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Sustained Attendance 
Special attention is called to the continuity of attendance at 
children’s courses. Many of our boys and girls have been reg- 
istered every year for three or four years, several for as many as 
six and seven years, at least one for eleven years, and one for 
Fic. 25. Training class of nurses from Prospect Heights Hospital, hav- 
ing a field lesson on the Castor-oil plant (shown at the left). October 5, 
1927. (6416.) 
thirteen years, coming Saturdays and on vacation days for instruc- 
tion in plant life and gardening. Some of these boys and girls 
have gone to an agricultural college or have specialized in botany 
in the university. For such the Garden awards annually a $100 
scholarship provided for in perpetuity by the late Alfred T. White. 
Others have gone into the nursery or florist’s business, and have 
become successful business men and substantial contributors to the 
endowment and collections funds of the Garden. 
