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science teaching is rot knowledge stored in the memory, but the 

 habit of going to original sources for information, the ability to distin- 

 guish between essential and trivial fact, and willingness to follow the 

 truth whithersoever it may lead. Many years ago an Austrian monk, 

 working in his gaiden, discovered some interesting behavior in the 

 plants he was breeding. He recorded his facts and conclusions in 

 an obscure journal, and no one paid any attention to his record until 

 years afterward. Now we speak glibly of Mendel's Law, and the work 

 of this humble monk in his garden is the basis of most of the 

 study of heredity by the men of science to-day. 



In conclusion I shall quote a little poem by Annette Wynne on 

 "Gold Hunting" to illustrate the feeling for nature which I would 

 like to create in the hearts of city children. 



The miser hurries through the town; 

 His head is bent, he wears a frown; 

 He hurries by through lane and street; 



He would make more gold to-day, 



Yet there is gold along the way 

 Growing at his very feet! 



Dandelions round and gold — 



All the dollars I can- hold 



Here are spread for me; 



I shall pluck them — one, two, three! 



Now I'm rich, what shall I buy? 



Give me, Sir, a piece of sky 



With the sunset shining thiough, 



Gold 01 crimson, silvei-blue; 



Give me. Sir, a bird th?t sings, 



Pulsing throat and busy wings, 



And the other summer things. 



I shall buy a road that goes 



To a land where no one knows, 

 And a long, long summer day, 

 Full of sunshine, birds, and play. 



Miser, miser, here's God's gold, 

 Gather some before you're old ! 



