ARBOR DAY 47 



ones with our work is a poetic and sublime concep- 

 tion. It symbolizes our faith in a resurrection to 

 a higher and better life when the hard struggles of 

 this sin-cursed world are passed. 



THE COMMONEST DELIGHT 



BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER 



To OWN a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, 

 to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life this 

 is the commonest delight of the race, the most 

 satisfactory thing one can do. 



ARBOR DAY 



BY THOMAS B. STOCK WELL 



THE rapid approach of spring inevitably turns 

 all thoughts to Arbor Day. That is naturally the 

 children's day of all the year. After such a severe 

 and stormy winter, with its snows and covering of 

 ice, the buds bursting their bonds and the trees 

 putting forth their leaves and flowers present an old, 

 but this year an especially welcome, miracle. 



In the years that have past we have learned some 

 things that are possible for us, and as we face the 

 new growth of nature at this time the question arises, 

 to what use can we put any of our knowledge? 

 First of all, we have been guided into the formal 



