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long snakeskin in the field or the spider skins or the cast shells 

 of Crustacea will tell at a glance. Our girls, big or little, love to 

 play with the limulus (Quanset's totem, by the way) turn him 

 over, see how the spines and hairs of his legs lead the food down 

 to his mouth which lies between them, and learn of his ancient 

 lineage. One morning a host of squid had been chased up near 

 our shore. Will the girls who saw them ever have to be told how 

 the squid swims or how he protects himself? Ripple marks on 

 the beach, miniature sand dunes, circles in the sand made by wind- 

 blown blades of beach grass, magnetite grains drawn from the sand 

 by a magnet, — all are sources of joy. 



The Quanset "Nature Q" stands with our younger girls for a 

 definite accomplishment, along "Woodcraft" lines. 



The inspiration of the season last year was the visit of Dallas 

 Lore Sharp, the naturalist, with Mrs. Sharp and the two younger 

 boys. He gave us all such a delightful talk on the community 

 life of the bees, their wonderful specilization for fatherhood, for 

 motherhood, for work. How the girls gathered about the observa- 

 tion hive to see the queen, the workers, the grubs, the eggs, even 

 the young bees emerging from the cell! They "adored" his bird 

 stories — even ghost stories — and begged eagerly for more. And 

 he took the whole camp across country on a hike to see a snowy 

 heron with a broken leg, taken captive in a salt marsh and later 

 sent up to Franklin Park. The fine, keen minded boys enjoyed 

 the novel experience of sleeping on board our Tioga with our skip- 

 per. It was a delightful family, — and all too short a stay for our 

 girls and for us all. 



Nature Study at the Senior Quinibeck Camp 



By G LADYS Gordon Fry 



Six A. M. and most of Camp Quinibeck is asleep, but here and 

 there from the bungalows appear girls who meet in a small group at 

 the central house from where they set out with their teacher, 

 Gladys Gordon Fry for the early morning bird walk. 



Over one- third of the 150 girls chose natiu"e study as one of 

 their definite activities, from among the number of interests 

 offered at Quinibeck, and these girls are divided into groups, each 

 group having its appointed morning for the pre-breakfast stroll. 



