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tion, the emphasis was on teaching the youth and on awakening 

 public awareness. Both of these are important contributions. How- 

 ever, both will fall short of their goal without the aid of adult 

 education. The child who becomes enlightened but returns to a 

 blighted home environment is not likely to succeed in his effort at 

 beautification. The adult who is made aware of the problems of 

 blight but is not given the know-how to solve these problems is not 

 likely to accomplish a great deal. 



Adult education classes for the homeowner who wants to beautify 

 his home are needed. For instance, in Flint, Mich., we have classes 

 in landscaping and horticulture, geared to the do-it-yourself addict. 

 He can also take classes in such subjects as minor home repair and 

 garage building. In the last analysis the battle to beautify America 

 will be won or lost by the amount of pride which the individual 

 property owner takes in his home or business. 



Factories, schools, hospitals, and stores can be encouraged to 

 beautify their buildings and grounds by offering classes for their 

 personnel. We have found that employers are anxious to improve 

 their public image and that employees are eager to upgrade them- 

 selves. Thus, a class called landscape aid, based on a bulletin pub- 

 lished by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, was 

 most successful. Many excellent publications are available to school 

 systems wishing to establish Adult Education Classes. 



The impact which adult education can have upon the effort to 

 beautify America is beyond comprehension. The process is one 

 which enriches the life of pupil and teacher alike and one which 

 best expresses true community involvement. 



This list of typical publications is meant to simply indicate the 

 type of material which is available: Breen, Harold Landscape 

 Paving for Home Grounds, Michigan State University, Cooperative 

 Extension Service, East Lansing, Circular E-6 : Cathey, Henry M. 

 Growing Flowering Annuals, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

 Home and Garden Bulletin 9 1 ; Cox, Joseph T. Landscape Plan- 

 ning for Rural Homes, Michigan State University, Cooperative Ex- 

 tension Service, Circular E-l ; Click, D. Newton Landscape Plan- 

 ning for Residential Properties, Michigan State University Coopera- 

 tive Extension Service, Circular E-2, 1960; Nelson, William R., Jr. 

 Landscaping Your Home, University of Illinois, Cooperative Exten- 

 sion Service, Circular 858, 1963; Watson, Donald P. Beautiful 

 Home Grounds, Michigan State University, Cooperative Extension 

 Service, Bulletin 425, 1964; and the Landscape Aids, U.S. Depart- 



