rs all pass in a line before them.

IN THE SCHOOLROOM.--The objects should be placed on the teacher's
desk, so shielded that pupils cannot see them except as they march
past the desk. This they should do, returning at once to their seats
and writing the list. Used in this way, the game may be made to
correlate with nature study, the objects to be observed being grasses,
shells, leaves, stones, woods, etc.

ODD MAN'S CAP

_10 to 30 or more players._

_Playground; gymnasium._

Twelve players make the best-sized group for this game; where there
are more players, they should be divided into small groups. All but
one of the players stand in a circle with considerable space between
each two. The odd man stands in the center. Each player is provided
with a stick about two feet in length; canes or wands may be used as a
substitute, but the shorter sticks are better; they may be whittled
from branches or bits of wood, and should not be pointed at the ends.
The odd man tosses his cap or a cloth bag toward the circle. The
players endeavor to catch it on their sticks, and keep it moving from
one to another, so as to evade the odd man, who tries to recover his
property. Should he succeed, he changes places with the one from whom
he recovered it. The sticks must be kept upright in the air. A dropped
cap may be picked up only by hand, not on a stick. The sticks must
always be held upright. An old stiff hat, or a cap or bag wired
around the edge to keep it spread open, makes the best game.

This game holds the interest of the players intently and is full of
sport.

OLD BUZZARD

_5 to 30 or more players._

_Playground._

This is one of the old dramatic games, probably better known in
America than any other of this type.

One player is chosen to represent the "Old Buzzard"; another player
represents a hen, and the remainder are chickens. All the players
circle around the buzzard, saying in chorus:--

"Chickany, chickany, crany crow;
I went to the well to wash my toe;
And when I came back a chicken was gone."

The hen finishes by asking alone, "What o'clock is it, old buzzard?"
The buzzard crouches on the ground during the repetition of the verse,
going through the pantomime of building a fire with sticks, and in
answer to the question may name any hour, as eight o'clock, nine
o'clock, ten o'clock. So long as the buzzard does not say twelve
o'clock, the players continue to circle arou