"Come to us, come!"
He saw them swinging
In crystal caves,
And cried, "I'm coming! I'm"—ah, how numb
His death-dewy lips—how numb!
NATURE STUDY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AT THE Shaw banquet in St. Louis the subject for the evening was "Horticultural Education," and a good deal was said as to the introduction of the study in the public schools.
On the question of its interfering with other school work, Prof. Jackman of Chicago said: "The intimation has been thrown out here to-night that perhaps the child's study of nature might interfere with something else in the schools. I can assure such objectors that it will interfere with some of the things they are taught. It will interfere with some of the dull routine that you and I can recollect, which we passed through when we were in these schools. The children have waited all too long for such an interference."