. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 376 NATURE-STUDY and grounds attractive or even respectable. There are manv "ragged beggars" still sunning at the country cross- roads. Many jails ha\e finer grounds, and consist of more substantial, and elegant buildings than our country and village schools, INIost farmers surround their homes with groves and flowers, but the country school across the road \\'here their children go is barren and ugly. No wonder. Fig. i6o. A Typical Country School—in Need of Shade Trees. that so many children dislike to go to school. M
. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 376 NATURE-STUDY and grounds attractive or even respectable. There are manv "ragged beggars" still sunning at the country cross- roads. Many jails ha\e finer grounds, and consist of more substantial, and elegant buildings than our country and village schools, INIost farmers surround their homes with groves and flowers, but the country school across the road \\'here their children go is barren and ugly. No wonder. Fig. i6o. A Typical Country School—in Need of Shade Trees. that so many children dislike to go to school. Make the school-houses attractive inside and out, surround them with shade trees, shrubbery, flowers, and grassy lawns, and the pupils will be drawn to such schools rather than repelled by their barrenness and ugliness. Since the regular obser\'ance of Arbor Day much has been done to make the surroundings of the rural and town schools more attractive. Much, however, has been done poorly and without system. The way to improve a school-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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