School gardening and nature study in English rural schools and in London . e fa-miliar with thetrees of the heathand the life of thewater. An exercisethey all enjoy is tolie down on thebank of the streamfor three minutesand report their observations (fig. 9). However, a large proportionof the time is devoted to earth lore, partly because the teachers, beingmen, know more of physiography than of botany or biology, andpartly as a preparation for the scenery study on Saturdays, duringthe Easter a n dsummer vacations. LONG-DISTANCEJOURNEYS. Schools in Eng-land have but amonths teacher w
School gardening and nature study in English rural schools and in London . e fa-miliar with thetrees of the heathand the life of thewater. An exercisethey all enjoy is tolie down on thebank of the streamfor three minutesand report their observations (fig. 9). However, a large proportionof the time is devoted to earth lore, partly because the teachers, beingmen, know more of physiography than of botany or biology, andpartly as a preparation for the scenery study on Saturdays, duringthe Easter a n dsummer vacations. LONG-DISTANCEJOURNEYS. Schools in Eng-land have but amonths teacher w h ogives eight or tendays of his holi-day to conductingthirty or forty boyson a tramp intoWales, with thecombined purposesof teaching them how to spend a holiday rationally and usefully andto arouse their interest in nature, is truly a missionary. This has been doing for ten years. (See fig. 10.) Physical improvement is attained by eight days outdoor life, andthe brown faces of the boys and the pleased remarks of the parentstestify to evident good results, 204. Fir., o.—Three-minute observation on the edse of the pond. 21 To fully appreciate the moral results, it is almost necessary to spend theweek with the boys. Acts of kindness one to another; daily converse withteachers and comrades; the necessity of helping themselves, and the partakingof pleasure without an admixture of • hooliganism, did more than years ofordinary school life would do in fostering habits of good-fellowship, self-reli-ance, and unselfishness, and taught the children how to spend a holidayintelligently and happy. The trip the past spring cost 23 shillings. Of the 12 who tookthe trip at Easter, 13 were helped by a board of managers. The following is a brief outline of the work done during the 1907Kentish town road excursionto the Welsh marches: Saturday, March 30. JourneyDown—Malvern Hills. A special corridor was attachedto the rear of the a. m. trainfrom Paddington, and the boyswere so
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