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 mineral. Four seasons of the year seemed necessary: spring, summer, autumn and winter. There are four directions: north, south, east and west. Any direction can be described with these four words. In mathematics it is necessary to compute four ways: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The problem of transportation is worked out on four-wheeled vehicles. The animals that travel swiftly and carry great burdens rest upon four legs. We have four institutions: the home, the school, the church and the government. The founders of the republic organized a government that rests upon four elements, and it stood four-square to all the world. They also provided for four types of government: national, State, county and city.

The diagram shown on page 101 is an illustration of the national government at work, organized as planned by the Constitution.

The Constitution provides that the executive, with the concurrence of the legislative body, should appoint heads of departments and their subordinates to cover the various fields of activity within the realm of national government. The heads of departments constitute the Cabinet. It was contemplated that committees would be