Excerpt from The University Journal, Vol. 5: Devoted to the Interests of the University and of Education in the State of Nebraska; November 1908 Nature study as it is presented to the children in our schools, suffers chiefly, as said above, from lack of aim and, consequently, from improper method. The teacher takes the children into the fields or brings objects to them in the school room, gives them in every case the name of the object, tells them a few of the interesting facts in regard to it, and perhaps points out certain economic aspects under which-it presents itself to us. The child acquires some information, has his power of observation perhaps slightly devel oped, and in rare instances, is, by Questioning, led to draw conclusions of his own, and hence has his judgment to a certain extent education. But too frequently instruction stops with a little drill in observation, and even if an endeavor be made to train the judgment of the pupil, it is often the case that care is not taken that the conclu sions be logically drawn and be based-directly upon facts observed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.