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of the books, but not for the number. The teachers and pupils are too
genuine ever to become thrasonical, and no teacher or pupil is ever
heard to boast of anything pertaining to the school. They neither boast
nor apologize, but leave every visitor free to make his own appraisement
of their school and its belongings. The teachers are too truly cultured
and the pupils are too well trained ever to exploit themselves, their
school, or their work. The pictures, the statuary, the fittings, and the
equipment are all of the best, and, hence, show for themselves without
exploitation. To teachers and pupils it would seem a mark of
ill-breeding to expatiate upon their own things. Such a thing is simply
not done in this school. The auditorium is a stately, commodious, and
beautiful room, and everybody connected with the school accepts it as a
matter of course with no boastful comment. Anything approaching
braggadocio would prove a discordant note in this school, and, in this
respect, it represents the American ideal that is to be.

=Rooms are phases of life.=--The home economics room, the industrial
arts room, the laboratories, the dining room, the rest rooms, and the
hospital room are all supplied with suitable fittings and equipment and
all represent phases of life. At luncheon each pupil is served a bowl of
soup or other hot dish to supplement his own private lunch, and this
food is supplied at public expense. The school authorities have the
wisdom to realize that health is an asset of the community and is
fundamental in effective school work. The pupils serve their schoolmates
in relays, wash the dishes, and restore them to their places. The boys
do not think they demean themselves by such service, but enter into it
in the true spirit of democracy. A teacher is present to modify and
chasten the hurry and heedlessness of childhood, and there is decorum
without apparent repression.

=Industrial work.=--In connection with the industrial arts department
there is a repair shop where all the implements that are used in caring
for the school farm, gardens, orchards, and lawns are kept in repair.
Here the auto trucks in which the pupils are brought to the school are
repaired by the drivers, assisted by the boys. In this shop the boys
gain the practical knowledge that enables them to keep in repair the
tools and machinery, including automobiles, at their homes. The farmers
who have no sons in school avail themselves of the sk