PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 



sculpture or music. As a teacher, I must 

 say that I would like to see the experiment 

 fairly tried of establishing in some good 

 school a course in landscape study on the 

 same basis as the present courses in litera- 

 ture and art. I should expect it to be 

 productive of equally good results ; and I 

 should expect the methods, once worked 

 out, to be capable of a much wider applica- 

 tion. 



For those amiable and practical persons 

 who always prefer a concrete statement, I 

 will append the transcript of a very modest 

 scheme which has already been successfully 

 tried in the schools of Amherst, Mass., and 

 in various other schools. The memo- 

 randum here reproduced is taken directly 

 from the program placed in the hands of 

 the teachers. 



PROGRAM OF SCHOOL EXERCISES 



PROLOGUE 



Amherst is commonly considered to be one 

 of the most beautiful towns in New England; 

 that is to say, one of the most beautiful in 

 America. This being so, we who live here 

 ought to know about the beauties of the place 

 and ought to get some daily enjoyment from 

 these surroundings. 



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