The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-11

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Boo b most practical and profitable
vHs. The teacher and tho gardener
sloIld help tho children mud the oiuis
oi grouud Iu back wards. front yords
% tacupt lofts u,nr .noir humcs BEST
suited Tor %gafdeuirs work ald them
by some e~oopefatN, method tu have
thc lots property pIowcd ana prepared
for cultivation help them select seeds
siiDw thom how tu plant. cultivate
and harvest. so as to obtain the best
Results
'Ncgctnblcs. berries. aud fruits
grown should bt used nfat as food fpr
tlo children aud lhtlr families then
Inc surplus should bo marketed to che
best advantage Through the help ~
u1c teacher this can Doe done Boa l coo
operative was. Tel or uursn cents
worth of vegetables each dag from the
gardens OF euch uf goo children would
amount tp $50 OF S3U ln the SUM
mer aud lall when the surplus s LARGE
aud can not uU marketed tu udilutugo.
One teacher should direct aud help
The children iu canning and prcscry-
ing Cor winter use or Tor sale. Tho
Cauulng and tomato clubs of the
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what can be- done ion this way.
"lt IL difficult to estimate the @o-
suits of this plan when 20 shall Doe in
fan operation throughout the country
For the children DO viii mean health,
strength Joy in work. habits Ut In
dustry. an understanding cot the value
OF money as measured ln terms Of
labor. and such knowledge OF thc
phenomena aud forces Of nature as
must De- had for AN understanding ot
most of their school lessons They
viii alHo learn something az least Of
tho fundamental principle OF moral
ity. that each individual must make
his or her own living, must Bog some
kind of labor of head, hand. or heart.
contribute Go the common wealth as
much as be taxes from 70. must pay
FOR what he gets in SOME kind Of coin
This plan ia fun operation would
probably do more toward Keeping
young children ont 81 the factories
and mills than all IT the child-lahor
laws on the statute books. 4 boy 40
or o. years oi Igc. with "a quarter o.
an acre of land working under care
ful direction can produce more for
the support of the family than could
DE- purchased with the chiids wages
from the mill. children should not
be- ground In the mills nor sNeaied in
the factories. their strength should
not hc s1pped md their nerves rackcd
by working In the heat and dust of In
doors. set an children should learn ia
work; 70 les good for them ana they
go, in d. To WORK with IT'S feet in DE
soil. its head iu the sunshine and 81
lungs Hiled With good fresh air be- not
a bad thing for any healthy child.
'This plan VIII also 40 much TO
solve the problem ~ tht idle negro
& large part of the negroes OF the
southern states live boz the outskirts ot
citics ana small towns hTeir cabin
homes arc Frequently on large lots ana
surrounded with vacant luts covered
with weeds mud ru15ish. During the
vacation mtnths 40, negro children
roam idly on the streets. falling into
mis- hief and Vice. Under proper de
rcction they might make. ON these
back yards and vacant lots. enough
90 support themselves and more: M
Tho same time they would be- kent
from vice and would rriu habits ~
industry. incidentally u4yro quarters
would De changed from places of ugi-
moss io places Of beauty.
Probably one of the must valuable
results OF this plan would Zoe to MAXI
it clss fur most children Go attend
school three VI tour years longer than
they now do, "a thing more and morv
desirable, since education for life 1904
citizenship in our industrial. civic,
and social democracy can not h, OBJ
tanned before the uge of adolescence
II "a child can contribute 60 It's sup
porl while in SCHOOL 80 mas remain ln
houl much longer chan 30 % mus he
carried as "a dead weight until g. quilts
school Go go to work
compared with the results, mo
cost viii bc iuCousidcrablc. so addi-
ton 60 the number 10 teachers viii DC
required. o. viii only D., necessary &"
require different preparation tur one
TEACHER 10 each school
In the estimates submitted to CON
rrcss los the commissioned 90 cduc1-
lion tor the support OF the bureau ~
the next nsrll year an itc ~ 81. 700
ls included 90 enable thr burtau 90 be-
rin the introduction of this kind OF
work iu th, schools Of the United
States The commissioner believes
that IL viii only Doe necessary Co worA
out details uf plans and to present
them to school officers together with
full Information in regard 900 results
~ YomeVhat similar work already
dnnC az NIfiuus Hllrcs