12 



pro])riati(in in the T;\\ ]^)U(l,^\'t I'or Pci-sonal Service was $o,31<).r)8. 

 The .sui)|)lic.s used 1)}- tliis 1 )e])artiiiein and jirov-ided for in tlu> d'ax 

 Budg-et would bring tlu> Tax lUidget sui)i)i)rl for this extensivc 

 scrvice to teacliers and [)ui)ils to not more than .'f^4,()0(), leax'ing tlie 

 balance of $14,500 (nearly 7^^'^^ ) to l)e provided from Private 

 Funds. h^)r this tlie l)e])artnient lias been hitherto whohv dc- 

 pcMident on fluctuating and inade(|nate income from contriljulions 

 and other unci'rtain sources, ddie need of an endowment fund 

 to place this work on an assured and ]iermanent l)asis lias long 

 been recognized, and early in l<)o8 the Woman's Auxiliarv under- 

 took to raise a siun for initial endowment as a si)ecial tribute to 

 Miss Shaw and the work of her Department. The amount se- 

 cured, as of December >^1. was $S, 526.80. Of this total. $2,P)5.03 

 was the bequest of Miss bdin .\. L. AX'ikander. a former student 

 in some ol otu" courses; the remainder. $6,,x^l.77. came through 

 sul.).scri])lions. It is hoped that this nucleus may grow to a sub- 

 stantial amount, more nearly commensurate with the importance 

 of the work and the in-gencv of the need, ddie activities of the 

 Dc])artment should be extended and enriched to meet the constantly 

 increasing demands. Conlril)utions to this endowment m;i\- be 

 made at any time. 



Public TxsTRrcrioN 



"The love of nature." as Dr. Ke])])el has reci.'ntlv said, "and 

 the desire to learn her secrets are widesjiread. ddiev furnish po- 

 tential sources of interest and motivation which are genei-allv 

 neglected by adult education as consciouslv i)racticed. The show- 

 ing is better if we include the amatem- gardeners . . . who do not 

 realize that they are 'adultly" educating themselves at all. ( ien- 

 erally si)eaking. h(»wever, nature is one of adult education's least 

 developed natural resources." 



P)Ut ])rograms of adult education are largelv arranged to meet, 

 rather than to create. ])o])ular (K'mand, and ai)i)arentlv more achilts 

 are interested in what pco/^lc are doing, and in what thev wi.sh 

 to do, than in what nalnrc is doing, and so we find adult e(lucalion 

 courses in ]^olitics, econonu'cs. bistor)-. and other activities of men 

 more popular than tho.se dealing with animals, and esjH'ciallv with 



