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was held responsible for the instruction and discipline of a cer- tain number of children, usually about fifteen, and she was directed to keep them with her at least one-half of the time we were to remain. During this time the drawing teachers taught

ON THE BEACH AT EDGEBROOK

drawing and painting, the others taught nature study ; some following the course of an old river bed, some observing animal life, while others directed their energies toward plant life. On the farms the farmer hitched his horses to the mower and cut grass, and went through much of the machinery work that is done on the farm. About an hour before we were to return the children were turned loose to do as they wished. This time was usually spent in games and songs under the direction of the gymnastic and music teachers.

The most pleasurable and profitable excursion of the summer was taken on the "Whaleback" to Milwaukee. About fifteen hundred children, 70 per cent, of whom were never on a boat before, enjoyed this ride. The boat ran near the shore, which