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cclcl)rati()n of this acc()nii)li.slinienl had only to be sn.^i^estt'd and 

 every one concerned \va>. more than eai^er to have a ])art m it. 



Kiiin- Wilhani offered Dean Swift the' eoininand of a Irooj:) of 

 horse for teachinj^* liini soniethin<^- about asparai^iis. lb' dechned 

 it because he would rather be a i)reacher and teacher. 1 )nrui!4- the 

 ])ast twenty-five vears Miss Shaw lias taui^ht more than a mdbon 

 bovs and .^irls about roses and radishes, i)eas and i)etunias. sweet- 

 corn and sweet-william. Xo kini^' and no botanic ^^arden director, 

 has offered her the command of anytbinj^-. lUit trooi)S ol eao-er 

 ])()ys and girls have come voluntarily to the Ib-ooklyn b)Otanic 

 fiarden every Saturday, on vacation days, after school hours, 

 during school hours, in season and onl of season — many ol them 

 for five and six. and even seven, consecutive years. I hey have 

 ultimatelv attained doctors' degrees in botanv ; they have become 

 teachers about i)lant lif(^ in high schools and colleges; they have 

 become successful florists and nur.serymen. 



41 ley come 1)ack to see her alter they have married and have 

 families of their own. .After they have become established in 

 l)u,siness tbev have contributed to the suiijiort of her work. 443 be 

 drafted as their coinmaiider by such troops as this is a greater 

 honor than any king can confer, and it cannot be declmed. 



One day when Malvina Hoffman was talking with the scul])tor 

 INlestrovie in his studio, she asked him. " J b)\v many out of your 

 big class are given dii)lomas each vear on graduation? 



'■ ( )h," he re]4ie(l, " (|nile a number receive the grade ot callable 

 craftsmen, 'fhese can carve in wood or stone for other sculjjtors. 

 l)ul if 1 can fmd two worthy of being called artists 1 am enconr- 



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 aged. 



" What do you fe(>l is the greatest lack in their make-up — 

 what jirevents many others of talent from measuring up to this 

 standard ? " 



She (juotes his reply in k4-ench : " It is the quality of love that 

 is lacking. Malvina. Xou know that in America as well as we 

 do here in Yngo-Slavia. 44iey work with their hands but not 

 with their souls." 



Sir \\411iam 44Mnple ordered his heart to be jdaeed in his garden 

 .after his death, but the truly great teacher whom we delight to 

 honor this evening has i)ut her heart into this (dardeii for twenty- 

 live consecutive years, and has won for herself a warm abiding 

 l)lace in the hearts of the young and the old in Ibis community. 



