Let the children themselves study the trees. 



Some Reasons for the Study of Trees in Nature-Study 



in the Elementary Schools 



Fred T. Ullrich 

 Director of Agrictiltural Education, State Normal School, Plattesville, Wis. 



If Nature-Study is to attain its object in the Elementar\'^ Schools, 

 it shotild have as one of its aims, the development of the attitude 

 iof open-mindedness. The tendency to suspend judgment until 

 the solutions to problems, or the answers to questions, are in 

 harmony wnth experiences should be one of the inevitable results. 

 On the other hand, the stamp of approval shovdd be accorded with- 

 out reser\^ation, to all generalizations and conclusions evolved 

 through reason from reliable data. It is in this spirit, that the 

 reader is invited to a consideration of some reasons for the study 

 of trees in Nature-Study. 



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