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road up the hill for half an hour or more, they turned to the left 

 through an open field of stumps where several flowers were secured. 

 The girls with their nets had many a merry chase following the 

 fleeting fluttering butterfly. 



Here, the. class enjoyed observing the latest discovered species 

 of bird — the "man bird" or flying machine. He played hide and 

 seek through the low shifting clouds and finally passed directly over 

 the eager watchers. He went beyond them for a few miles, circled 

 over the village of Blue Lake and then returned, giving them a 

 second magnificent view. The girls endeavored to "get him" 

 with the kodak, but like many another girl, they "failed to find 

 him". 



Following an old logging road into the woods, they found so 

 many specimens that a "council of war" was called. It was 

 decided as an "emergency measure" to eat the cake so as to 

 "release" the basket for carrying specimens. There were no 

 "slackers" when volunteers were called for. About two miles 

 farther on they discovered the shacks, bams and other buildings 

 of an old deserted saw-mill site. Again the necessity for specimen 

 containers grew apace, and another halt was made to eat the re- 

 mainder of their lunch. Some one may wonder why the specimens 

 required so much room. They were taken "roots and all" for 

 they were wanted not dead but alive. 



The teacher conceived the plan of having a wild flower exhibit, 

 and building a terrarium, and a miniature model of the Normal 

 School buildings, and grounds, together with the foothills, ravines 

 and forests in the background. The class co-operated enthusi- 

 astically in carrying out this suggestion, as indeed, they did all 

 of his suggestions. They made a terrarium about 7 ft. by 4 ft. 

 The class took saw, hammer and nails, and actually built boxes 8 

 inches deep to cover the bottom of this space. These boxes were 

 filled with soil. In the soil were planted a great variety of plants 

 especially violets, ferns and along the edge some low-growing dai- 

 sies. One girl planted a dear little pine tree, which grew splen- 

 didly, and bore on its graceful branchesseveral"last years 's" birds 

 nests These boxes were set upon some laboratory tables. 

 \" X 2" pieces were nailed to the boxes, and extended to the ceil- 

 ing. Mosquito netting was tacked to these in such a way as to 

 inclose all the space above the boxes, and on the side toward the 



