AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



an interesting talk upon some topic connected 

 witli the garden. The parents represent the tax- 

 payers and pubHc opinion, and when they approve 

 the school garden sufficiently to demand it, the 

 ward politician will get in line with the best educa- 

 tional leaders who are doing all they can to push 

 it. In order not to be swamped by guests, or 

 embarrassed by financial problems, these social 

 occasions can be apportioned among difi'erent 

 groups of children, who will entertain their par- 

 ents or friends at stated times. 



From the first day that the garden is open to 

 the last, cultivate the good will of all in the neigh- 

 borhood. It is much more creditable to elicit 

 voluntary help, or even successfully to beg as- 

 sistance, than for a teacher to accomplish every- 

 thing by herself or through her coteries of friends. 

 The garden is for the children and they are to feel 

 that they own it; that they largely make it what 

 it is; ai}d it should be among their people, for 

 their people, and enthusiastically encouraged by 

 their people. 



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