EDITORIAL AND GENERAL 



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THE PURPOSE OF ARCADIA. 



In many respects, the best friends of 

 Arcadia have been the boys and girls of 

 Sound Beach. They have always cor- 

 rectly understood its purposes, never 

 misrepresented it nor lacked in apprecia- 

 tion. It has been literally their "home 

 of all nature." They come frequently 

 to observe, to inquire and to bring 

 specimens. 



A few weeks ago an invitation was 

 extended to them to tell of "The Pur- 

 pose of Arcadia." The response was 

 almost unanimous. From the large num- 

 ber received, the following quotations 

 from a few have been selected. 



Prize Awards. 



FIRST PRIZE A POCKET MICROSCOPE. 



"Teaches You to be Glad with What 

 You Have." 



BY ETHEE CAREY. 



Arcadia is often mistaken for a res- 

 taurant or hospital, which to some 

 people seems like a ioke, but it is far 

 from being a joke. Arcadia is nature's 

 hospital and nature's restaurant. 



Some people take but little interest 

 in Arcadia, they wonder what it is 

 good for. They think that the seven 

 building's which Arcadia contains are 

 only good to go through for a pastime 

 or amusement. Arcadia is for other 

 than this purpose, it is to get people 

 interested in the thing called nature, 

 and to get them to go out into the 

 woods and fields and study the beauti- 

 ful birds, flowers and trees which they 

 contain. 



If people would study more about 

 nature and not quite so much of the 

 utilitarian method of living they would 

 find that the fields and forests w r ere 

 worth more to them than the monev 



MISS ETHEL CAREY. 



"Go out into tiie woods and fields and study the 



beautiful birds, flowers and trees." 



get from them. 



Arcadia 



which they 



teaches all these things. 



If you should go through Arcadia 

 just to see what they had it does you 

 no good, but to go through and be 



