Putting "Pep" into the Field Trip 



C. C. Leeson 

 State Teachers' College, Maryville, Mo. 



The hour of 6:30 a. m. finds us on our way to the woods and 

 ravine on a tree study trip. Our luggage consists mainly of a 

 breakfast menu of bread, butter, bacon, cookies, oranges, gum 

 and a water bucket. Along the highway we walk in two's, chang- 

 ing partners every five minutes with a different nature topic at 

 each change for conversation. 



We pass thru a small cemetery and, while resting on the tomb- 

 stones, each writes the epitaph that is to appear on his grave. 



"Here lies a college man 

 Gone on before 

 Meet me if you can 

 On the bright and golden shore." 



"Here I lay my burden down 

 Change the cross into a crown 

 I hope some day you'll follow me 

 Into the land of jubilee." 



A short journey brings to our breakfast time which is reached 

 only after observing the stipulated number of 20 tree varieties. 

 Each person is given a match and required to build a small fire. 

 Failure to do so will be penalized by having to gather sticks for 

 the successful builders. 



A guessing box is called for with each one contrinuting a conun- 

 drum on some tree or phase of tree life. A few of those pro- 

 pounded follow: 



What do you do when worn by sorrow? — Pine. 



A small bed on the floor. — Cot-on-wood. 



A farm tool for sowing grain. — Cedar. 



The call of a mule and a brier. — Hawthorne. 



What you say when you set the dog on. — Sycamore. 



What a freshman always is. — Evergreen. 



A word meaning well-Hked" less its middle letter. — Pop-lar. 



Second personal pronoun. — Yew. 



What is left after the fire. — Ash. 



The edge of a lake. — Beech. 



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