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THE BALE-BREAKER AT WORK 



After the bale of cotton has been opened, the workmen feed it into the machine shown 

 here. This machine loosens the mass and delivers it to an endless belt (shown on the right), 

 which carries it to the feeders (see page 211). 



ers from mountain to sea, telling in brief 

 outline the history of Jiallowed spots. 

 Only those who have traveled through 

 the State can appreciate the extent of 

 this work or realize how much it adds to 

 a pilgrim's pleasure and stirs anew the 

 Americanism within him. 



The irreverent outsider may be dis- 

 posed to smile at the fact that there is 

 not an elm tree under which George 

 Washington is known to have stood that 

 does not bear a distinguishing legend. 

 He may even think that the Bay. State 

 overplays its history. 



MASSACHUSETTS THE PATRON OF 



EDUCATION 



But it were more nearly the truth to 

 say that other States have underplayed 

 theirs, and that every American would 

 be a better American if all the States 

 followed the example of Massachusetts 

 in perpetuating the shrines of history in 

 a way that would permit every passerby 



to read and reflect upon the nation's 

 glorious heritages. 



From its earliest days the State has led 

 the nation in matters educational. Here 

 the first colonial grammar school was 

 established, the first college, the first ele- 

 mentary free school, the first academy, 

 the first high school, and the first normal 

 school. 



Call the roll of the higher institutions 

 of learning — Harvard and Holyoke, Am- 

 herst and Williams, Smith and Wellesley, 

 Tufts and Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology, Clark and Radcliffe, Clarke 

 Institute of Northampton, and many 

 others — and most of them will be found 

 to have been pioneers in their respective 

 fields and to stand today each for some 

 special ideal. 



But Massachusetts is entirely demo- 

 cratic in her educational activities. The 

 unfavored many have as much right to 

 their opportunity for training as the 

 fortunate few. High schools of excep- 



