iRuRAL School Leaflet. 



967 



Fig. 60. — Side view of same pails shown in figure §Q showing the vertical opening 

 through which dust and dirt can fall into the pail. Compare these with an ordinary 

 12 or 14 inch pail • ' • 



CORN DAY ON JANUARY TWENTY-NINTH 



MILTON PRATT JONES 



By the time this letter reaches you it will be well along in January. 

 The snow drifts will be piled high along the roads and sleigh bells will 

 jingle by, scarce heard through the wind and blizzard outside. Nancy 

 and Henry and Jess will rush in through the doors with dancing eyes 

 and cheeks as red as the sides of the old school stove. There will be a 

 great stamping and the snow left on the school floor will melt slowly 

 away as arithmetic class follows spelling, and shrill little voices pipe 

 slowly from the third reader. There is much of romance as well as 

 responsibility in the schoolroom to you who love it all, from those ruddy 

 faces to the snow that melts on the schoolroom floor. 



During the fall and early winter Farm Boys' and Girls' Clubs have 

 been formed in all parts of the State. We hope you have one in your 

 school and that the boys and girls are in direct correspondence with us. 

 We endeavor to answer personally every boy's and girl's letter that is 

 sent to us. We want to become comrades with them all as fast as ever 

 we can. In addition to following out such suggestions as may be made 

 in the Leaflet, the boys and girls of the Club are doing a good many 

 other things, — things which they would never have done were they not 

 organized. This is the most encouraging sign of all and we earnestly 

 hope that all teachers will keep us closely in touch with the work of the 

 clubs in their school, that we may be able to pass on suggestions to 

 others. 



January is the month in which many of the schools of the State, 

 especially rural and grade schools are going to study corn. Friday, 

 January 29th is to be known to the children as "Corn Day." Can you 



