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Instruction of Convalescent Soldiers in Practical Gardening 
Pursuant to correspondence and consultation by Presi- 
dent Thompson with officials of the Federal Board for 
Vocational Education, arrangements were made early in 
the year for training in practical gardening wounded, 
crippled or otherwise disabled men who had served in the 
war with Germany for the preservation of democracy. The 
first student under these arrangements was admitted on 
January 16, and others were received from time to time. 
The number under instruction at the date of this report 
is 45; the total number enrolled to date is 57; 4 were 
transferred to other institutions; 3 were sent to hospitals; 
4 left for unknown reasons; and one was lost by death. 
Mr. Kenneth R. Boynton, formerly Head Gardener’s 
Assistant, and who was in service during the war as a 
corporal, was appointed Marshal of the Garden School 
in February and put in charge of the details of the instruc- 
tion and discipline; in October, subsequent to the resig- 
nation of Captain Henry G. Parsons, who had been absent 
on leave for government service during the war, Mr. 
Boynton succeeded him as Supervisor of Gardening In- 
struction. In July, Mr. Walter B. Balch, a recent graduate 
of Cornell University, was appointed to succeed Mr. Boyn- 
ton, and we have just appointed Mr. E. E. Watson, from 
the University of Michigan, as another assistant. Gard- 
eners have been detailed for work in instruction as needed 
from time to time. 
Officials of the Vocational Board have continually in- 
spected the work of instruction and have made important 
suggestions; they propose to increase the number of 
soldiers sent for this training, and in this event additional 
instructors will be required. 
This vocational work was primarily established through 
the following contributions to the Emergency Fund of 1919: 
Dr. and Mrs. N. L. Britton. 0.0.0.0... cece eee ee eee $1,000 
Mr. W. J. Matheson... 00... 0 2 cece cece eee e eee 250 
Mrs. Mortimer J. Fox... 0.0... ccc ccc eee eee ences 200 
