A FACTOR IN EDUCATION 



those who live in the city and have little oppor- 

 tunity of coming in contact with the things of 

 the country, which are in consequence entirely 

 unknown to them, and those who, while living 

 in rural and village districts, are often ignorant 



Ignorant of Nature: A Sociological Problem. 



of the processes of nature with which they come 

 in daily contact. 



The first problem has a sociological and 

 economic significance; it teaches children to be- 

 come producers as well as consumers, and has 

 a tendency to turn the tide of population toward 



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