above outhnedwill be the best type of citizens ? An intimate knowledge
. Bird lore . and nature from the kinder-garten to the university. Every aspect of the relation of birds to mankind shouldbe embraced in the curriculum, especially the economic. Having grounded themin this phase of the subject, the esthetic value will naturally make itself knownto the student. A large i)orportion of the school children of today will be theagriculturists of the near future, and some of them will be the law-makers. Can Address of the President 287 any one doubt that the children who are trained in the manner above outhnedwill be the best type of citizens ? An intimate knowledge of birds leads to kind-ness and consideration of their rights as fellow citizens; this leads to the adoptionof the golden rule as the guide to all other affairs in life. Francis Bacon in hisessay, Of Custome and Education, says Mens Deeds are after as they havebeene Accustomed. Therefore, since Custome is the Principale Magistrate of Manshfe; Let Men by all Meanes endevour, to obtaine good Customes. CORMORANT BREEDING COLONYPhotographed by P. B. Philipp Custome is most perfect, when it beginnethin Young Yeares: This we call Edu-cation; which is, in effect, but an Early Custome. What was true three centuries ago is equally true today. This Associationmust spend a large part of its energy in teaching children the good custom ofprotecting birds and animals. As it is manifestly impossible for us to reach the individual scholar, the know-ledge we wish to spread must be imparted through the medium of , before teachers can instruct, they must be taughtBy Teachers themselves. To that end, it is the hope and aim of this Associationto establish a great school or university devoted solely to the workof fitting teachers to be instructors about birds in their relation to man. That ^288 Bird - Lore such a school is necessary there can l)e no ([uestion, and until one is establishedour work with the school children of the country will necessarily make slowpro
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