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A24. Fall Garden Work. — Three lessons on home plants ; win- 

 dow boxes ; indoor planting of bulbs ; the outdoor bulb bed. Fee, 

 one dollar. Tuesdays, 4 p.m., October 2-16. 



Miss Shaw, Miss Sanders. 



A25. Fall Nature Study.— This course is a complement to the 

 spring nature-study work and the material used will be the com- 

 mon material one would use in classroom work, showing seed dis- 

 persal, evergreens, deciduous trees, etc. Such subjects as Nature's 

 preparation for winter will be covered. Three lessons. Mondays, 

 4 p.m., October 15-29. Miss Hammond. 



B. Courses for Teachers of Children's Gardening and Nature 



Study 



The course for teachers in children's garden work is planned not 

 only to prepare for garden work, but for the teaching of nature 

 study as well. Our courses are so arranged that they emphasize 

 not only the theory of each subject, but its actual practice, either in 

 classroom, greenhouse, garden, or field. At the same time the 

 work is correlated to meet the needs of each grade of the ele- 

 mentary school. There is an increasing demand for good nature 

 study work in our schools, and we make a special point of giving 

 simple, definite, helpful work, grading it so that it applies directly 

 to the immediate needs of our own city schools. Practice with 

 classes of children of different ages is given in all this work. The 

 requirements for entrance are a certificate from a city training or 

 normal school, a college diploma, or several years of certified suc- 

 cessful teaching. These courses may be completed during one 

 year, or, as in the case of city school teachers, may extend over a 

 period of two or more years. The fee for the entire course is 

 twenty-five dollars, payable in full at the time of registration, or 

 course by course as they are covered. No money will be refunded 

 if the student drops the work, and no monetary allowances will be 

 made for courses taken at other institutions, although time allow- 

 ances will be made. 



Special stress is put upon the outdoor garden practice. This 

 practice is of two kinds: (1) Practice with children. There are 

 one hundred and fifty children in our outdoor garden, and every 



