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This may seem a heavy burden to impose upon a teacher — a 

 greater responsibility than you realized when you began your 

 training. It does mean work — hard work. But there is no sub- 



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ject in the curriculum where every minute of the time expended 

 will mean more direct, constant and lasting value to the teacher 

 herself. But we knew it meant work when we began our train- 

 ing, I am sure, for it is called nature study; and we must live 

 up to our subject. 



Jean Bkqadiiurst 



NOTES 



Special Exhibit. — In connection with ''America's Making/' a 

 festival and exhibit of three centuries of immigrant contribu- 

 tions to our national life, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden placed 

 on exhibit, from October 15 to 30, specimens showing the more 

 familiar plants of the local flora in two groups : ( i ) Those 

 strictly native to North America; (2) Those introduced from 

 foreign countries — i,e\, plant immigrants. The exhibit also in- 

 cluded introduced plants of economic importance, with an indi- 

 cation of the country to which we are indebted for their intro- 

 duction. A special Leaflet (Series IX, No. 8) was issued as a 



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guide to the exhibit. America's Making was held under the 

 auspices of the State and City departments of education of New 

 York, and continued for about two weeks. The exhibits and 

 pageants were held in the /ist Regiment Armory, Manhattan, 

 and in various public school buildings throughout Greater New 

 York. The purpose of the festival was to show, in popular 

 fonn, the most important historical, economic, and cultural con- 

 tributions that Americans of various lines of racial descent have 

 made to the American nation, including agriculture and industry, 

 arts and crafts, architecture, folk-lore, literature, drama, music, 

 and education during the past three hundred years. The total 

 attendance was over 5600. • 



During the month May, 1921, the senior and junior classes of 

 the Montessori Training School of the Child Education Founda- 



