122 Outlook to Nature 



term nature-study will not answer the purpose, 

 for this is commonly understood to cover what 

 we know as " nature," not including industries 

 and affairs. In my own mind, the term nature- 

 study is large enough for this, for I think of 

 " nature," in this relation, as expressing that 

 method of education whereby the pupil is edu- 

 cated at first in the terms of the world he lives 

 in ; but the term has been so long used with an- 

 other signification that it cannot be pressed into 

 service for the larger and fuller idea. I wish we 

 might say " natural education," but this is in- 

 definite and would always be disputed. For the 

 time being, therefore, I see no better term than 

 industrial education, with the reservation that it 

 mean much more than commercial education, 

 or than manual and technical skill for use in 

 the arts and trades. 



I have no complaint to make of the schools, 

 but rather all praise to give. They are in the 

 process of evolution. They have come down 

 from the college and university, and are still 

 essentially exotic ; but a new intention will 

 gradually redirect them. 



