BOYS' GARDEN 



All the work was based upon sound psy- 

 chological and pedagogical principles. They 

 learned to do by doing; proceeded from the 

 known to the unknown. Their curiosity was 

 satisfied when their interest was at white heat, 

 nothing ever being forced upon them. They 

 were instructed when the time was opportune 

 and a desire for knowledge had been awakened. 



Taking out the witch-grass demonstrated 

 conclusively its mode of propagation, showing 

 how every particle must be removed in order 

 to prevent its spreading. The removal of the 

 glacial boulders was a physical task by no 

 means easy, and before it was completed the 

 general impression was that rocks grew. This 

 gave an opportunity to examine them and to 

 study the difference in texture and composition 

 of the granite rocks, which had been deposited 

 so abundantly in the glacial drift of New Eng- 

 land and of most of the territory west and 

 north of the Ohio and Missouri Rivers. It was 

 very easy to relate the disintegration of these 

 rocks to the sand, gravel and clay of the soil, 

 and to point out the influence of the great Ice 

 Age upon the agricultural and industrial prog- 

 ress of the region which was glaciated. 



On one occasion, being storm-bound in the 

 tool-house, the boys, reluctant to go home, 

 begged the teacher for a talk. The odor from 



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