42 THE NA TURE-STUD V RE VIE W [3 : 2-feb., ,907 



of schooling had fixed certain habits of mind. The alertness and 

 quickness of apprehension found in the backwood-man and street 

 gamin suffers fearfully under present curricula. This loss, together 

 with failure to impart much that is of the very best of our modern 

 world, point to a social need. 



To me, the province of nature-study and elementary science lies 

 right here. The field is unoccupied by the traditional curriculum. 

 The purpose is to bring early to the developing individual the agencies 

 employed by the best of his kind in living their material lives, that 

 he may receive in a democracy his rightful heritage — a fair opportunity. 



