CORNELL 



R\iral ScKool Leaflet 



[FOR BOYS AND GIRLS] 



Published monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, from 

 September to May, and entered as second-class matter September 30, 1907, at the Post Office 

 at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L. H. Bailey, Director 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor 

 ARTHUR D. DEAN, C. EDWARD JONES, G. F. WARREN, and C. H. TUCK, Advisers 



Vol. 5 



ITHACA, N. Y., NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 191 1 



No. 2 



BOYS AND GIRLS 



The Editor 



It is night. Wild, deep winds are out and rain falls on the great white 

 road beyond my door. The leafless vines strike against my window. 

 The old house is filled with strange sounds, but to me they are not lonely 

 sounds. I have loved these outdoor voices through all the years, and in 

 truth I find them goodly company. When they speak to me by roaring 

 down my chimney or by splashing on my great white road or by shaking 

 the slender vines against my window, I answer them in a deep, glad way, 

 so full of freedom do I feel and so full of joy. 



To-night I am letting the sweeping winds take me to the homes of boys 

 and girls in country places. The young folk cannot see me, not one, but 



