SS NATURE STUDY REVIEW [10:1— Jan., 1914 



At this meeting Miss Kate M. Passolt of Saginaw gave a report 

 of work done in school gardening in the public schools of Saginaw 

 (Enclosed). 



Miss Nora Matthews of Grand Rapids gave a similar report 

 illustrated with stereopticon slides showing various garden activi- 

 ties carried on by the school children of Grand Rapids. Among 

 the slides shown were gardens of kindergarten children, of primary 

 and grammar grade pupils and of high school students. Miss 

 Matthews called attention to the excellent work done in a number 

 of schools where there have been gardens for a number of years. 

 Although there is no supervisor each school works out its own 

 problems and there is much good work done in both school and 

 home garden work. 



Dr. Caldwell of the University of Chicago gave a short talk 

 emphasizing the value of garden work. 



An election of officers followed, Dr. LeRoy Harvey of the 

 Western State Normal being elected president and Lou I. Sigler 

 of Buchanan School, Grand Rapids, secretary. 



Lou L Sigler, Secretary. 



Mrs. Anna B. Comstock gave a course of lectures at the Kinder- 

 garten Training School in Grand Rapids, Mich., the first week in 

 November and lectured also before the Grand Rapids Nature- 

 Study Society Thursday evening, November 6. On Friday 

 evening the Nature-Study Society and the Kindergarten Associa- 

 tion tendered a reception in her honor. 



The following excerpt from a letter is interesting. 



Miss Louise Klein Miller was in our city (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 

 a week giving a series of garden lectures that proved very helpful. 

 This was the last week in September. Having a garden and 

 being greatly interested in the work, we planned to entertain 

 her in our school building. 



In co-operation with the Mothers' Club the teachers gave a 

 luncheon for Miss Miller and nearly all the vegetables used, at 

 the luncheon were grown in our school garden. The mothers 

 took the vegetables home and then brought them to the school 

 and served the luncheon. We had tomato soup made from our 

 own tomatoes, stuffed green peppers, radishes, beets and our meat 

 platter was garnished by our own parsley. 



