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a little work and that well done keeps the summer safe from 

 disorganization and waste. She comes through serene, rejuvenated, 

 and inspired afresh for the work of the year. In our opinion she 

 has reached the right solution of the summer school problems 

 although this solution is not for those who are working for degrees ; 

 theirs is quite another problem, which we shall not discuss here. 

 But the fact remains that the summer school does its best for 

 teachers when it gives them mental and physical recuperation 



Frog Music 



Mauree Applegate 



Plattsville, Wis. 



You can talk about your robins 

 Singing, "Cheer up" from the tree, 

 But you know that kind of music 

 Don't appeal as much to me % 



As just to hear at evening time, 

 From some old mossy log 

 That soothing, restful singing 

 From the throat of some old frog. 



There's nothing quite so peaceful 



Along a winding road 



As to drop down on the grass awhile 



And lay aside your load. 



Down beneath where bending willows 



Lean across a muddy bog, 



And listen to real music 



As its rendered by the frog. 



Oh, its something city dwellers 

 Don't sense the meaning of! 

 Just to feel the green beneath you 

 And the blue sky up above, 

 And everything so beautiful 

 Your being's all agog 

 To hear that soothing singing 

 From the musical old frog. 



I suppose its sacrilegious! 

 But if ever I shall fly 

 Above those clouds, a-sailing 

 'Way up there in the sky. 

 I hope I'll be located 

 Near a green and mossy lof 

 Where I can steal and lister 

 To the music of the frog. 



