AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



One feature of the nature study work in Pitts- 

 burgh is the tramps that the children take under 

 experienced teachers. Any child may go on 

 these. But the pleasure of handling his treasures 

 and learning how to safely keep the things that 

 he has brought home from such tramps, watch- 

 ing what will happen to cocoon or caterpillar, 

 and the joy of naming, pressing, and mounting 



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specimens, with his comrades in the sunny room 

 that is provided can only be earned by work 

 on a small farm for the season. After all, farm- 

 ing is unpleasant only when it is very hot. So 

 think many of the children as they join the 

 farmer's squad. They have even been known to 

 leave the nearby playground deserted, preferring 

 the attraction of their gardens. 



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