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weather charts daily, the children become quite expert in deter- 

 mining approaching changes. A careful study of one month's read- 

 ings points out the relation of weather phenomena to plant life, 

 thus indicating the value of weather study as typified in the 

 United States \A'eather Bureau. 



Considerable time is spent in the study of the forces that are 

 grouped around and express themselves upon the apparatus of 

 the bureau. 



We point out how man has utilized these forces in working out 

 his own comfort. He has used the wind to pump his water, 

 pointed out b}^ the small wind mill; magnetism to determine 

 direction, illustrated by the magnetic needle; pressure of air, 

 change of temperature, etc., to save his vegetables and fruit. 

 Man's progress is determined by his ability to utilize natural 

 forces in manufacturing power to reduce his own friction in living. 



Since isolation of any subject means wasted energy, the forces 

 of heat, magnetism, winds, etc., are studied to the end of their use 

 in determining future conduct. That heat is poorly conducted 

 by wool as an isolated fact means nothing, but if it determines con- 

 duct in wearing clothing it means much. 



More and more are we brought to see that the present complex 

 human life calls for the individual with well formed habits which 

 have cleaned his keel of the moss of boorishness and the barnacle 

 of society ignorance so that he may sail unhampered through the 

 social sea. The gardens are made to offer opportunities for form- 

 ing correct social views early in life. Pearly in their garden life, 

 the children are taught to respect those things that belong to 

 their neighbors; to realize that community property belongs to 

 the ■\\hole not to a part but that each must offer his support; t(> 

 understand that the policy which is best for the majority must be 

 supported; to feel, in general, that each represents but one small 

 part of a great whole and that each must do his best to fit in 

 smoothly and "laugh with the world" rather than to be sho\'ed 

 aside "to cry alone." 



Noon hotir observations, showing boys hvirrying to the baseball 

 field with a piece of bread and bu'.ter in one hand and a baseball 

 bat in the other, hint of future stomach troubles and friction in 

 table manners. 



The boys and girls physically and socially demand a lunch 

 table. Shall we not have a large table where the pupils may eat 



