Evening star., 1918-04-12
CHILDREN enroll
IF0R WAR GARDENS
81 % IN Washington Public
Schools Promise to cul-
tlvate Plots.
LACK OF FUNDS HANDICAP

0sesu pists b ne number Of s,les
hsvs been promised by the pupils Of the
polite schools ef the District Of Co
lufBbia. according 20 . report turned IN
rssNntly at the ofaos Of the supsran-
te1asnt Of schools. This report 10 ths
ou5eoms Of plan outlined BY 0upt
TnOrston and Mrs. Susaa sipe. the d.
reseor Of tho war garden movement IN
thSseheols. All pupils wishing to euiti-
van war gardens were required TO OBJ
tan sisusd statements from their par
sn1s az their willingness 70 cultivate
th0s gardens and report 70 tbs prin-
oinRl OF the school the time each pupil
eo3d spend on the garden.
Total Of 10, ,5p0 Gardener
OF ls.aSi children in the white graded
schools from grades ave TO eight. 7.iss
children, or IS per cent. have returned
signed statements that war gardens
viii be cultivated this season. either BY
the child alone or in cooperation with
the family. In tho colored schools.
with an enrolment Of 6.4S7 children IN
the same grades, 36 per cent. or 1,s17
children. have brought similar returns.
school reports 9,16o garden plots have
IN addition the superintendent called
Tor the number Of children below the
NTH grade who are cultivatin9 or as as
sisting In cultivating war gardens. The
children Of these grades were not urged
to have gardens, nor the parents sig.
nature asked for, owing TO the great
necessity for seed conservation. In
this class 7.4ss Children reported -
6sv pdana making n total OF lo.s
sos children in the graded schools en-
gsgsd In the cultivation OF vegetables.
The amount of land cultivated has not
been reported as yet.
10 the e,le0 children in the upper
egradsA Tho method used to reach
Hess children is as follows: Meetings
AZ the garden representatives in the
white schools are held at the Wilson
Normsl school. with Mrs. Aiburtes. and
Jfth Miss Sarah Brown Of the Arm
utrong Manual Training School. in the
cploFSd schools. upon call. At these
Meetings the necessary garden opera
Mons have been given md IN detan; a 81, simp,e .e
and the relation of the garden aetivi.
taes TO the activities Of the schoolroom
nearly defined.
instruction by Teachers
: These teachers, in turn. instruct the
Idditional impetus has been given
hrou9h lantern slide talks, showing
work accomplished in home gardens
md on vacant lots last spStnx. These
0lkg have been given to the schools
a NJ, Heyceck's division. At the VIII
Uon Normal School. and to Miss Hend-
0ys division. at the Apollo ThsAtsr.
=Tha talk to the latter group was OF
especial interest, as members Of the
30dieneo saw themselves represented on
Ue screen In one Of the cooking schools,
canning vegetables they had themselves
raised The boys Of the Wallach School
Viii Be shown their work at the East
srn High School at Q o'clock Monday.
me Weliach won the pennant TOR the
Mrgeat number OF home gardens last
Year, and another for the gra3test res
turn per square foot of land cultivated
~ any school in the Distrtct-o.o4x
cents per square foot
vacsnt.!ot gardening. 20 successfully
carried on In the past Y seriously
8nds. The appropriately through regu-
o1mands on 1t last year exhausted II
NfoPs the opening OF the present
= yailed to Pass Congress.
An emergency appropriation Of $1,000
- open these gardens and to continue
Aem until July 1 failed to pass Gem
fess. The board Of education, there
Fore, has granted permission to the
uehoels that desire to cultivate land. to
DiSe money for fertilizer and labor. II
1ili detail teachers to give supervision.