78 THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 



school-supervised home gardens have received serious 

 attention, but only a negligible part of the work has 

 been undertaken. The school system should and must 

 undertake the work with seriousness and determination 

 and give the world results that are real and adequate. 

 Superintendents of schools must make their schools 

 a vital, an actual, force in giving more food to the world 

 and in conserving what is produced. They must do 

 this in addition to talking and writing about this some- 

 what spectacular and highly interesting phase of the 

 school's part in the war. And this is their work, not 

 to be sublet to other agencies who by the very nature 

 of the problem can not solve it but can only contribute 

 to its solution. 



Commissioner Claxton and Director Francis are 

 deeply gratified at the success of the garden movement 

 among the school children and greatly impressed with 

 its promise for the future. The interest thus awakened 

 and the practical knowledge thus acquired by the young 

 gardeners, they regard as one of the most important 

 national benefits of the war and one which will be of 

 immeasurable worth in its influence on American 

 citizenship. 



