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(lislril)iitiiig ihcni, planlin,t;- the seed, and carryini^ on their work in 

 their own outdoor garden. 



With the' twent_\--fifth .\nin'\-ersary in mind Kodacolor motion 

 I)ietnres had l)een taken not only (Uu-ini^- the summer of 1938, but 

 (hn-in.^- tlie summer of 1937 un(k'r the (h'rection of Mr. l.ouis 

 lUihle, and in ])art by Aliss Dorward. The illustrated legends for 

 Hie i)iclures were made l)y Miss Carroll. It was jiossihlc, through 

 the kindness of Mrs. Cliarles K. J'erkins, to meet the cost of these 

 motion picture reels. 



Through ^frs. Henry J. Davenport, President of the Woman's 

 Auxiliary, arrangements were made witli the Paramount Xews 

 to take motion pictures of the eliildren's outdoor garden work. 

 These pictures, too, were taken during the summer of 1938, and 

 ha\'e been shown in motion ])icture houses throughout the country. 



Since this year was dedicated largel)- to the .Vnniversarv cele- 

 bration, it might be well to note some of the outstanding hgures 

 of i)rogress in different ])hases of our work, which, while not 

 entirel)- accurate, are ai)])roxiniately true. 



Jn oiu- seed distribution in 1914, 25,000 ])ackets of seed were 

 sold and by 1938, this had grown to over 930,000, showing the 

 ])rogress in that work. This was sliown by fiN-e-year blocks on 

 liictorial gra])hs. 



Teachers classes started with an attendance f(jr the first five 

 years, from 1913-18, of about 5,000, which has increased in the 

 last five-year jieriocl to 15,000. 



Visiting class work had an attendance in the year of 1913 of 

 4000; at the end of its first fwv years, 5017, and during the last 

 period, over 50,000. 



Children's Saturday classes had an attendance of 100 in 1913; 

 at the end of the first five years this bad reached more than 12,000, 

 and at the end of 1937, a])proximatel\- 41,000. 



The exhibit re])resented the educational ])art of the .\nni\-ersar\- ; 

 the social side was sponsored b\- the Woman's Auxiliary. 



On 14iesday. November 15, an CNcning rece])tion was gi\en at 

 the Laboratory Bm'Iding, and the following program ])resented. 



