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Editorial 



"The study of birds and trees and animals fills any regular 

 fellow with a sense of justice" was the statement of fifteen year 

 old Jimmy Bradley before the Congressional Committee that had 

 in charge the affairs of the District of Columbia. Jimmy was 

 pleading for the continuance of nature study in the Washington 

 schools and it is to be hoped that the Committee received en- 

 lightenment through his testimony. Jimmy's statement is worth 

 the consideration of educators; this phase of the value of nature 

 study has been ignored by too many. As soon as a child becomes 

 interested in a plant or a creature and comprehends the way it 

 solves its problems in order to keep on living, he becomes its 

 protector without any preaching on the part of anybody. That 

 is, — ^he does if he is "a regular fellow" and happily to that honor- 

 able class belongs a majority of American Lads. 



A sense of justice is an invaluable asset to a citizen of a republic. 

 Upon it^depends our future as a Nation. As we wax greater in 

 numbers and in diversity of interests, the greater is the danger of 

 cleavage between classes struggling for what they believe are 

 their "rights." Therefore it is most essential that our citizens 

 possess a sense of justice whose motto is "Live and let live." 

 An enlightened vision that sees the other fellow's standpoint 

 and a will to treat it justly may well have their origin in the 

 protection of song birds or trees given in early boyhood by "any 

 regular fellow." 



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