The School Building, erected in 1837. School taught by Clara Barton, in 1853. Building and site the property of New Jersey, purchased through contributions by teachers and pupils. Building dedicated June 11, 1921, and now known as The Clara Barton Memorial School but used as a Clara Barton Museum. “Pauper schools” became thence in fact the free public school; now the free public school is the one institution from whose flagstaff freedom’s flag is never hauled down. IX Clara Barton taught the rich to be unselfish and the strong to be gentle. CHARLES E. TOWNSEND, U. S. Senate. Her voice was soft, Gentle and low; an excellent thing in woman. SHAKESPEARE. Miss Barton was a soft-voiced, retiring little woman, yet she had a way of approaching her work in a most telling manner. Buffalo (N. Y.) _Express_. Miss Barton followed her own light with steadfast steps. Springfield (Mass.) _Republican_. Clara Barton—a model of the beautiful simplicity of a life given to others. Bridgeport (Conn.) _Standard_. The severest test of discipline is its absence. CLARA BARTON. Social, friendly and human, Clara Barton joined with the children in the playgrounds;—instead of being locked out as the previous teachers had been she “locked” herself “in” the hearts of every boy and girl. _The Life of Clara Barton_, by Epler. Show me a child well disciplined, perfectly governed at home, and I will show you a child that never breaks a rule at school. CLARA BARTON. Whenever corporal punishment is inflicted on a pupil it is a sign of negligence and indolence on the part of the teacher, says Seneca. ANCIENT SCHOOL SYSTEMS. In refinement of taste and beauty of action, or purity of thought and delicacy of expression, nature’s own best teacher is woman. THE MODERN SCHOOL SYSTEM. CHILD LOVE—JOE AND CHARLIE—APPRECIATION To the child nothing is small; nor does the child forget. Whatever kindness comes to the child is stored in one of the cells of the brain for future years. As an heirloom, the longer it is possessed the more it is cherished. Referring to her teacher of long ago, Dr. Eleanor Burnside recently related this incident in her school life: “I recall when a little girl in her school Clara Barton’s friendly interest in the progress of her pupils; unvarying patience, no matter what the circumstances might be. I do not think she knew how to scold, nor were scoldings and other manifestations of ill temper necessary. Her quiet, firm word, pleasantly expressed, seemed sufficient always.”