Ii8 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



The nature-lore student finally accumulates a wealth of nature 

 experiences. These nature experiences are the materials out of 

 which a structure is built. This structure is nature's laws. Out 

 of the laws comes an appreciation of nature, and appreciation which 

 may be termed a local nature-patriotism. And local nature-patri- 

 otism must precede national nature conservation. Without this 

 appreciation in our people any attempt to develop the conservation 

 of our natural resources is destined to failure. And with all this 

 can we not sing "I love thy rocks and rills" with a new fervor. 



Camp Nature Ideas in the Classroom 



Margaret M. Cornell 

 North Shore County Day School, Winnetka, 111. 



"And a Httle child shall lead them." 



How frequently we hear the following expression, "Oh, that is 

 easy to teach when you have your pupils in a camp ; but, impossible 

 in the classroom. The very lack of the out-of-doors makes the 

 work artificial and the child does not take the same interest." 



Now is this really so? 



Is not the child always responsive to the natural phenomena 

 around him? Does not the innermost part of him cry out for 

 companionship with the birds, plants and animals which are such 

 an integral part of his very childhood ? Once set him wondering 

 and his education has begun. The mental processes are quickened, 

 the powers of observation become keener and his sense of brother- 

 hood takes on a new meaning. 



Whether this development comes from a summer spent among 

 the whispering pines, by a quiet lake, in a mountain camp, or in the 

 classroom, the greatest factor, — and the one of most vital interest — 

 is that he sees the thing as it really is! 



Bring the great out-of-doors to him. Any classroom may be 

 converted into a camp. The difference is not one of environment, 

 so much as of atmosphere. It is not a teacher he needs ; it is a' * com- 

 rade-in-arms." A leader who has the spirit of a child in himself, 

 regardless of years; whose love for the pulsing animation about 



