EDITORIAL WD GENERAL 



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trees and fish by name when you see 

 them which would be quite interesting. 



"To SEE Beauty in au. Things." 



BY HEWITT BOGART. 



Arcadia teaches us to see beauty in 

 all thing's no matter how common- 

 place. 



The lessons that we learn from the 

 study of nature will very frequently 

 guide us in the right path of life. 



No one can have a thorough under- 

 standing of animals, reptiles and in- 

 sects and then be cruel to them. It is 

 only through ignorance that people are 

 cruel or destructive. 



Hence, Arcadia stands for enlight- 

 enment. 



Has Improved the Corner. 

 by lizzie palmer. 

 A few years ago there was a vacant 

 lot next to the Sound Beach post office 

 which was marshy and dam;). This 

 lot was irrigated and leveled oft" and 

 fine buildings were erected on it. The 

 people often wondered what those 



buildings were for; some thought 

 one thing and some thought another. 

 When the buildings were finished the 

 place was called Arcadia. The build- 

 ings are surrounded with shrubbery 

 and trees. On the outside they are 

 inclosed by an iron fence. 



The main office is a large low build- 

 ing with windows on all sides of it 

 and is but a few rods from the side- 

 walk. Arcadia was built in the center 

 of the business section of Sound 

 Beach. It was built there especially 

 for the public to give them a different 

 idea about nature. Arcadia was built 

 for the love of nature among girls and 

 boys, men and women. Many people 

 visit it to see how the bees work and 

 toil and how the rabbits build their 

 homes, etc. 



"Learn to Love. - ' 

 by vera palmer, age io. 

 Arcadia is a place to go and study 

 about animals and plants and learn to 

 love them. 



It is Nature's Home. 

 by anna m. i*. brennan. 

 Arcadia is nature's home. Arcadia 

 is for the study of nature ; another use 

 is to help perfect nature. There are 

 some more uses among which is to 

 take care of nature. We may go there 

 and study about anything we want 

 whether it be the stars, the plants, or 

 animals. 



Make Us Healthier and Happier. 



BY FRANK KKMBI.E, AGE 9. 



Besides being instructive and inter- 

 esting the study of nature's workings 

 will make us healthier and happier for 

 it will take us out of doors and into 

 the fields and woods. 



MASTER DKMARKST ADAMS. 

 "Arcadia is to keep people from worrying so much. 



Teaches Not To Be Cruel. 



BY MAY OEFEN. 



Arcadia teaches the boys and girls 

 not to throw stones at birds which is 

 what some boys do and which is very 

 cruel, and very often boys try to rob 

 the nests of the little harmless birds. 

 Sometimes you catch boys throwing 

 stones at birds to see how close they 

 can come to hitting them. 



