AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



Miss Dora Keen, Vice-President, The Public Edu- 

 cation Association of Philadelphia, 

 ''(i) To teach children to learn by observation, 

 and to give them practical training by the eye 

 and the hand. 



(2) To teach children to apply what they learn 

 from books, as to nature study, mensuration, and 

 other subjects, without the strain of additional 

 indoor work. 



(3) To influence character by appeal to their 

 love of nature. 



(4) To prepare children for citizenship by teach- 

 ing, practically, the care of private and public 

 property. 



(5) To mould character by demanding inde- 

 pendence, each child being dependent upon him- 

 self in a garden for the results of his labor. 



(6) To impress practically and theoretically the 

 law of sequence, one event proceeding from 

 another as its direct consequence. 



(7) To educate the emotions, by teaching care 

 and protection of tender growing things. 



A GARDENER, no matter how excellent, 

 will not be as competent as an experienced teacher 

 to carry out these educational purposes of school 

 gardens." — Report of the Public Education Asso- 

 ciation of Philadelphia, 1905. 



A. W. Leech, Day School Inspector, Rosebud 

 Indian Agency. 

 "These people (the Indians) have never fol- 

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