Rural School Leaflet 807 



down into the valleys and up the hills for something new to put into the 

 collection for Farmers' Week. The tracks of birds and rabbits, of foxes 

 and hounds, added interest on the happy occasion. 



" At one school that I visited with the expectation of having a large 

 quantity of specimens to be mounted, I found that no collection had been 

 made. I called for boys to go out into the fields near and collect what 

 they could. How glad the young boys were to go out in groups, some for 

 one thing, some for another, as they were directed ! In half an hour they 

 were back with enough specimens for mounting to keep us busy nearly 

 all day. 



" At every school in which an exhibit was made, both teachers and 

 pupils were surprised and delighted with what was done and many 

 were the exclamations of pleasure when they saw how attractive the 

 mounted specimens were. 



" About all that is needed to make such an exhibit, I learned, is to have 

 some one with enthusiasm enough to start the work and encourage it along 

 the way." 



Leaflets. — There will be but one leaflet issued to teachers this year, 

 the Cornell Rural School Leaflet for September. We hope to issue at 

 least three leaflets for boys and girls, one in November, one in January, 

 and one in March. The leaflet for teachers will be sent to all teachers in 

 New York State, in city or country, who make request for it. The leaflet 

 for boys and girls will be sent to schools in communities of 3,000 inhabit- 

 ants or less. The children's leaflet is sent only on receipt of children's 

 names. A blank form is sent with the September leaflet for this purpose. 



In each issue of the leaflet for boys and girls Mr. Tuttle will publish 

 a letter. The pupils will gain much by answering these letters. We hope 

 that teachers will encourage them to write. To all young persons who 

 write three letters on nature subjects during the year, we shall send a 

 picture. 



Letter writing can be made a most interesting form of composition. 

 Life can be given to the exercise if these letters are to be sent to a higher 

 institution of learning. If teachers might read the thousands of letters 

 received at the College, they would realize the value of having their pupils 

 become interested in such a correspondence. Following are three selected 

 for publication. We have hundreds of others as good. 



Getzville, N. Y. 

 March 5, 1912 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



Having permission from our teacher I will now write and thank 

 you for the leaflets I received a short time ago. Perhaps you will 

 be glad to hear that our school is being improved very much. We are 



