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Page 157 - I'll tell you how the sun rose, A ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, "That must have been the sun!" But how he set, I know not. There seemed a purple stile Which little yellow boys and girls Were climbing all the while Till when they reached the other side, A dominie in gray Put gently up the evening bars, And...
Page 418 - But, accurately speaking, no good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.
Page 293 - At evening when I go to bed I see the stars shine overhead; They are the little daisies white That dot the meadow of the Night. And often while I'm dreaming so, Across the sky the moon will go; It is a lady, sweet and fair, Who comes to gather daisies there; For when at morning I arise, There's not a star left in the skies; She's picked them all, and dropped them down Into the meadows of the town.
Page 76 - ... School more time is devoted to reading than to any other subject, in order that the first steps may be mastered in this year." Professor Dewey's ideal is avowed, and the "first lessons are connected with the work on primitive life," — the cave man, etc. Stories from Stanley Waterloo's "Story of Ab" are printed in pamphlet form and given to each child to be put in his book-cover. In this way he makes his own collection of stories. The following is the first page of one of these pamphlets: —...
Page 412 - ... knowledge of what they see, and do not appreciate the meaning of it all. We find, however, that if the boys have become interested in the work of such shops, and if they know definitely what they are to look for, there is no question that the results realized are worth while.
Page 157 - That must have been the sun!" But how he set, I know not. There seemed a purple stile, Which little yellow boys and girls Were climbing all the while, Till when they reached the other side, A dominie in gray Put gently up the evening bars And led the flock away.
Page 14 - ... particularly about folks and of things in relation to folks. If you observe little children, you will find they are interested in the world of things mainly in its connection with people, as a background and medium of human concerns. Many anthropologists have told us there are certain identities in the child interests with those of primitive life. There is a sort of natural recurrence of the child mind to the typical activities of primitive peoples...
Page 3 - The period of reconciliation of the two conceptions in our awn country is practically that of the present generation. Interest is essential as the starting point of the educative process ; effort is essential as its outcome. The purpose of appealing to the interest of the child is to lead him to the point where he will put forth effort to master the unsolved problems, the undetermined relationships of his environment, whether of the schoolroom or of life.
Page 142 - NATURE, like a. great poet, knows how to method. pro(juce tne grandest effects with the fewest materials. You have only a sun, trees, flowers, water, and love. In sooth, should this last be absent from the heart of the beholder, the aspect of the whole may be poor enough...
Page 153 - ... take home even a penny of money. Her father would certainly beat her; besides, it was almost as cold at home as here, for they had only the roof to cover them, and the wind howled through it, although the largest holes had been stopped up with straw and rags.