NATURE-STUDY NEWS 



Prof. M. A. Bigelow finished his work in England about 

 the first of June, leaving for Paris and the Alps. After a 

 month's rest in the mountains he resumed his studies. He re- 

 ports that the Nature-Study Union, under the direction of Mr. 

 Turner, is doing excellent work in England. 



The ('hildren of the City Beautiful Club, of the Louis- 

 ville, Ky., Normal School, celebrated May Day by hanging May 

 baskets on the door knobs of the Children's Free Hospital of that 

 city. They also left cut flowers and potted plants throughout 

 the building. Thirty-one children carrying roses, iris, syringas 

 and honey-suckle and dressed in holiday attire, cheered the 

 hearts of the inmates. Nature-study teachers in other cities will 

 find a very commendable suggestion here. 



The American Civic Association is leading a crusade against 

 the typhoid-fly, formerly and euphemistically known as the 

 house-fly. With the battle-cry ''The Typhoid-Fly must go", it is 

 asking for contributions to be sent to William B. Holland, Treas- 

 urer of the American Civic Association, Washington, D. C. 



In Teachers College, St. Louis, Mo., Prof. J. A. Drushel 

 gave two summer courses in botany, taking his classes into the 

 field for nearly half of the exercises. The plan has proved most 

 successful, and the teacher-students are enthused to undertake 

 work with children covering a similar field. 



The Outdoor Art Department of the Nashville Art 

 Association held a flower exhibit during mid-May, the an- 

 nouncement of which was made in a very attractively illustrated 

 pamphlet. Mrs. Alex Caldwell is chairman of the Outdoor Art 

 Asscoiation and Miss Mary Ewing secretary of the association. 



The First Annual Session of the Boys' State Fair- 

 School will be held on the State Fair grounds, Springfield, lUi- 

 nois, from September 30 to October 8, 19 10. Each county may 

 send two boys — one to represent rural schools and one the city 

 schools of the county. The boys are selected by competitive test 

 and are to be instructed daily by members of the faculty of the 

 College of Agriculture of the State University. They are to take 

 accurate records and to report to their home schools, county 

 Farmers' Institute and their local papers. The school will be 



