532 BOARD or AGRICULTURE. 



"However it be, it seems to me 

 'Tis only noble to be good." 



To a child goodness should ever appear as the only true greatness. 



Much may also be done in this direction by adorning the unused por- 

 tion of blackboards with crayon drawings and sketches, and since stencils 

 remove the necessity of high skill in drawing, no teacher need to neglect 

 this means of adding to the attractions of the schoolroom, if they have any 

 blackboard space which does not have to be used, but most of our schools 

 around here could use more blackboard if they had it. 



The observance of Arbor Day in recent years has done much to 

 awaken an interest in the planting of trees and shrubbery in school 

 grounds. There are thousands of school grounds thus ornamented and 

 the good work is widening. 



Let us all hope and trust that ere many years all of our school grounds 

 will be ornamented with beautiful trees, and the house will be decorated 

 and in as good keeping as our private residences. 



