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Silver Anniversary Program, Boys and Girls Club 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 



Saturday Evening, November 19, 1938 



Welcome. Clyde Nellis, of the first children's classes at the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



Secretary's Report. Thekla Jung. 



Letters from Members. Joel Guthman. 



Silver Pin Topics : " Rubber." John Spollen ; 



" Our Garden." Fred Corljy. 



Presentation of Silver Pins. Dr. C. Stuart Gager. Director. 



Speech by a former " Alfred T. White Scholarship Boy." John 

 Wille. 



Address and showing of slides of former vears. Miss Ellen Eddv 

 Shaw. 



Notices. Mildred Blood Clark (Mrs. James Clark), Vice Presi- 

 dent. 



Dismissal. Norman Kass. 



Refreshments for this occasion were donated by Miss Harriet 

 H. White, whose brother, Mr. Alfred T. White, had been such a 

 friend to the children's classes in the early years. Mrs. Charles 

 E. Perkins supplied music for the occasion. The group that 

 evening also raised over $100.00 for tlie Fund as their token of 

 appreciation and thanks to the Garden. 



During the Anniversary time the h'ederated Garden Clubs of 

 New York State sent an announcement of a silver medal awarded 

 to the Curator as " An ap]jreciation of the Silver Anniversar}- of 

 the Children's Work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden," to be pre- 

 sented at a later time. 



On November 29, in the evening, a committee of teachers and 

 school friends gave a Bridge for the furtherance of the work and 

 the benefit of the Fund. On this occasion some of our local hotels, 

 churches, florists, and commercial firms did their share in donating 

 prizes, and providing chairs, tables, and other necessary equipment 

 so that the affair should be almost entirely free of expense. 

 Twelve hundred people attended the Bridge, and as a result, 

 $1,350.00 was turned over to the Endowment Fund for Children's 

 Work by the committee. 



