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of their meaning. The new " nature-study " 

 tries to place the pupil with the objects 

 and phenomena as they occur in nature ; 

 and so far as it does this, it is funda- 

 mental and will be abiding. The persistency 

 with which nature-study is treated as if it were 

 object-teaching or mere laboratory-teaching 

 shows how difficult it is to extend the sphere 

 of the school beyond the school-house. 



The material of occupations. 



The general elementary schools cannot 

 teach trades, occupations, or professions ; but 

 they can use the materials of trades and 

 occupations as one of the aids to scholar- 

 ship, and while doing so they may give 

 such a " set " toward the occupations as 

 will attract all youth and will at the same 

 time make them more efficient in their own 

 behalf and also in behalf of civilization. 



In an agricultural community, for example, 

 all the farms of the neighborhood will 

 afford training in the elements of failure 

 and success. There is no reason why the 



