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Editorial 



THE SCHOOL GARDEN OUTLOOK 



Readjustments that always follow wars have dealt harshly in 

 some places with school gardens. Necessary economy, mixed with 

 the feeling that production does not need emphasis, has resulted in 

 their curtailment or elimination. Philadelphia — a pioneer in 

 children's gardens, so successful that they attracted attention in all 

 parts of this country, England, and France — has abandoned them. 

 While Cleveland, in strong contrast, realizing their educational 

 value to be of greater importance than the value of crops, has 

 doubled its budget that it may secure the best of teachers for 

 nature-study and gardening. 



The vocational trend may be too strong in some sections to 

 please those who look upon the garden as the school's out-of-door 

 laboratory, but by one method or another the school garden is 

 becoming a stabilized part of the course of study of progressive, 

 schools. 



THE TRAIL SCHOOL 



"Your power of seeiag mountains cannot be developed either by your vanity 

 or your curiosity, or your love of muscular exercise. It depends on the cultiva- 

 tion of sight itself, and of the soul that uses it." — Ruskin. 



While planning your summer vacation, do not forget our 

 national parks. If you want to feel yourself a part of the real 

 wilderness, Glacier Park in northwest Montana will satisfy you. 

 If you are strong of muscle and have the power to "peg away" to 

 the end, clothe yourself in khaki and walk the trails. They are as 

 broad and as wide as city sidewalks and far safer for travel alone or 

 in small companies. Horses may be hired if you cannot walk but 

 the trail walker is not bound to a guide who must report at a certain 

 place at a certain time. Nor is his appreciation of the marvelous 

 views about him dimmed by the fear that all four feet of his horse 



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