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GRADE IV. 
elt tto nick 4 h tol 
p p any rubbish or garbage, that you 
ind in the park,”’ 
me you threw a bbish d th Il getit and get sick.’ 
think it means aia if you throw rubbish in the aires or pick flowers you 
“ be scolded.’’ 
‘A man that gies flowers in the Potanical Gardens is disonest because it is the 
pently of the law.’ 
‘Tt means that if you leave paper or pick flowers you will have to go to the 
stachen house; 
6. 
will be strickly dorbiden to chase any squirrel. If 
on towing paper on bine ground will be punished.’ 
7 POT not to put rubbish on the garden because it spoils Hie flowers and 
not to pict the because they want to keep the flowers for next year.”’ 
8. W 
. ‘e should not pick or take any flowers. We should De flower compan: 
And we sl ue stew any rubbish on the paths, It is against the law 
9g. “I obody should leave paper or any ki ind of rub- 
bish in te, oe of this school. “The children bias not break the branches and 
flowers or cary anything out of the school-grounds.’ 
Io. ‘* This scine means that nobody should through any rubbish in the garden or 
wees anything. Nor 'y paper around or to pick paying! in it. It means that 
should make it look bad. And the law says so.’ 
Fifty. two children were tested. Only 9 made any point in regard to wild flowers, 
The time required for reading the notice in this grade was between three and four 
minutes. 
Grade IV. was more impressed with the rubbish than with the flowers (see note 
on Grade III). 
Thirty-five per cent. knew the meaning of the word ‘ prohibited.” 
nm one room where there were 29 children, I wrote the word “penalty ’’ on the 
blackboard and asked them to write the meaning. Twenty-one children ‘‘did not 
know ’’; 
get arrested and sent to prisson 
pay money 
people will get after you and have you fined 
something will be done to you if you do not do what is asked of you. 
GRADE V. 
. Tt means that they have gardens. I can’t make anything out of it. 
ees Feople are forbidden to pick any kind of rubbish, branches or wild-flowers 
in the park. 
‘«This thing means not to liter a park with rubish or paper and not to pick 
flowers in the park wild or cultivated.’ 
4. ** Throwing rubbish or trash on the ground. Picking and breaking flowers 
and paneoet is prohibited, Under penalty of the law. By order of the Board of 
Mana; 
