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and aquaria will be demonstrated. Any student taking this course should 

 be able to get definite foundation for out-of-door study. 



Mr. A. A. Allen. 



III. Bird work. — For students who care to specialize in bird study there 

 will be an early morning class. This is the time in which birds can best 

 be studied, and since there are large numbers of birds on the Chautauqua 

 grounds the course will be most attractive and profitable. The field work 

 will be strengthened by talks on life history of the common birds. 



Mr. A. A. Allen. 



IV. Gardening. — This course is planned to demonstate the educational 

 value of gardening. There will be a piece of ground under cultivation, on 

 which teachers will conduct experimental work. There will be discus- 

 sions and demonstrations regarding the growing of garden plants, vege- 

 tables," and flowers. Lectures will be given on the preparation of the 

 ground; use of farm implements; soils; seeds; fertilizers; cultivation of 

 crops, etc. There will be plats cultivated by children in the neighborhood 

 from which teachers may gain experience in conducting school work in 

 gardening. From these plats there will be opportunity to learn what 

 children can and will do in this line of work. There will also be oppor- 

 tunity for teachers to judge the work of children, since the students 

 taking this course will award prizes on the work done by the children. 



ALICE G. ^IcCLOSKY, 



Supervisor of Nature-Study. 



