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GARDEN CLUBS IN SCHOOLS OF ENGLEWOOD, N. J. 



of effort teaches helpfulness and cooperation, not by theoretical ex- 

 pression, but by vitalized experience. The boys from the rich homes 

 and from the poor find much in common. 



ORGANIZATION. 



Registration. — When the proper time came the superintendent of 

 schools briefly explained the undertaking to all the children of each 

 school in a general assembly. The supervisor then gave some fur- 

 ther instructions and distributed registration blanks.^ These were 

 taken home by all the children electing the work, filled out, and re- 

 turned the next day. At this time the supervisor of gardens went 

 over the slips with the principal of the school, whose approval every 

 participant was required to have. If the blank was not satisfac- 



A GROUP OF GIRLS LEARNING HOW TO SPADE. 



torily filled out, but the child approved, the parents were visited by 

 the supervisor and the blank corrected. Each child who was thus 

 registered then took complete charge of his project, which he was 

 expected to cany out with the sui)ervision and advice of his parents 

 and of the supervisor of gardens. The project, aside from caring 

 for a garden, included the maintenance of a careful record^ of all 

 activities connected with it. 



The recxynls of the children. — This record when complete contains 

 certificates of reconunendation and approval; personal information 

 concerning the child; a photograph of the child in his garden; a 

 working plan of the garden drawn to scale; an itemized and sum- 

 marized financial account; a record of marks given the garden by 

 the instructor on visits to the garden; and a story of the season's 

 work in essav form. 



1 See section on " Blanks and Circulars "' (p. 29) for this record blank. 



