194 The Nature-Study Idea 



tion to the course of study, coordinate with 

 customary school work. 



We may need to take out subjects rather than 

 put them in, and make every one of those that 

 remain mean more. In time, the beginning 

 schools will probably not teach any of the 

 present-day subjects under their present names; 

 but this will adjust itself in the natural course 

 of evolution. The greatest need is to reor- 

 ganize the teaching of the subjects that are 

 already in the country schools. 



Shall we teach the child to collect, and thereby 

 to kill? (See pp. 32, 67, 77.) 



Properly directed, the collecting spirit should 

 be encouraged, because one never comes closely 

 into contact with his materials till he collects 

 them with his own hands. To be close to one's 

 material, develops enthusiasm and works itself 

 into one's character. Every person should know 

 the joy of finding something new. 



How much or how little the collecting habit 

 shall be encouraged must be determined for 

 €ach case by itself; but, in general, the child 



