52 The Farmstead 



it up. Eeceive the visitor in the sitting-room or 

 on the veranda, and let the neighborly chat be 

 where there is " air, and light, and space, and 

 verdure." 



Reduce the above picture of an English school 

 to suit environment, and we have the family as 

 a unit ; the mother and her companion as teach- 

 ers ; and we shall have not only the appearance 

 of home, but a true home, where duty com- 

 mands and love obeys. This is no far-fetched 

 picture ; it is one drawn from many observed 

 instances of these farm home schools. The 

 youths on the farm have a right to a liberal 

 education if they desire it ; they own the earth, 

 and why should they not have the best it 

 affords if they make good use of what the earth 

 and all that therein is has to olfer. 



When we come to the higher education, there 

 are good and sufficient reasons why pupils 

 should be massed. At the college, expensive and 

 rare appliances, great laboratories and mu- 

 seums, ample and expensive libraries, and dis- 

 tinguished and able teachers, must be provided. 

 Then, too, the pupils of the college have arrived 

 at that period of maturity which gives them a 

 fair degree of self-restraint and discretion. 



Connected, as I have been for more than a 

 quarter of a century, with college life, I have 

 had many opportunities to observe the fresh- 



