Of course, the grounds were in the bend of the creek-that is what bends in the creeks are for. It is in these bends that the trees grow the largest and that the grass grows the greenest and it is just beyond these bends that are the riffles, and it is in these riffles that the barefoot children love most to be, where mothers and grandmothers cast longing glances and wish they were children just for a day." Page 179 FROM WITHIN BY MARION G. KIRKPATRICK, B.S., PH.D. SPECIALIST IN EDUCATION, DIVISION OF COLLEGE EXTENSION, KANSAS COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY DEDICATED TO THEODORE F. RHODES WHO LOVES HIS FELLOWMEN AND WOULD RATHER HEAR HIS NEIGHBORS' CHILDREN 'SPEAK AND SING THAN TO HEAR A PATRICK HENRY OR A LILLIAN NORDICA; WHO WOULD RATHER SEE A BALL GAME BETWEEN HOME BOYS THAN ONE BETWEEN ALL-STAR TEAMS; WHO KNOWS THE JOY OF BEING A NEIGHBOR; WHO BELIEVES THAT CREDULITY IS NOT ALWAYS A VIRTUE; WHO THINKS THAT CASH REGISTERS AND COMBINATION LOCKS ARE NOT REFLECTIONS UPON INTEGRITY, AND THAT CAREFUL AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MAKE FOR HONEST SERVICE; WHO BELIEVES THAT MEN OFTEN BECOME CRIMINAL BY FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEN PROPERLY CONDUCTED ARE THE SAFEGUARDS TO GOOD CITIZENSHIP |