TEACHING FORESTRY BY PICTURES. 



CHE fondness of children the usefulness of for pictures is proverbial, and 

 pictures as an educational device is recognized by all teachers. Many a 

 child has received through the medium of pictures, lessons which it never 

 would have learned otherwise. Some minds receive impressions through the 

 eye much more readily and retain them more faithfully than through any of 

 the other senses. Thus pictures often do what oral instruction fails to 

 accomplish. 



Seeking to take advantage of this faculty of the child mind, and to teach 

 in a novel and interesting way the lessons of the usefulness of forests and the 

 necessity of forest conservation, the United States Forest Service has recently 

 prepared a traveling exhibit of photographs for circulation among schools and 

 libraries. This exhibit is sent free of charge, except that the institution to 

 which it is sent is asked to pay the transportation charges. These are not 

 large, since the whole exhibit, when packed for shipment, weighs about 15 

 pounds. 



There are 44 large pictures in the exhibit, arranged in 11 sets, the four 

 in each set all bearing on a single general topic. Each picture has a descrip- 

 tive label attached to it, so that the entire set of 44 pictures, with descriptions, 

 makes up a sort of illustrated serial story about the forest. 



The following are suggestive topics, each of which is illustrated by a 

 series of four pictures: 



''Forest Fires." 



"Lumbering." 



"Forest and Water Supply." 



"How the National Forests Are Administered." 



"How the National Forests Are Used." 



The photographs are mounted in such a way that the whole exhibit can 

 be easily and quickly hung on the wall for display and as easily taken down. 

 Each set of four pictures is fastened on a strip of green denim cloth, 16 inches 

 wide and 414 feet long. In the upper corners of these strips of cloth are large 

 eyelets by which the strips may be hung on hooks or nails or suspended by 

 cords or wires. The whole exhibit, when displayed, covers a wall space 16 

 feet long and 4I/2 feet high. 



Any school, library, or other educational institution desiring to secure this 

 exhibit should write directly to the Forester, Washington, D. C, stating about 

 what date the pictures are wanted. The usual period for which they are loaned 

 is from one to two weeks, though this time will be extended on request if the 

 demands for the exhibit are not too pressing elsewhere. Teachers of geography, 

 agriculture, and manual training will find this exhibit extremely interesting 

 and helpful. They have also been used with gratifying results by women's 

 clubs and similar organizations on the observance of special "forestry" days. 



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