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THE NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



[6:4-Apr., 1910 



In mathematics, the children measure the stakes, markers, 

 rows of plants, distance apart. They also use the thermometer, 

 measuring the heat at regular intervals during the day, record- 

 ing on a chart the temperature in the school room, out-of- 

 doors and in the hotbed. All kinds of manual work is en- 

 couraged. Window boxes, stakes, labels, seed envelops, rus- 

 tic baskets for ferns, and tomato frames are made. 



A former pupil of the Normal School, sixteen years of 



SCHOOL BOYS CLEANING UP VACANT LOT, LOUISVILLE, KY. 



age, made two sundials which record perfect time, one of which 

 he presented to the school. 



Now and then a bunch of iris, strawberries, tomatoes 

 weighing \]/ 2 to 2 lbs, and other vegetables are placed in some 

 show window where every one can see them. 



Creditable exhibits have been held in individual schools. 

 In 1909, the first Public School Exhibit of Louisville was held 

 at the State Fair, at which flowers, plants and vegetables raised 

 by the children were shown, as well as specimens of art, man- 

 ual and written work. 



So successful was the exhibit and so much attention did it 



