The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12

OAhLANOt june LIZ TulISp MOWERS
and vegetables, the products Of gar
dens planted by the little nature stu
dents of the local grammar schools,
were exhibited to-day in the children's
room. of the Carnegie Library. The
showing made was most creditable. All
Of the common table vegetables were
represented, with many Of the ordinary
flowers that are cultivated in the open
air. Several varieties Of berries were
also on exhibition. The exhibit was
under the direction of Miss Bertha
Chapman, the supervisor Of nature
study In the public schools. who was
assisted by a number of teachers.
The tables on which the exhibits were
arranged were in charge of committees
of children from the various schools,
and each bunch Of flowers or display of
berries or vegetables was tagged with
the name of the youngster from whose
garden it had come. In addition to the
displays of natural products many of
the exhibits were illustrated with col
ored drawings by the pupils.
The little gardeners took great pride
in showing the results of their work to
the visitors, of whom many were pres
ent during both the day and the even
ing.
A GOOD PRECEDENT.
This exhibition Of flowers and vege-
tables grown by school children in the
course of the study of nature is the
first of it's kind to be given in Califor-
MIA, and the success which has been
achieved in thus instructing the gram
mar school pupils by practical work re-
fleets great credit upon Miss Chapman
and her assistants. The experiment of
introducing nature study into the pub
lie schools was first tried in the East.
The results there obtained encouraged
the school authorities Of this city to
adopt the innovation here. After see
ing the exhibit to-day superintendent
McCIymonds said he was thoroughly
satisfied with the showing made by the
children.
The exhibition opened this morning
and continued until s o'clock this even
ing Hundreds of people visited the IL
brary to view the work of the children.
The schools represented were the Lin
coin, Lafayette, Tompkins, Garfield,
Durant, Grant, Temescal, Grove-street,
Piedmont, Clawson, Cole. SWEET, Pres
colt, Bay, Franklin, Peralta, Washing
ton and Harrison.
The tables were arranged by Miss
Bertha Chapman, assisted by the fol-
lowing teachers: Miss Mcguire, Miss
Whitehead, Miss Trask. Miss DON
nelly, Miss Pearce, Miss Bradley, Miss
Anerman, Miss Ball, Miss White, Miss
Scanlan, Miss Storrie. Miss Campbell,
Miss Bradbury, Miss Rodgers, Miss
Payter. Miss Anderson, Miss Kennedy,
Miss Morgan, Miss Farling, Miss Nor
ton, Miss Sampson, Miss Hennings,
Miss Moore, Miss Gelinas, Miss Clam
boni, Miss Trescott, Miss Billings, Miss
NeyIan. Miss de Wolf, Mrs. Board
man, Mr.. Rugh, Miss Newsome. Miss
Philips Miss Furlong and Miss
7 -,ch.
PUPILS WHO HELPED.
The committee OF children in charge
of the tables were:
Lincoln School-Millard Brunson
and Donald Mcclure.
LAFAYETTE School-Leslie Stevens.
Claud Rich and Julia Glissman.
Cole School-Hugh Gaskill.
Tompkins School-Amy Hespe,
Ragnhild Landstrom, Rose Silver,
Sadie Roop, Emily Meyer, Agnes
stenson, Ethel Grant. Vivianna Nc
Kay. Miriam Sapiro and Minnie Peter
son.
Piedmont School-Bessie Gregor,
Elsie Whittinger, Barney Huntington,
Adyienne Smith and May Hackey.
Prescott School-Evelyn Walker
Ethel Davidson, Margaret Olsen,
Emma Bishop. Effie Doty. Christine
Anderson, May Nunan, Christine Sjol-
berg. Emily Cate and Kate Crosby.
Garfield School-William Petit Carl
Nepach, Fred Altman and Fred OFT.
Grant School-Margarite Black,
Alma Naismith Kinze Miller and Ed
ward Chamberlain.
Temescal School--Mabel Stoner
LOUISA Solari. Ora Arnott, Mabel
Thomas and Clifford Jamison.