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hand. One of the first things I teach therefore by the shortest 

 possible method, unless for some special reason it is withheld, is 

 the name of the object. Wilbur S. Jackman. 



University of Chicago. 



To my mind this is no more a question than, " Is there any 

 value in nature-study?" How can you know nature without 

 knowing names ? But it must be borne in mind that the knowing 

 of names is a means, not an end. 



Suppose you go to a new school or a new town. One of the 

 first things you do is to learn the names of the people. You can- 

 not have very much of usefulness or interest in that town until 

 you know the people by name. You cannot talk concerning the 

 town and its people. 



You cannot communicate any great number of ideas without 

 words and you cannot teach much nature-study without names. 



Moreover it is natural for the young child to learn the names 

 of things. That is the first step in the education of the infant. 

 Nouns are always the first parts of speech learned. Teaching the 

 names of things is the first nature-study to be taken up. Later 

 the names will be used as pegs on which to hang facts about 

 things. 



I have found by personal experience that one of the most suc- 

 cessful ways to interest boys and girls in nature is to teach them 

 the names of natural objects such as flowers, birds, minerals, etc. 



A. J. Grout. 



Boys' High School, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



AN EDUCATIONAL BEE-HIVE' 



BY EDWARD F. BIGELOW 



Stamford, Connecticut 



In a booklet published by The A. I. Root Company, Medina, Ohio, 

 and distributed by that corporation free of charge to those who ask 

 for it, I have explained why a bee-hive seems to be needed for edu- 

 cational purposes, a hive that shall be worthy of the interest sure to 

 be aroused by the instructive and often unknown or unappreciated 

 habits of the honey-bee. 



1 [The hive described in this paper has been named by the manu- 

 facturers after the inventor, who writes this article. — Managing Editor.] 



