This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...School, Providence, R. I." Rural School Work THE rural school has certain advantages in that it may draw from the country side for its trees, vines and some of its shrubbery. Rural work offers vast opportunity. Usually the grounds belonging to the country school seem well nigh hopeless if improvements. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...School, Providence, R. I." Rural School Work THE rural school has certain advantages in that it may draw from the country side for its trees, vines and some of its shrubbery. Rural work offers vast opportunity. Usually the grounds belonging to the country school seem well nigh hopeless if improvements. First clear the grounds, sow grass seed, screen outbuildings with vines, put in some trees and plant the sturdiest of flowers. An account of the Briggsville School appeared in the February, Iqio, Garden Magazine, which told of the beginnings of the work. The following tells of a later stage from a report submitted by the teacher, Miss Addie Ayer, in our last garden contest. "By candy and jelly sales, sale of chestnuts, bowls of partridge berries, old rubbers, and entertainments, the children earned the money ($87), for a flight of eighteen cement steps from the street to the top of the terrace. They worked with a contractor in excavating, drawing sand, mixing cement, etc. "The lumber was given to the school for an outhouse. The boys did all of the work under a manual training teacher in measuring and sawing lumber, laying the foundation, boarding, shingling, painting, and in fact every bit of the work. Both projects have been done in 'earned time' so that they have not missed any recitations. The pupils earned money for a lawn mower and all through the year they have kept the grass mowed. "Three or four years ago, the school won the Nature Library as a prize in The Garden Magazine garden contest. I presume the garden work is not so different now though each year it is a little better than the last. The more marked changes have been in other lines of improvement. The garden is to be doubled in size this year, which will...
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