The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-22
CRY Mrs. Alice o. Dwirc. Taos nal
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the teacher orthclcss lpns furnish
some pfiz,d beautiful roses 40 wei
"a many ugly annoying thprns.
| shall not attempt 10 tell !n detail
how W iaid ont the gardens % We
prepared the ground. nor "t! moth
DDS o. cii'',Natiuu. All such uHciul m
formation, together WITH q lot not
useful. but rather misleading, We iiud
In books on gardening ~ - rather
the wish of my superior oircots that
] ten how We interested uhe pupils.
how We gained the attention ana help
OF the Indians. how We initiated anu
carried ua the surprisingly hclpfui
educational industry.
The Tao Indians are very conscrv-
atiNc and ellis To their old ieeas te-
raciously, Tut they are very fond OF
their children. The surest ana qu.ck-
est way Of reaching tho nome ~
through the chiidroh haf we gone
to the Indians and asked them to
make gardens Tor the children or give
as land for he children's gardens.
'"Nf fff 49,
That We were trying to usurp their
~uuthofIty' ana Hisht rave pol''elN t"ld
US TO attend To our schoo teachinS
ana they woutd TAX care OF th"lI
farms But We Oegan ~ the winter
10 interest the children IN gardening
We used seed catalogues to teach
inc names OF vegetables u I"wers'
Tho pictures were bright u attrac-
AZ m Aln.a IN lnnHlllHn AAnn
Children, near spring time, are
hungry Tor "a change oi die'' so the
peas and beans in the catalogue
looked very attractive, ana soon al
wanted To copy them in colurs. We
ianne imaginary eatuehs' i"t'ihs
each one tell what they liked best TO
cat. THESE gardens we're drawn on
IN. biaekDoard' ana inc Ncect"pi"s
placed IN rows. lhen all ""re ahS-
ious FOR spring To come so That the
real seed could be planted ~ the rear
garden. The tools We used IN the
gardcn-thc spade the rake and the
hoe brought into the school
room, tneir names and use learned
Al children are Interested In grow
ingt hirgs. the seeds planted IN WIN
dow boxes were watched with great
interest n II was a time oil great re-
Joicing when the hrst httle green
peeped through.
After the pupils became iainiiiai
with garden terms ana garden prou'
ucts the question 81 the selection al
garden plots was considered IL was
not an easy matter 10 TAKE VI, since
Pueblo 'hiidfcn are very say aDoh
talking of their fathers iands or pos
sessions. However after DAYS OF Ell
rot. We were able l" locate imaginary
carson plots WIN y UNDERGRADUATES
that they were oniy W.
then began To talk about the soil' now
I" Keep the moisture IN IN" sou aho
how 10 irrignte. we experiments,
with different KINDS OF sou IN oui
window boxes ana also tested secd'
To teach termination.
Children are very apt 10 taik ABOUT
'hc tlshss thal interest mem Nhtut'
any 'hey TAXED safuehs ana soils ah'
vegetables 10 the famliy AT nome
"heh any OF the iatheis' or h' the's
or DIG brothers' or SISTERS came t'
VISIT the school they were SHOWN th'
plants IN the wlhdow uoNes' ana 'h'
interest OF the chiiuteh was carried
nome.
IN the carry spring an evening en-.
'eftainiheht was siNeh AZ tue scho"'
attended by the parents ana fetuih''
students. IN which gardening was IN
principal feature A spelling ties
from the garden vocabulary was siVei
u u garden play acted IN whic'