The Elementary School Journal, Volume 22

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University of Chicago Press, 1922
 

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Page 464 - remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
Page 191 - difficulties in holding the book and especially in moving the eyes from word to word and from the end. of one line to the beginning of the next. If the
Page 463 - planners: Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work,
Page 276 - 8 The crown and glory of a useful life is character. It is the noblest possession of man. It forms a rank in itself, an estate in the general good will, dignifying every station and exalting every position in society. It exercises a greater power than wealth, and is a valuable means of securing honor.
Page 756 - article of vegetable food, but animal food I never take at breakfast. Tea and coffee I never touch at any time. Sometimes I take a cup of chocolate which has no narcotic effect, and agrees with me very well. At breakfast, I often eat fruit, either in its natural state or freshly stewed.
Page 756 - of exercise, for the most part designed to expand the chest, and, at the same time, call into action all the muscles and articulations of the body. These are performed with dumb-bells—the very lightest— covered with flannel, with a pole, a horizontal bar, and
Page 756 - very well. I have reached a pretty advanced period of life without the usual infirmities of old age, and with my strength, activity, and bodily faculties generally in pretty good preservation. How far this may be the effect of my way of life, adopted long ago, and
Page 275 - 6 The part of farming enjoyed most by a boy is the making of maple sugar. It is better than blackberrying and almost as good as fishing. One reason why a boy likes this work is that someone else does most of it. It is a sort of work in which he can appear to be very industrious and yet do but little.
Page 346 - a Board of Maternity and Infant Hygiene consisting of the chief of the Children's Bureau, the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, and the Commissioner of Education.
Page 756 - adhered to, is perhaps uncertain. I rise early—at this time of the year, about half-past five; in summer, half an hour, or even an hour, earlier. Immediately, with very little encumbrance of clothing, I begin a

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