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to "early to bed and rise". To see the sun rise once and then 

 again because it is so beautiful is true culture. 



Did you ever sleep out in the open? Fearlessness of nightly 

 spooks is absolutely essential to good sense in the day. If you can 

 have a good time sleeping on the rough ground you have one 

 quality of a naturalist. 



Do you attract groups of people around youf A councilor must 

 attract. It is not sufficient "to get along" with people. How do 

 you attract? 



How far can you go into the woods without discovering something? 

 Thoreauused to worry if he had gone a few feet without seeing news. 



Are you a campfire leader? If so, you are interested in girls an^ 

 nature. 



Do you shrink from cows, toads, snakes, and earthworms? Do 

 you add school girl superlatives when you retreat? If you feign 

 fear it is because adults taught you the example. To pass this 

 along is a crime. 



Can you throw a hall like a hoy? This is a test to your early love 

 for the out-doors. I wish there were more tomboys. It is a 

 compliment. 



Do you ever feed the hirds? This shows an active or superficial 

 interest. 



In what way do you protect wild life? Do you leave the wood- 

 lily where it grew? Do you go around or through a beautiful plant 

 collection? Do you pick bunches or sprays? Have you stepped 

 over or on worms ? Why? 



Are you always dwelling on the heauties of some other place? 

 You should not to do this unless you can see something beautiful 

 where you are? 



Did you ever climh a tree? You should once even after twenty. 



What pets have you had? What became of them? Why? 



Did you ever dig in the soil with your hands? A child has this 

 interest. 



What collections have you made? And why did you make them? 



Are you a college graduate? It is not necessary, to be a successful 

 nature leader. Many of the most successful ones are successful in 

 spite of their education in school. They were taught in a woods- 

 school. 



Do you object to a tan? How much talcum powder do you use 

 to avoid this? 



