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water — to provide the proper temperature. The whole was 

 covered with an inverted glass bowl. As many children as the 

 space could accommodate at one time -(kindergarten and the three 

 lowest rooms) gathered around the table to see what would happen. 

 It was surely an instructive experience for all concerned! The 

 intense interest and s\TTipathy reflected in the face of each child, 

 as he watched-the tiny living thing struggle and push its way out of 

 the shell and finally lie still exhausted by its labors, gave way to an 

 expression of extreme satisfaction when the baby chick suddenly 

 announced its recovery with a very lusty "peep!" 



The children's spontaneous comments and exclamations were 

 suggestive as well as entertaining to the teachers who watched 

 with them. 



"How did you get him in there?" asked one small boy. 



"When he pecks he's like the woodpecker," said another. 



"Like our ice man," added a third. 



One little girl — evidently a doubting Thomas as to the reality of 

 the things that happen in school — exclaimed proudly when called 

 to the kindergarten to see the wonders that were taking place: 

 "O, but when I was at my uncle's, I saw a real chick come out of 

 its shell!" 



To one of the teachers, at least, the small girl's exclamation 

 suggested ven.- forcibly the need of providing many such situations 

 as the one described here — situations in which "school" and life 

 are drawn close together in the experience of the little child. 



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