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Show board to be left nntil the next cment historgevening. Vary thin with itemaread by pnpils and discnsd by the teacher. L~sten for the comments of the ch~l-dren as the bnlletins are read and reread. Note the new ideas and the additions t.o. t.h e voeabnlarv. ~ ~~~ ~ ~~-.~- A few minnteieach evening can always begiven to free gymnastics with profit. Music, instrumental if possible, chorna singinrr without fail. shonld be a art of ench evrning. (tiur ~chocls aprnd one evehi% a week on iiteratnre, the silent perusal of 1118 supplemeutnry reading fnrnished lry tho Govemruant, and luaga-rtnns and lraionrs i,rovided 1,s erni,lovcs. Anothor evenlnr is srleut in rbe stlrdv of SnnJny-sihiol Itisson and ii! lrtiorariting. The '.%,viil ' ciaurs fn& twinr). minutes to half au hour oi each evening. Tho time 9110111#1 1'0 long enough to allow an ea3v sotrline into so~~iahiliarnr d the satisfitctorv inrrc.~luct~oonf wmcs ~ ~ ~~~~~ like tiddledfwinks. %'okinole, karems. their beloved dom~noesa ndiheckeri, and the like. As the days now long and the weather grows warm, outdoor sports take the place of the indoor night schbol. Let the night school have elasticity and flexi. bility enough for many special occasions. Halloween jokes, Thanksgiving sen-timent and history, the planning and making of Christmas gifts, patriotic and memorial evenings, not forgetting an occasional nonsense evening, when conun-drums and riddles hold sway, nor the periodical party, when the boys and girls practice additional courtesy to harmonize with their good clothes and pretty deoorstions. If the school surroundings make it pcmsihle, take the children out some moon-light evening for a walk, a sledding or skating frolic. To be outside the grounds .a fter dark three or four timea a year i s a rare treat. With the word "home" is associated all that is k t and dearest in life. Our schools rob the children of their daily portion. Can we then be satisfied unless we 6ll the last hour of the day with happy, restful, homelike aotivlty, sharing the chfldren's enjoyment, even as we make and control it, mindful of the Master Teacher, who "walked with Hia disciples" as he taught them? iSupt. J. B. BEown, Ogallsla. Boarding 8chm1. Pineridge, S. D&.] increase the proportion. Military drill if properly done, with 'military precision and promptness, is educational as much from the mental as from the ~hvsical StandDoint. and snch drill can be done with excellent snccess during 6 6 evening ho'ur, if there is a room with suitable floor space and whioh oan be properly ventilated. Games are with some pnpils anperior to formal athletic exercises, although the latter if accomDanied by mnsio, have much of jorand lifein them. Games cans* torgetfulnc.ss o€ 6oli. wid that is the bpst aim of thenight school. But. rhe game* moat 1.0 carefully directed, so carefolly that thechildren \\ill not know thnr tbey are 1,cin~di rected i!t all. Ir is nn error to turn loree uambera of bovs aud rirls loose in a basement or play room for-extended perioas to entertain themselvei |