The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-11
GARDEN EXHIBIT
AT SCHOOL II
LAUDED HIGHLY
Planting Movement Started
Four Years Ago to Help
35 Families.

Pupils. parents and teachers unite
in terming the annual garden ex-
hibit Of School 72, which last week
eliminated the years gardening eff
forts Of both school and community,
as the most successful in the history
of the event both in the quality Of
the products and in the originality
of the exhibits displayed.
Those who displayed the results
included not only pupils, and pa
irons Of the schools gardening
projects, but also other gardeners
of the district. The exhibits COW
cred a wide range since everything
that demonstrated interest and sue
cess in gardening was displayed
Each room Of the school had its
own table in the general exhibition
on which was shown vegetables,
flowers, canned goods, and other
products of the particular room. 1t
was required that each individual
exhibit be plainly labeled in order
that their might be no confusion.
about by whom it was displayed.
Originality Is Shown
Besides the room tables. pupils
were encouraged to show originality
and offer their own individual ex-
,bibits. Among the most interesting
we're a spread lunch table with sam
pies of five appetizing dishes made
from potatoes by Berdine Rudicel;
a table laid for four by Loren Hart
man and Pauline Waldkoetter bear
ing the caption -Four Appetizing
Salads" a miniature house with
well-kept grounds and a hedge fash
Toned from cookie burrs by Kenneth
johnson, and a vegetable exhibit
worked out in the letters NRA by
Daniel Summers.
Mildred Pfster, pupil of the
school. told the story of the thirty
three pole beans given her at school,
last spring. which produced four
meals for her family, four quarts
of beans for canning, and still gave
$50 seed beans for next years
planting.
Varied Types Exhibited
Several exhibits varied from the
general type. An interesting table
contained salads and vegetable
plates made up with regard to ap-
pearance as we'll as fool value. A
table labeled Products From Our
Kitchens" held jellies, canned to-
matoes and fruit, in addition to
tempting display Of dozen differ
ent types Of vegetable salads pre-
pared by the girls of Glass 7B in
their days cooking class.
Other interesting exhibits were a
Little Dutch Garden" worked out
in connection with classes in geog- |
raphy and music; a table bearing
specimens from the community gar
dens Of the school; and a stage
showing by the ga class of home
beautified by vegetable, flower and
rock garden.
The exhibit this year marks the
attainment Of four years stimula-
ton of interest in gardening. The
movement began in small way by
the attempts. of teachers to interest
pupils in home gardening as a
wholesome activity. During this
period of widespread financial diff
Guilty it was felt that the garden
might be one means Of helping re-
lieve the burden in many homes.
Encourages Gardening
In addition to encouraging gar
dening throughout the district, the
school planned for community gar
dens on tract of ground adjoining
the school which belongs to the
school board.
Under the supervision of the prin-
cipal, Miss Ida Helphinstine. her
teachers, and custodian, the
movement was organized. ground
plotted, and gardens allotted to
thirty-f1ve families. The project
was given impetus by connecting it
with the bicentennial celebration.
and the gardens were dedicated
with ceremony as the Washington
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Heads Of families were made re-
sponsible for the gardens, but many
pupils worked in them under the
direction of their parents and took
a just pride in the results of their
efforts.
According to Miss Helphinstine
teachers, and parents, the greatest
value of this undertaking lies not
in the fact that it has increased the |
food supply of nearby families, but
because it has proved of greatest
interest and educational value to
the children, and has promoted a
spirit of goodwill and sympathetic
understanding in the school COM
munity.
Last summer seventy-four fani-
lies gardened seventeen and one
fifth acres. thirty-fve of them rails
ing all the vegetables they needed
for the summer.