26 The Nature-Study Idea 



Around the School." Mr. Payne began the 

 employment of practical nature-study in 1884 

 when a teacher at Corry, Pennsylvania; then 

 in 1885-86 in New Jersey. He lectured on the 

 subject in Minnesota in 1886-89, an d has written 

 on it for educational journals. 



Many schools in several states were introduc- 

 ing elementary science in the latter part of the 

 eighties, and it seems that several of them began 

 to use the word nature-study without knowing 

 where or how the term was suggested. The 

 term is now in widespread use in English-speak- 

 ing countries. 



The word nature-study was used in January, 

 1905, in the title of a monthly magazine, "The 

 Nature-Study Review," edited and published by 

 Professor M. A. Bigelow of Teachers College, 

 Columbia University, with a board of advisory 

 editors. In January, 1908, the "American 

 Nature-Study Society" was organized, and the 

 Review is now its official organ. 



