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ment of the pupils. Nor is it the pupils alone that 

 should be considered. There are the teachers and 

 parents. A school in the country is a neighbor- 

 hood center. Here, from time to time, are various 

 gatherings, usually within the building, but if the 

 grounds are ample and picturesque, they will form 

 an appropriate place for picnics and outdoor meet- 

 ings of various kinds. Here might be exhibited 

 the products of the school-gardens, or collections 

 of flowers, vegetables and other products of the 

 farms of the neighborhood. The school and its 

 grounds should serve to draw persons together and 

 create a neighborhood spirit which would tend 

 toward improvement in every way. It should 

 lead to greater general intelligence, better crops 

 and more appreciation of beauty. 



Naturally, the planting about the ideal school 

 would be arranged along the boundaries, leaving 

 large central open spaces for play and for air and 

 sunlight. Touches of foliage might appear here 

 and there about the building, perhaps from some 

 vines on the walls, some shrubs each side of the en- 

 trance steps, or in a reentrant angle, but there 

 should be nothing to shade the windows. The trees 

 along the boundary might be arranged in groups 



