Rural School Leaflet 



1091 



A LETTER TO GIRLS AND BOYS 



Near the end of winter 



Dear Girls and Boys: 



The days are growing longer. The air is growing softer. The streams 

 are full. The buds are swollen. Each day brings new signs of spring. 

 You are eager. You are ready. 



After school is out to-day ask your teacher to take a walk to the woods 

 with you, and all along the way keep eyes and ears open for the sights 

 and sounds around you. Learn to know and to understand. 



By this time each one of you knows what he or she is going to do this 

 summer. Some are going to have a garden, some are going to raise a 

 field crop, some are going to rear poultry, all are going to be happy and 

 busy. Plan your days. From sunrise to sunset, let each minute count. 

 Remember that play counts as well as work. Boys and girls should have 

 time to play. Play hard, play fair. Play and then work. Work and 

 then play. 



This is my last message to you for several months. Between now and 

 next fall I shall write personally to as many as I can in answer to your 

 letters. Read this leaflet carefully. Before next fall, read all this year's 



