78 THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 
school-supervised home gardens have received serious 
attention, but only a negligible part of the work has 
been undertaken. The school system should and must 
undertake the work with seriousness and determination 
and give the world results that are real and adequate. 
Superintendents of schools must make their schools 
a vital, an actual, force in giving more food to the world 
and in conserving what is produced. They must do 
this in addition to talking and writing about this some- 
what spectacular and highly interesting phase of the 
school’s part in the war. And this is their work, not 
to be sublet to other agencies who by the very nature 
of the problem can not solve it but can only contribute 
to its solution. 
Commissioner Claxton and Director Francis are 
deeply gratified at the success of the garden movement 
among the school children and greatly impressed with 
its promise for the future. The interest thus awakened 
and the practical knowledge thus acquired by the young 
gardeners, they regard as one of the most important 
national benefits of the war and one which will be of 
immeasurable worth in its influence on American 
citizenship. 
