Chorus: The old oaken bucket, -SAMUEL WOODWORTH. WORK, FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING. Work, for the night is coming, Work thro' the morning hours; Work, for the night is coming, Something to keep in store; When man works no more. -ANNIE L. WALKER. HOME, SWEET HOME. 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, There's no place like home! there's no place like home! An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain; O, give me my lowly thatched cottage again! Give me them, and the peace of mind, dearer than all! There's no place like home! there's no place like home! To thee I'll return, overburdened with care; There's no place like home! there's no place like home! CREATION. The spacious firmament on high, And spangled heavens a shining frame, The unwearied sun from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, While all the stars that round her burn, And spread the truth from pole to pole. -HAYDN. THE WONDERFUL WORLD. Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World, The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree; You, friendly Earth! how far do you go With the wheat fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah, you are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of you, World, at all; And yet, when I said my prayers to-day, A whisper within me seemed to say "You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot; You can love and think, and the Earth can not!" 13591°-13-5 -WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS. WE THANK THEE. For flowers that bloom about our feet; Father in heaven, we thank Thee! For blue of stream and blue of sky; -RALPH WALDO EMERSON. THE FARMER'S CREED. I believe in a permanent agriculture, a soil that shall grow richer rather than poorer from year to year. I believe in hundred-bushel corn and in fifty-bushel wheat, and I shall not be satisfied with anything less. I believe that the only good weed is a dead weed, and that a clean farm is as important as a clean conscience. I believe in the farm boy and in the farm girl, the farmer's best crops and the future's best hope. I believe in the farm woman, and will do all in my power to make her life easier and happier. I believe in a country school that prepares for country life, and a country church that teaches its people to love deeply and live honorably. I believe in community spirit, a pride in home and neighbors, and I will do my part to make my own community the best in the State. I believe in the farmer, I believe in farm life, I believe in the inspiration of the open country. I am proud to be a farmer, and I will try earnestly to be worthy of the name. -FRANK I. MANN. A MASQUE OF THE SEASONS. QUEEN. Summer or winter or spring or fall- LITTLE JASPER. When I'm dressed warm as warm can be Through the deepest snow, Wintertime is the time for me. QUEEN. Summer or winter or spring or fall Which do you like the best of all? LITTLE MILDRED. I like blossoms, and birds that sing; And the sunshine, too, So, best of all, I like the spring. QUEEN. Summer or winter or spring or fall— LITTLE MANDEVILLE. O little friends, I most rejoice As the circus comes, So summer time's my special choice. QUEEN. Summer or winter or spring or fall- LITTLE EDITH. Apples of ruby, and pears of gold, That the bee stings through. QUEEN. Soh! my lovelings and pretty dears, You've each a favorite, it appears Summer and winter and spring and fall- -JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. The above can be easily dramatized by selecting children and assigning parts. Suitable costuming will be a simple matter, but is not necessary. POLLY FLINDERS. (Found in Mother Goose Village (Rand-McNally) or in Howe Third Reader (Scribners).) SUGGESTIONS FOR DRAMATIZATION. Select children about 9 years old to take the parts of Polly Flinders, the mother, Mr. Cotton Stalk, six or eight children (or the whole class) to represent factory workers. Mr. Cotton Stalk is the only person in anything but ordinary costume. A hat made of leaves from cotton plant, a cotton stalk in his hand, bits of cotton stuck on his clothes will suggest his character. The name of the nearest factory town may be substituted for London-tɔwn. THE GOLDEN WINDOWS. (By LAURA E. RICHARDS, Little, Brown & Co.) WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG, (By ELIZABETH V. BROWN.) These two books have some good material and hints for vivid story-telling and play. A good juvenile nature drama of more length and elaborateness is Mondamin: The First Harvest of Indian Corn. By Harry N. Baum (Atlantic Educational Journal, Baltimore, September and October, 1911). This has ample stage directions and clear assignment of parts. Part I is The Planting of the Corn; Part II is The Blessing of the Corn Fields; and Part III is The Reaping of the Corn Fields. Either part is complete enough in itself to be used alone. JUVENILE SELECTIONS FOUND IN "NATURE AND VERSE." 1. Marjorie's Almanac.-Selected. 2. Who Stole the Bird's Nest?-L. Maria Child. 3. A Boy's Song.-The Ettrick Shepherd. 4. The Cotton Plant.-Selected. 5. Plant Song.-Nellie M. Brown. 6. The Four Winds-F. D. Sherman. 7. What the Winds Bring.-E. C. Stedman. 8. The Body.-Selected. 9. Two and One.-Selected. 10. Hurrah for the Flag.-Selected. QUOTATIONS. And he gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where one grew before would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together. The year's at the spring Morning's at seven. The hillside's dew pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn; -DEAN SWIFT. God's in his heaven; All's right with the world. -BROWNING. And lo! in a flash of crimson splendor, with blazing scarlet clouds running before his chariot and heralding his majestic approach, God's sun rises upon the world. -W. M. THACKERAY. |