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THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY 01' THE 



CI-nLDRI'.N'S WORK 



AT Till'. BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 



Tliursdriy. N()vcnil)cr 17, 1938 



At Four-inftccn 



Prcsi(iin(/, Miss Hilda Loines, C'luiinnan, Bolanic Garden Govcrn- 



iiiii;; Committee. 

 Welcome from tlu^, l^.rookl}'!! Botanic Garden. Dr. C. Sttiarl 



Gager. Director. 

 Firsthand Knowledge of the h^.dncational Work of the Br()okl\-n 



])Otam'c Gar(k'n. Miss Mar\- A. Kenned}-, Assistant Super- 

 intendent of Schools, New \'ork C'it\-. 

 The Gontri])ution of tlie Dcj^iartnient of l^kMnentarx- Instruction to 



the kdementar}- Schools of the City. Dr. Ste])hen V. 



Bayne, Associate Superintendent in Charge of k'dementar}' 



Schools, New' York C'ity. 

 The Children's Work'. ^liss Ellen ¥aV\\ Shaw, Cm-ator of 



Elenientar\' Instruction. 

 Motion Pictures of the Cliildren's Work. 



The third reception was held on Saturday afternoon, NovenihcM' 

 1'), wdicn the hoys and girls in current classes held their meeting. 

 The Girl President of the F)oys and (nrls Cluh i)reside(l, the 

 Director greeted the guests, and tlie Curator made a short sjieech 

 of thanks to the parents and the hoys and girls for their share in 

 the Annivcrsar_v celehration. .A rece]iti()n was held in the rotunda. 

 At that time the parents of the children in. this grou]) ]:iresented 

 their contrihution of o\'er $100.00 toward tlie I'Tmd. At Christ- 

 mas in 1935, the l)oys and (iirls Cluh of the Saturday morning 

 classes had jiresented the sinn of $^5.00 of their own money toward 

 the foundation of an iMidowment I^Tuid for the Children's W^ork, 

 and with this in mnid, the twenty-filth Anniversary was ce1e])rated. 



On the evening of Noveml)er 19, l)oys an<l girls of former 

 classes had their meeting and the informal i)rogi"am which foUow's. 

 ddieir recc])tion, too, was held in the rotunda. Idie auditorium 

 program was a fac-simile of programs of early years. 



