AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



the gifts of Sir William C. Macdonald of Mont- 

 real. 



The Macdonald movement ''aims at helping 

 the rural population to understand better what 

 education is and what it aims at for them and their 

 children." It deals on the one side with the im- 

 provement of homes through its preparation of 



Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue. School Garden 

 ON the "Group Plan" 



teachers in domestic science and household art, 

 and on the other with the betterment of rural 

 home conditions through improvement of the 

 school life and modification of the curriculum to 

 meet the needs of rural districts. As a vital 

 factor bearing upon the life of the community, 

 and as pedagogically sound, it introduced in addi- 



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