CHAPTER XV 



SCHOOL GROUNDS 



THE school is the second home of children and 

 its grounds are second only in importance to those 

 of the home itself. They should be given careful 

 consideration, and ample playground should by all 

 means be provided. 



IN THE COUNTRY (Fig. 53) 



Of all school grounds none is primarily of greater 

 importance than that about a school in the coun- 

 try, and yet none has received less consideration 

 or made less advance toward ideal development. 



A story is told of a certain country school. The 

 boys of this school made a practice of going over 

 the fence to an adjoining pasture for the purpose 

 of playing ball. The farmer who owned the pas- 

 ture complained bitterly to the school-board. There 

 was more or less anger at the boys on the part of 



both the board and the farmer. Finally, it was 

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