AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



illusions and his moral nature from superstitions. 

 Habits of accuracy are formed in measuring the 

 value of experiments according to the results ob- 

 tained. In noting carefully and with deep interest 

 both causes and effects, in assuming responsi- 

 bility for work that he performs in equal oppor- 

 tunity with his companions, in daily exercising 

 his power of initiative, in constantly combining 

 thought and action, he is steadily developing ele- 

 ments of character that must prove of great value 

 in after life. The good influence of the school 

 garden on the discipline and moral tone of the 

 school is remarked by all the teachers. Pupils 

 hitherto troublesome have become orderly and 

 docile. The percentage of regularity in attend- 

 ance has increased, and a deeper interest is taken 

 in all work of the school.'' — ''The Macdonald 

 School Gardens,'' in Queen s Quarterly, page 417. 



Professor J. G. Coulter and Miss Alice Jean Patter- 

 son, Department of Nature Study, State 

 Normal University, Normal, 111. 

 "To relate nature study to human interest is 

 sound pedagogy, for intelligence in what relates 

 to living should be a fundamental in education. 



''The school garden, probably more than any 

 other phase of nature work, seems to supply a 

 natural demand irrespective of locality. It has 

 a definite mission to fulfil in the city as well as in 

 the village and rural school." — The Normal School 

 Quarterly, Jan., 1909. 



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