cages were constructed in which frogs, toads, salamanders and 

 snakes were exhibited. Toward the end of the season collec- 

 tions were made by the children of the colony, of leaf prints of 

 various trees, flowers and grasses on blue print paper manu- 

 factured by the children themselves. Plaster casts of leaves were 

 also made and colored with water color paint. Thus from a de- 

 sire to study the fauna, flora and physiography of the region 

 there evolved a manipulative desire as a result of which most 

 of the group not only learned their local natural history but 

 made and took home with them items of interest based upon 

 their nature study. 



The writer no longer will fear the loss of an inherent interest 

 in nature study on the part of city children and city-bred adults. 

 Let us try in every way within our power to bring nature to our 

 city youth, artificial as those situations and presentations may 

 be, and we may feel secure in the knowledge that when those 

 young people, by some happy combinations of circumstances, 

 find themselves in the woods, fields and meadows, they will re- 

 spond to the call of Mother Nature with that zest so charac- 

 teristic of those whose ingrained desires have been consistently 

 repressed. 



Theodore Roosevelt High School 

 New York City 



