THE RISING GENERATION 



matter placed before pupils, deal almost 

 exclusively with city affairs and do not 

 breathe the country atmosphere. There are, 

 of course, lessons in nature, but all these 

 approach subjects as the city mind appre- 

 hends them. School atmosphere must sug- 

 gest the country and breathe rural things. 

 There is no need that we take over exercises 

 and examples intended primarily for city 

 pupils. Our skies, our stars, our sun, our 

 moon, our fields, our grass, our brooks, our 

 lakes, our cattle, our homes, furnish ample 

 and eligible material for all school litera- 

 ture and texts covering the subjects to which 

 they relate. The question of suitable matter 

 for textbooks and school literature is further 

 worked out in the following chapter. 



Having started our wards with the best 

 home influences and schooled them as well 

 as we may, we are called upon to give each 

 of them a helpful and inspiring send-off into 

 life, instead of leaving them at graduation 

 wholly to themselves, to grope and wander 

 about until some accident makes or breaks 

 them. 



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