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with spaces left to preserve views or let in breezes. 

 Small trees and shrubs should be used extensively, 

 and there should be an abundance of perennial 

 flowers. The annuals will be taken care of in the 

 gardens for the pupils. An area of five to ten acres 

 would be none too much for this second home for 

 children who usually come from farms of two thou- 

 sand acres or more. With ten acres, a charming 

 park might be made including within its boundaries 

 a school-house and all the features named. 



Higher institutions of learning, including col- 

 leges and universities, often take great pains and 

 spend large sums in acquiring and developing 

 beautiful grounds. Such grounds have a great 

 influence on the lives of students. That the love 

 for one's alma mater is often due quite as much to 

 the charm of the campus as to the buildings or the 

 instruction given in them is sometimes claimed by 

 graduates. The influence of an attractive campus 

 extends through life and affects, in a marked de- 

 gree, the homes built by the alumni. It is im- 

 portant, therefore, to have schools that care for 

 children during the impressionable age from five to 

 fifteen well equipped with beautiful surroundings. 

 Their influence would extend to the homes of the par- 



