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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



AQASSIZ ASSOCIATION' 



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Established 1875 Incorporated. Massachnsptts. 18ft'2 Incorporated, Connecticut, 1»1« 



A Little School with a Big Idea. 



Right here in our town of Greenwich 

 is a movement in Woodcraft education, 

 and in real study of Mother Nature, 

 that those interested are watching with 

 high hopes of a development of more 

 than local interest. 



For several decades educators have 

 been groping for the ideal nature study. 

 The value of the study of nature is gen- 

 erally admitted but it is also admitted 



that in many cases it is a failure or 

 verges upon failure. The trouble is 

 that most attempts at nature study 

 teaching have been half-hearted, trivial 

 or perfunctory. Comparatively few 

 teachers seem to grasp the scope. Na- 

 ture is a mighty big thing. It is the 

 whole kite and not the tip of the tail 

 of the kite. When educators learn that 

 the study of nature is the main part of 

 r.n education and not a little fad or 



OUR ERNEST THOMPSON SETOX l HAPTKR (WARANAKI SCHooLi W ILL liA\ K 1 HIS BUILD- 

 ING EOUIPPED AND DEVOTED WHOLLY TO AGASSIZ WORK. 



