American messenger . him, :p0ke up and said.•Tlris mu?t be one °,f the Testis Religionfolks *or ° npe e se does such tulned ou< 10 % a militarv official. 148 American Messenger August, 1916. PRESERVING THE EDGE /T ALWAYS seemed a little inconsistent to us to have a system of schooling under which ninemonths of the year were spent in learning and three months in the summer were given over toforgetting. School time and the return to study are not dreaded by your boy and your girl if their minds are keptup to pitch throughout the summer vacation. The proper pitch can be attained and


American messenger . him, :p0ke up and said.•Tlris mu?t be one °,f the Testis Religionfolks *or ° npe e se does such tulned ou< 10 % a militarv official. 148 American Messenger August, 1916. PRESERVING THE EDGE /T ALWAYS seemed a little inconsistent to us to have a system of schooling under which ninemonths of the year were spent in learning and three months in the summer were given over toforgetting. School time and the return to study are not dreaded by your boy and your girl if their minds are keptup to pitch throughout the summer vacation. The proper pitch can be attained and maintained onlywhen good reading is within their reach and systematically i?tdulged in. An hour s reading each dayprepares them for Fall, helps you, helps their teacher, reduces loss of time in again getting school-accustomed, and prevents restlessness both now and then. Systematic reading makes better play,harder work, stronger brains, healthier bodies. It makes for system, and PRESERVES THEKEEN EDGE. FOR GIRLS. Carol sprang up and shouted for help. THE HARTWELLS: A Tale of theSan Francisco Earthquake. BY EMMA S. ALLEN. The Hartwells were types of thenewly-rich whose life consisted inspending money and keeping up withsocietv. It took an automohile accidentand the San Francisco earthquake andfire, with the sweeping away of all theirwealth, to hring them to an understand-ing of the true values of life. How theyaccepted their changed fortunes and be-gan life over again, developing intowide-awake, worthwhile people, fillingtheir new niche in society nobly, is splen-didly told in this story. Young peoplewont lay down the book till it is fin7ished. Cloth, 340 pages. By mail, $ DORIS: A Mt. Holyoke Girl. BY .11 MA H. TOMKIXSOX. Illustrations of Mt. Holyoke delight in diaries, and here is acharming story of the early days at thecollege, told in diary form. We see MaryLyon, herself, surrounded by her girls inthis really lovely book. Naturally thereare some beauti


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