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and sent the same class once a week for one whole term; the 
Brooklyn Ethical Culture School sent a sixth-year class once a 
week for the entire year. This has been our most outstanding 
experiment in visiting class work, and because of its enthusiastic 
support and its real educational value, [ mention it here. 
P. S. 6, through Miss Lorraine Ferguson, Assistant Principal, 
requested that the Curator come to their school once every two 
weeks for a series of lessons in nature study for fourth and fifth 
year pupils. Tour of these lessons were given in the school audi- 
torium from lfebruary to April. 
Our Saturday morning work with children has gone on as usual 
with work in January and February for silver and bronze medals. 
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in extra time in these months to make up for some of the work 
they miss during the summer season. 
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dren leaving us for the summer and working for honors, put 
Spring classes were organized on the 13th and 20th of February, 
and continued until May 1932. During the spring session a group 
from the Lynbrook High School visited the classes and carried 
back some of our plans for their own school. The children’s 
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helpfulness. A high school science teacher from Altoona, Penn- 
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classes < ) visitec Ss way, 5 ding our w 
classes are often visited in thi iy, thus extending our work 
sylvania, after a spring visit, started a correspondence with our 
young people and her young people, in which they discussed ex- 
periments and results. 
Ourpoer GARDEN WorRK 
Two hundred fifteen boys and girls registered for the outdoor 
garden. Some of our larger gardens were used for the experi- 
mental w ork for silver pins and directed by the Acting Assistant 
Curator. The following subjects were taken up and show the 
scope of this work. 
1. Ornamental Peppers and Jerusalem Cherries 
Ze Gees 
3. Variations in the Parts of a Flower As Seen in Our Common 
Garden I*lowers 
4. A Study of the Rose Family 
A Study of Desert Plants 
6. Crossing in Nasturtiums 
