Show it is now getting late in the fall but the out of doors is still lovely how much do you get out of your world each day are your eyes open to the beauties around you think of the times you have gone out for a walk or a climb at first there were trees and houses and you see very far As you went on you enjoyed the whis whispering p ering branches and the winding streams but you were always wondering what was beyond f t next bend then the path A aed upward and with climbing you were soon above the trees and suddenly there was before you a valley with trees lakes and streams did you feel that you had discovered a great treasure lovelier than anything you have ever dreamed of did you feel almost that you had all you could ever ask for and then did there come a moment of sadness as you thought of those who might never have seen the beauty of the hills if so then you are the girl on the trail you are getting the most out of life the beauty of the great out of doors is free to you how much you can carry off depends on how big your heart is sunsets stars oceans deserts and mountains all have something for you your treasures are in the out of doors from guardians guide 0 As geraldine told you last week we were to gather ten leaf specimens and bring to class we find that trees are most interesting As man is the highest form of animal life so trees are the highest form of vegetable life have you ever thought of trees having personalities they have just as surely as people have they are each different from all others the worlds history is full of instances of men of great mind and sincere purpose who have learned to love some grand old tree exactly as they would a human friend handels largo was inspired by a great sycamore tree tred joyce kilmer expresses his feelings very beautifully in a song called trees idrees vy there are two general classes of trees evergreens Ever greens conifers and deciduous the deciduous ones are the fashionable trees they decide to change their costumes four times a year right now they have the most elaborate of all soon this family will shed all their leaves and wear a rather drab outfit until spring the other class of trees are much more conservative they are not fashionable but during the months when their friends wardrobes are rather colorless their constant green outfit is as good as ever because they will have to buck the winter wind they have long slender needles which the wind will not harm have you ever seen anything more beautiful than trees against the twilight sky or heard anything more friendly than the early morning awakening of a nest of birds in the great tree outside your window planning ing a tree be a lovely i memory nemory marker for a beehive bee hive class from gatherers guide 0 the builders in the hive class are now studying their fourth trial flight which is to increase our appreciation of nature spend at least an hour with 0 ther other members of the class in consciously observing the interesting things around us and list at least ten ways in which our appreciation of the out of doors has increased in class last night each girl told about one of the most interesting things in nature that she had ever seen some of the things we told about were the mountains lakes trees sunsets sun sety flowers birds and animals we learned that much can be done to increase our interest in nature through poetry we lilke the poem by sarah teasdale called barter she says life has loveliness to s sell ell all beautiful and splendid things blue waves whitened on a cliff soaring fire that sways and sings and childrens faces looking up holding wonder like a cup by helen redd tuesday evening the he guardians class trent the time checking up on the work already accomplished complis hed during september and october the entire class has already earned the foundation bee linen for october this is the reward given for our activities in in the r field 1 I eld of the out of doors we cave have also earned the structural reward in this same field the balance of the evening was spent in planning our sports buzz t ta be held next tuesday evening after the assembly pro program gram in M I 1 A the beehive bee hive girls are giving I 1 the assembly program next week whish which is called side glances of beehive bee e hive silver jubilee 0 nature has clothed thed the fruit of many plants in bright colors to I 1 attract birds and other anim animals according to the better vision institute sti tute sometimes a bird will carry fruit seeds many miles thus propagating plants over a wide area A scotchman and his wife were walking from their farm to the county fair his wife laden down with a heavy lunch basket once arrived at the fair he considerately turned to her and said better belter let me carry the basket now mary we might get separated in the crowd |