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(nr books, we are reminded of the trees which have given us the word. And, then, the word academy causes us to think of the trees, for it points us back to that celebrated school which Plato, the Greek philosopher, taught in the grove of Academus. It was a school among the trees. It was as he walked with his pupils under the branches of the trees that he taught those lessons of wisdom which have been the delight of scholars down to our own time. Fitly, then, are the pupils in our schools invited to take part in the observance of Arbor day, and if there is any spot peculiarly appropriate for the planting of trees on such an occasion, it is that where children assemble fcr instruction, that thereby they may have around them the beauty and pleasantness which trees afford, and every school place may become another "grove of Academe."— U. S. Department of Agriculture. Opportunity. Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait, Cities and fields I walk: I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate; If feasting, rise; if sleeping wake, before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death. But those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury or woe, Seek me in vain, and ceaselessly implore; I answer not, and I return— no more. John J. Ingalls, Kansas. But, young man, do not rest too securely on the idea that opportu- nity knocks but once; rather believe the song which breathes the