The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-28
or Interest to
 FloUer Grouers


will hold its regular monthly meeting at Green Acres. the home of the Pres ident of the association, on Wednes- day, the 1st of May. in the afternoon from to o'clock.
 The meeting will be rose festival Each member is expected to send the choiciest blossoms from her own yard not later than 12 o'clock of that day. committee composed of Mrs. Mary Arlington. Mrs. Lewis Cobb, Mrs. Glenn Andrews, Mrs. c. E. McClel- land. Mrs. Robert Stout Miss Lizzy Wright. and Mrs. c. R. Clark. has been appointed to meet at 10 o'clock in the morning and arrange and classify them.
 Members and their guests, are ex- pected to come and enjoy this grand display from 4 to o'clock
 Flower shows and School fmprovement
 l have been asked by the editor of the Flower Lovers column. for some account of the objects and aims of the Nature Study Committee appointed by the president of the School Improve ment Association. While our work does not strictly belong to that of the Flower Lovers. the two are in such close alignment that I trust a brief notice of 1t will not be thought out
 
 membered that from the ranks of the children, whose little hearts We are seeking to open to the love of na- ture, must come those who are to tako our places one day, and from the Flow CT Lovers Club of the future, when we shall have "shuffled off this nor tai coll" and gone to our rest under the daisies" To their hands will be committed the future adornment of our beloved city. and as they are train ed in their youth to see and love what Is noble in nature and art and life, will depend the great question wheth- CT Montgomery shall become a City Beautiful. a delight to the eye and a joy to the heart. or whether 1t shall be given over to the barren ugliness of a gross utilitarianism
 cannot better explain the aims Of the committee than by givng a short account of the enthusiastic meeting held by them on Saturday, the goth, at the Carnegie Library. There were present Miss Andrew, chairman; Miss Bullock. Mrs. c. R. Clark, and Miss Jean Craik. They were brimming over with enthusiasm, and each had many things to suggest. but on account of the end of the school session being so near, 1t was thought best not to propose any definite line of action for the present, but to direct their eff forts to some of the following ob- jects:
 First To urge the teachers to use their influence in creating among the children a sentiment in favor of pre- serving our song birds and rare and beautiful wild plants
 Second. To urge the beautifying of school grounds and buildings by the planting of trees and flowers and the training of vines over walls and fences
 Third. To respectfully petition the committee in charge of the erection of the new high school building not to al- low any of the fine trees on the lot to be cut down. except where absolutely necessary.
 The committee also expressed its ap- preciation of the good work already done by the Board of Education in providing for simple studies In nature in the three primary grades and de- termined, at the proper time, to re- quest that the same privilege be ex- tended to all other grades in the grammar schools. as soon as circum- stances may permit, by arranging for at least one lesson a week in some branch of natural study for each class. They were also unanimous in favor of having the study of botany introduced into the high schools.
 Then followed an animated dtscus- sion as to the most desirable objects for study, and the difficulties to be overcome in a wider extension of this important branch. While the com mittee realizes that 1t would be un- reasonable to expect every teacher to be a trained expert, "hle to carry on the work Independently, 1t also recog- nizes that the leaflets and other aids so llberally issued by the different publishing houses, fail to meet the needs of the Southern schools, be- cause they do not. as general thing. deal with material common to our section. The feasibility of getting such material from Southern sources was discussed, with the result that each member pledged herself to give tAe subject her best attention during the summer, so that they may come to- gether in the fall better prepared to formulate a definite plan
 In the meantime, 1t was determined to try whether something could not be done, with the consent and approval of the Board of Education by getting local authorities on various subjects. such as the professional florists. bee keepers, wood workers, etc. to give practical talks before the schools. Ill., ustrated by material objects. Tn this way it is hoped that a good start may be rnAda by exciting the interest of the