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received regular instruction in gardening. This work was carried 

 through the vacation months of July and August by twelve teachers 

 and one director. Even this is worth while, better than no disci- 

 pline at all during the summer months with only the streets and 

 alleys as a rendezvous. 



Gardening is not new in the school curriculum. The results of 

 this work, however, leave much to be desired. Advances made in 

 the discovery and invention of material resources by the last 

 generation decidedly surpass the progress of education. Immediate 

 advantageous economic returns seem to receive more serious 

 consideration in our day than does the bridging of the gulf between 

 the vicious and the good. We must somehow get into our scheme 

 of educating all the children a moral force that will foster the joy of 

 creative work. The garden, as a phase of natural science, is here 

 emphatically recommended for a prominent place in the city school 

 curriculum. If given a fair chance it will undoubtedly make for 

 the development of a right spirit for the common good. 



SCHOOL GROUND IMPROVEMENT RESUMED IN CINCINNATI 

 Louise Lamarre 



Kirby Road School, Cincinnati, Ohio 



Since the necessity for food production has been somewhat 

 diminished more attention is paid in Cincinnati to beautifying 

 school grounds and the esthetic side of gardening. 



It has been a great pleasure to be located at a new school where 

 the planting of the grounds has been done entirely by the pupils. 



The opportunities at this school have been unusually great as the 

 grounds were graded but not planted when the building was 

 finished. The soil being subsoil stubbornly refused to produce even 

 weeds. A more discouraging situation could scarcely be imagined. 



However, the more discouraging the conditions appeared, the 

 more determined teachers and pupils became to overcome the 

 difficulties. After persistent efforts quite a creditable lawn has 

 been developed in front of the building and beds of shrubbery are 

 thriving in suitable places. 



Plans are under way for developing the rest of the grounds which 

 occupy about three acres. 



The Civic Club composed of the boys and girls of the eighth 

 grade decided that one of their most urgent duties is to continue the 



