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N is for Nose, which you should never pick nor wipe on 
your sleeve. 
O is for Outdoors, where you should stay just as much as 
you can. Always play outdoors unless the weather is 
too stormy. 
P is for Pencils, which you should not wet in your mouth 
to make them write blacker. 
0 is for Question, Avhich you should ask your teacher if you 
don’t understand these rules. 
R is for Roughness in play by which you may hurt yourself 
or your comrades. If you cut yourself, have been hurt 
by others, or feel sick, don’t fear to tell your teacher. 
S is for Spitting, which should never be done except in a 
spittoon, or a piece of paper, or a handkerchief used for 
that purpose alone. Never spit on a slate, on the fldor, 
the playground, nor the sidewalk. 
T is for Teeth, which you should clean with toothbrush and 
water after each meal, or when you first get up in the 
morning and before you go to bed at night. 
U is for Unkind, which you should never be to a consump- 
tive. 
V is for Vessels, like drinking cups and glasses, which 
'should not be used by one child after another without 
being washed in clean water each time. 
W is for Washing your hands with soap and water before 
each meal, even if it is only lunch. 
X is for X-rays, which sometimes helps us discover con- 
sumption or other forms of tuberculosis. 
Y is for You, who should never kfss anybody on the mouth, 
nor allow them to do so to you. 
Z is for Zeal in carrying out these rules. 
By DR. ADOLPHUS KNOPF, 
New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. 
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 
Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Commissioners of 
Agriculture and Forestry, held in the Throne Room, at the 
Capitol, on Wednesday, October 26, 1910, at 2 o’clock p. m. 
Present: Marston Campbell, President and Executive 
Officer; Messrs. H. M. von Holt and Albert Waterhouse, 
members; Edw. M. Ehrhorn, Superintendent of Entomology, 
and Ralph S. Hosmer, Superintendent of Forestry. 
The minutes of the meeting of October 5 were read and 
approved, and on motion of Mr. Waterhouse, seconded by 
