Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-25

ally from his son, and he knew that her husband was greatly worried be- cause so many teachers of his own selection had been forcibIy elected by the big boys. Ed, let me tell you that I have done a good many things in my life but never until today have I 'toted' a boy as a school teacher. Down here you are going to haye hard road to travel. I expect to drive to the schoolhouse along about next Tuesday to bring you home
 q think can fill the bill" said.
 Fill the billI Well, I should say so. I have heard from old Bill that you have been graduated from his school. But if you do fill the bill, you will need everything that Bill ever taught you"
 Those were not the times of moral suasion. but of birch stick persuasion. It may sound little boastful to en- ter into details of discipline of that school. It Is sufficient to say, draw ing the curtain over these first few days, that I am almost ashamed of the roughness of some of the meth ods I used. I gained respect as had gained it on the Academy campus when I bloodied boys nose and blacked his eye. was not carried Der with regret my manner of ob- serving the standard of those days, although at the time I was rather proud of 1t. On the first day I de a streperous carcasses of some eighteen or twenty of those big boys. I pol ished the internal machinery of that school as thoroughly as I had pol sewing machine, and I applied the ligneous lubricant as thoroughly as had oiled the sewing machines joints. There was no trouble with the dfsci- pline. That was present in great shape. Every boy resumed his seat with the suddenness and the empha- tic impact with which Bill had set me down on the chopping block. In the case of my pupils the sitting con need sit no longer"
 I won the hearty good will of the school committee, and so far as l know, of the parents of those young "hoodlums'' that had so long been the terror of the district.
 Dr. Edward F. Bigelow, author of the article, Is one of the most inter esting men in the country. He is not only student of nature. but a teach CT of 1t: he is one Of the virile low CTS of out of door life. whose motto, Through Nature to Cod is the watch word of thousands, and is a leader in a movement which has for it's aim the betterment of the physi- cal well as the moral well-being of old and young.
 In this brief space 1t Is impossible to tell much of Dr. Bigelow and his work, but undoubtedly many have learued of him through his writings or have had the pleasure of hearing him expound the need of a more inti- mate study of nature from the plat form in church or factory. He has ardently advocated before employers of labor the practical advantages of men inoculatfng in the minds of those in their charge the benefits to be ob- tained by taking up nature studies and appreciate more fully the import ance of open air life.
 For years MT. Bigelow has been featuring throu ughout the country, con ducting nature outings in boys schools. and boosting nature morning, noon and night. He was for fourteen years editor of the nature and science department of St. Nicholas Nigga zine, and has recently been made scout naturalist of the Boy Scouts, conducting a department On Natures Trail in Boys Life, the Boy Scouts Every month he takes the boys on a hike into the open with himself guide and instructor-open- ing their eyes to the wonders of na- ture, making clear to them through stories, the rudiments of natural science, increasing their knowledge and appreciation of na- ture's wonderful processes and her economic values to the world show ing beautiful pictures of plants, trees, birds, animals, bugs, stars-every- thing in nature.