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and expresses itself in a way of teaching. Its 

 spirit will eventually pervade and vitalize all 

 school work. 



It is some comfort to know that our school 

 hours are now full. They cannot be fuller. 

 If other things are added, old subjects must 

 drop out. It is a struggle for existence. By 

 introducing a freer treatment into some of the 

 existing subjects, nature-study should relieve the 

 congestion rather than increase it. If nature- 

 study becomes a burden, it is likely to be because 

 the teacher tries to teach too much and makes 

 too hard work of it, or does not properly relate 

 it to the other school work. 



We still hear of many teachers who cannot 

 find time to "introduce" nature-study; on the 

 other hand we find many others, just as busy, 

 who are able to flavor the whole school with it. 

 If we accept that the nature-study spirit must 

 be an attitude and a direction of thinking, then 

 it does not at all follow that best results are to 

 be secured merely by adding it as a separate 

 period or task. The nature-study idea is some- 

 thing deeper and finer than simply another addi- 

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