GARDEN CLUBS IX SCUOOLS OF ENGLEWOOD. N. J. 



Dit'iaio/i of />u/>i/.^. — All the ehiUlrcu uiulertakin^ the work wore 

 or<ranizt'(l into clubs of ubotit ir» nuMiibers oiu-h, of about tho same 

 i\ge, of the saiiu' sex, ami from the same school. By this plan all the 

 homes of the chiklreii in each cliih were close enoii«rh so that each 

 member could see what the others were doinfj;. Each club was or- 

 <ianized ami comlucted by the children under the direction of the 

 supervisor. The clubs were merely a ilivision of the children for 

 convenience in supervision and instruction. 



.1 eompctitloii. — The members of each club comi-)eted amon<j^ them- 

 selves for inexpensive prizes. The childi-en were to have been 

 marked on the basis of 100 per cent as perfect, with one-third of the 

 credit comiuir from their <rarden. one-third from their records, mid 

 one-third from the showinjr which thev made at the exhilut. This 



ANOTHER GROUP IN THE SAME YARD RAKING THEIR PRACTICE PLAT. 



method of calculation had Ui be abandoned on account of the board 

 of health ruling", however, and instead, three-fourths credit was 

 jdven on the garden and one-fourth on the record. The premiums 

 awarded on this basis were buttons from a progressive series desijined 

 to be awarded for achievement. The same series is used in the boys' 

 and girls' clubs of the T'nited .States Dejiartment of Agriculture. 

 From each club the conte>tant having the highest average was given 

 one of the fii'st buttons of the series made t)f rolled gold. The con- 

 testant having the second liighe.st average was given one of the 

 same buttons made of sterling silver. All the other membei"S having 

 an average of 75 per cent or above received a bronze button of the 

 same desifrn. The competitor who had the highest average of all 

 the pupils of all the clubs received one of the second buttons of the 

 series made of solid gold. The same series of buttons will be used 

 progressively in the future. 



