. Gardens and their meaning, by Dora Williams. School gardens. 72 GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING granted that a large proportion of pupils are predestined, into whatever calling they go, for the mediocre, not to say under-dog, positions in life, — the very positions, of course, for which throngs of applicants are always pushing. In the old world of class distinctions this question would probably. THEIR EXPERIMENT PLOT be quickly disposed of. In the new world, and especially in the new education, the questioner will not be silenced. It is, in truth, constantly being asked whether everv little spark


. Gardens and their meaning, by Dora Williams. School gardens. 72 GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING granted that a large proportion of pupils are predestined, into whatever calling they go, for the mediocre, not to say under-dog, positions in life, — the very positions, of course, for which throngs of applicants are always pushing. In the old world of class distinctions this question would probably. THEIR EXPERIMENT PLOT be quickly disposed of. In the new world, and especially in the new education, the questioner will not be silenced. It is, in truth, constantly being asked whether everv little spark of initiative is not capable of starting a very good bonfire, if not a big conflagration, and whether a puff or two, well timed, might not set it ablaze. Our attitude all depends upon whether we intend to train young people out of mediocrity or into Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Williams, Dora. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and company


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