work, teachers of younger children are making excellent use of 

 them. I cannot resist giving here a composition written for 

 language work by a six-year-old second grade boy in one of the 

 private schools. The class had spent an absorbihg quarter of 

 an hour over the Cocoanut Exhibit and the resulting composi- 

 tions showed considerable diversity in the ideas absorbed. No 

 change of spelling or punctuation has been made in the one here 

 produced : 



"The cocoa nut has milk in it. 



The cocoa nut is used for oil. 



Shredded cocoa nut you by in the store. 



The fiber of the cocoa nut is used for brushes, and doormats. 



The oil of the cocoa nut is used for soap, and candles and 



cooking. 

 The cocoa nut groes near the shore. 

 It is used for many things." 

 Two years ago the traveling exhibits numbered twenty-five. 

 The following is a list of those now in circulation: 



1-6. Picture envelopes for deposit in public schools, each at 

 present containing 37 mounted pictures, a series of 

 blueprints of leaves, and descriptive material. 



7. Mockingbird. 



8. Bluebird. Male and female. 



9. Bluebird. Male and female. 



10. Redwinged Blackbird. Male and female. 



11. Painted Bunting or Nonpareil. Male and female. 



12. Painted Bunting or Nonpareil. Male and female. 



13. Redwinged Blackbird. Male and female. 



14. Meadowlark. 



15. Mockingbird. 



16. Cardinal or Redbird. Male and female. 



17. Meadowlark. 



18. Brown Rat and Red Mouse. 



19. Hoary Bat. 



20. Red Bat. Female and three young. 



21. Lion Cub. 



22. Southern Fox Squirrel. 



23. Iron and steel. Elaborately worked out for seventh and 



eighth grades. 



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