The club is not one for play, but for work. At our meetings, 
four times a year, we tell about the work that we have done since 
the last meeting. 
The first meeting was on April 22, 1916. Miss Shaw appointed 
the officers and the girls voted for the school representatives, and 
I was appointed president, and so conducted the second meeting, 
which was held on May 13, 1916. The girls from the different 
schools told about what they did on Arbor Day, and I told about 
the laying of the corner-stone of the Garden. 
The chief officers of our club are as follows: 
President— Lillian Baker, of P. S. No. 9. 
First Vice-President— Evelyn Schell, of P. S. No. 152. 
Second Vice-President— Lillian Fineberg, of P. S. No. 36. 
Third Vice-President— Beatrice Marlens, of P. S. No. 148. 
Chief Treasurer— M ildred Costigan, of P. S. No. 98. 
Corresponding Secretary— Helen Smith, of P. S. No. 9. 
Recording Secretary— Leoroldine Rupf, of Bushwick High 
School. 
Lillian N. Baker, President. 
The Silver Button Work 
The work of the “Silver Button Girls’’ is not very hard, though 
indeed hard enough. We are now engaged, for one thing, in 
writing books, of about six chapters each, on seedlings and their 
growth. The chapters are quite interesting and contain some 
useful facts and illustrations. The names of the chapters are as 
follows: “The Bean Seed,” “The Needs of a Plant,” “The Bean’s 
Growth,” “Seed,” “Planting a Garden,” and last of all, “Friends 
and Enemies of the Garden”. When our books are finished and 
have been thoroughly examined, a stamp or seal of approval will 
be pasted in. Neatness and well expressed chapters count a good 
deal. 
For a second thing, we are planting and taking care of large 
flower and vegetable gardens. The vegetable gardens have 
already been planted and some of the things have sprouted. 
When one stands at the head of the Silver Button Gardens, one 
can see a long, straight, green line of newly sprouted radishes or 
some other vegetable. Every garden is kept in perfection, not 
one paper can be seen, not one forgotten hoe, rake or trowel, 
nothing but lovely, green gardens, filled with good, fresh 
vegetables. 
The flower gardens have been planted a little. Each girl 
will have quite a space to plant, but the reward is worth having; 
a garden full of the most beautiful flowers all for ourselves. There 
will be more work for the girls to do later, but we have no idea of 
what it will be; but if everything is done satisfactorily, each of 
the “Silver Button Girls” girls will be given a fine silver button 
as a reward for her good attendance, behavior, and care of her 
garden. 
Ruth Sciiulman, P. S. No. 9. 
