. Among School Gardens . , giving them a safe place wherein to gather,and happy work together, with better ideas oflife and its meaning. At Dubuque, Iowa, Park Life School Gardenoffers boys a new kind of school through thesummer months,—an outdoor school of must be provision for the boys work andfor his play; for his instruction through the ex-perience of others and through his own experience;and more important still he must learn the conductof life. Accordingly, boy officers with the helpof their adviser-in-chief manage Park Life SchoolGarden and conduct their magazine, Park
. Among School Gardens . , giving them a safe place wherein to gather,and happy work together, with better ideas oflife and its meaning. At Dubuque, Iowa, Park Life School Gardenoffers boys a new kind of school through thesummer months,—an outdoor school of must be provision for the boys work andfor his play; for his instruction through the ex-perience of others and through his own experience;and more important still he must learn the conductof life. Accordingly, boy officers with the helpof their adviser-in-chief manage Park Life SchoolGarden and conduct their magazine, Park the school garden, the boys are instructed in * See page AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS cultivating the ground, in raising vegetables andflowers; in the near future they will also havepractical work in tree and fruit culture. Fromthe garden they must provide largely for theirdaily food, because for a part of each summer theylive in tents on the high bluff upon which theirgarden is located. From the camp they can see far. Park Life School Garden, Dubuque, Iowa up and down the Mississippi River and over intoWisconsin. Part of the summer program in-cludes a week of tramping or driving through thecountry round about, which is rich in historic andgeological interest. A daily talk or lecture isgiven upon some phase of the boys work, whilethe swimming pool and the joy of camping offsetlessons and work. The gala week of the summer 228 IN VACATION AND TERM TIME is that when teachers of note are invited to thecamp to instruct the boys, not formally, but byclose companionship with them and by lectures ortalks especially adapted to their days of his plan, Mr. B. J. Horchem, the Ad-viser-in-Chief, says: Millions of dollars are givento endow colleges, but ninety-five per cent of the
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