Show NOME MOME Bar 4 TOWN y sf l t HELPS I IDEAL GARDEN FOR SCHOOL rv Louisville Authorities Show What Can 1 Be Bo Done by Systematic Planning Y- Y and Care I A 8 school hool In a n garden I That Is time the Ideal of many an educator educator-a educator a a place for children which In some slight degree degree tiec de tie- c gree gree- shall give them a chance to see and enjoy natural beauty and to develop dei de de- de i their faculties through the exercise exercise exer exer- exercise cise of sense perceptions amid beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- s surroundings It Is 19 an ideal that too of seems otten-seems ten seems far from realization realisation a. a Y yet here bere and ond there It may be found On a n recent trip through southern cities I ran across one such school f i which is of Interest not only for what It is but for tor the way it came Into existence For it is a striking example example ex ex- ample of what nay may be done by one woman with loyal friends f working for an immediate and prat- prat 3 end It Is unfortunate that too many lr school authorities find the recognized needs of the schools SQ 89 pressing and andi I Iso i so BO difficult to get that they fail fall to see seethe seethe the necessity of providing the gardens and grounds that give the schools an effective environment As In so many other phases of ot school work the initiative Initiative initiative In this has to be taken by outside out out- outside side individuals or organizations who supplement the efforts of principals t and teachers by buying additional land additional land landor or providing garden facilities facUlties for land already acquired An admirable example example example ex ex- ex- ex ample of what can be done in this respect respect respect re re- is found In the Albert S. S Brandeis Bran Bran- dels deis school of Louisville This Is a 4 city grammar school with ample playground playground playground play play- ground space along one end of which r there runs a lovely garden with small greenhouse an attractive shelter r house and tool shed and a permanent planting of roses and and other oiher flowering r a shrubs as well as of small fruits and j perennial flowers There are spaces set aside for childrens children's gardens anda and a wr for little community tree tre gardens Ellsworth In House Hous Beautiful |