CORNELL 



R\iral ScKool Leaflet 



[FOR THE TEACHER] 



Published monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, from 

 September to May and entered as second-class matter September 30, 1907, at the Post Office 

 at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L. H. Bailey, Director 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor 



Professors G. F. WARREN, CHARLES H. TUCK, and MILTON PRATT JONES, Advisers 



Vol. 2 ITHACA, N. Y.. FEBRUARY, 1909 No. 6 



When February sun shines cold 

 There comes a day when in the air 



The wings of winter slow unfold 



And show the golden summer there. 



— Philip H. Savage 



NOTES 



'AVING the co-operation of four thou- 

 sand five hundred teachers and nearly 

 sixty thousand boys and girls in New 

 York State who are seeking to better 

 country life interests, we want to make 

 the most of our opportunities. Are the 

 Leaflets we are sending each month sug- 

 gestive and helpful? How can we make 

 them better? What problems confront 

 the rural school teacher which the Col- 

 lege might help to solve? We want to 

 help boys and girls living in the country to find a greater interest in 

 country life; to help boys and girls living in the city to know something 

 of the real life that has been lived and can be lived in the open country. 

 We want the young persons of this state to know some of the out-of-door 

 things that have a wholesome and deep interest for all who study them, 

 and to learn some fundamental lessons essential to good agriculture. 

 Every teacher has much work each day. This is true. But no day • 

 is or should be so full that the children do not touch lines of thought 

 aside from the required school lessons. If I were teaching in a rural 

 school this month of February I should, among other things, call the 

 attention of the children to the following: 



1. The lengthening days. 



2. The deepening color of the hills — a prophecy of spring. 



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