HINTS ON RURAL SCHOOL GROUNDS. 



One's training for the work of life is begun in the home and 

 fostered in the school. This training is the result of a direct and 

 conscious effort on the part of the parent and teacher, combined 

 with the indirect result of the surroundings in which the child is 

 placed. The surroundings are more potent than we think ; and 

 they are usually neglected. It is probable that the antipathy to 



23. The beginning and the end, school house and graveyard . 

 eastern New York. 



In 



farm life is formed before the child is able to reason on the 

 subject. An attractive play-ground will do more than a profit- 

 able wheat crop to keep the child on the farm. 



a. THE FACT. 



Bare, harsh, cheerless, immodest, these are the facts about 

 the average rural school ground. Observe Fig. 21. 



Children cannot be forced to like the school. They like it only 



