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longing to go out and leave the dear old home. All boys who 

 happen to be upon farms are not calculated to make good 

 farmers. The talents of some run in another direction. Tak- 

 ing that, they succeed. On the farm they were a failure. 

 Other boys dislike it because it is hard work. And why is it 

 hard work ? Because there is no attempt to make the work at- 

 tractive. It becomes necessary for the farmer to set the boy 

 and his relation to the farm above the work to be done. 



Activity in education is one of the things which will keep 

 the boy from being what you may style, "lazy." Activity is 

 the very existence of the boy, and nothmg is more irksome to 

 a boy than to be required to sit still for an hour, because this is 

 idleness. The longing for action is to be encouraged and not 

 repressed. Why is the kindergarten so enjoyed by little ones ? 

 One teacher expressed it on account of the motion, activity and 

 recreation found there. Xo boy is sent to the truant school for 

 truancy from a department where there is manual traming. 

 The boys like it. The rollicking boy, who runs and jumps is 

 as much to be amused as the quiet boy, and if this desire for 

 activity is checked by violence or otherwise, dissatisfaction usu- 

 ally results. 



