EDITORIAL 255 



the battle is really won although there are many outposts- that 

 still remain to be taken, but they will undoubtedly succumb in 

 the course of a century or so. 



It has seemed strange that a child interest so persistent and 

 obvious as that manifested in birds, flowers, trees, animals and 

 stars should have been so long ignored and crushed back in the 

 schools. But the children of this great country of ours will 

 sometime come into their rightful heritage, — the understanding 

 companionship with natural world; and the schools will be the 

 greatest factor in accomplishing this needed and noble work. 



Prof. J. A. Drushel, Harris Teachers' College, St. Louis, gave 

 a course in the summer session at Columbia. 



M. R. Van Cleve, Director Nature-Study, Toledo, directed 

 work at Chautauqua Institute. 



Prof. DetweHer, London, Ont., instructed at Cornell University. 



Dr. E. L. Palmer, Cornell University, gave a course at Uni- 

 versity of California. 



Prof. Way land J. Hayes directed a course of Nature-Study at 

 Universitv of Virg^inia. 



