IN VACATION AND TERM TIME 



Of the vacation gardens that are being con- 

 ducted chiefly for their sociological value, several 

 have been mentioned. They look to the develop- 

 ment of the child, the social unit of the future, 

 and to the immediate effect that his improvement 

 may exercise upon his home and neighborhood. 

 Some of the best-known examples follow: 



The work of the Boys' Brigade, Toronto, 

 Canada, does not center in the garden, but the 

 latter is counted one of the most valuable de- 

 partments and its products are honored with 

 many prizes at the annual fair which the boys 

 hold.* 



Mrs. Henry Parsons' garden at DeWitt Clinton 

 Park, New York, is a model of what a little 

 ground can do each season for hundreds of chil- 

 dren, giving them a safe place wherein to gather, 

 and happy work together, with better ideas of 

 life and its meaning. 



At Dubuque, Iowa, Park Life School Garden 

 offers boys a new kind of school through the 

 summer months, — an outdoor school of life. 

 There must be provision for the boy's work and 

 for his play; for his instruction through the ex- 

 perience of others and through his own experience; 

 and more important still he must learn the conduct 

 of life. Accordingly, boy officers with the help 

 of their adviser-in-chief manage Park Life School 

 Garden and conduct their magazine, " Park Life." 

 In the school garden, the boys are instructed in 



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