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Home My WebLink AboutC.P. Herald 04/25/1912woULD a~PR©vE SGNOOL GROUNDS: C.P. Herald ~/„~'. 141E p~ Gtvlc Improvement Ladies Gire Yiews j -.On._School Yard , TQ Byg~.ti or- _ Ae memb~~n„rs of fhe Civ,c ]mpcore-. ment Cbib we wish ro present some ~~ ideas to [he patrons o[ the public school. • While some are aware of the tact rve ~ feel certain that many do not know our wish to make our aehwl grounds more. r inviting. Abnos[throe years ago wei' asked [he school boartl for permission to beautify th school gropntla which ~ they readily gave but with the stipule- I lion that we should not ask them for; money. / Our first step was to purchase a plan ~ j for the grounds from a landst~pe amh- t itect in Ashland. Soon after (rvhan we I i eecpred the deed to our park) edivision ~ arose Oeltveen our members. many pre-~ ~ Earring to work fors the pack. So v f dvidad our limited tondo end did thei 3 beat w¢ could for that year. The neat i year we arranged fps a lecture course i and succeeded in acquiring a deficit of i 1 $1yD.00 which we have finally paid aft ~ ° with the Did of several generous end _ public spirited citizens. At our leaf a meeting we decided to frame the drag- v ing for the school ymd plan find heee I it hung in the school building where ~ , ail may see ir_ Now ell this is preliminary. It is about the school yard we wish to inter- est you, to impress upon you i[simporo- once, its beauty' and its utility. As we t drive along the city streets aM country ' roads we pose many hdmgs without 1 having am attention et[rveted. Ocear j lanaliy, however, we see a home that 1 is especially attractive. 7t may be only a email cottage that forms the center of the picture but I[ is the frame work of nature that calla forth our ad- miration, Ae we gaze upon it observ- mgly we see that s de0nite plan has been tallowetl in the making of this picture. Rut whet of the many plane that do not attract our attention?'they are simply tho mixed up messes that are at present for to common. They may suggest either a checker board or a crony patch work quill. They may contain uses, florvevs end 1 ahrupa of the moat choice variety nut 1 they have keen set out in any old way + without regard to the general effect. ~ This blunder we wished to ovoid ao we~pracured a pled, It also has an- other advantage, The woek may Le 1 taken up apd carried on at any stage bydlffeeenf ones. W e wduld tike to eak the parents to look et the plan ens [o consider serious- ly if we may not at least do some of the planting thin feih if youcen conscient- iously say~a Robd wortl for i[. I[ is a littlc+ thing to do but it means so much. If you see a serious naa' ar objection, I } point it gut na Jena consriemlovalR W e do not think the expense would be very _ great. The Plan cells [vr native trees. Pmeibly the zhrubheq• conld 6e donated ' from the different homes. After the i planr:ng is done, the water rentarW the ~ e:rvice of, the one using it wwld be [ha only expense. Every year the school chtidmn Rive one or more entertain- ' menb. To whnt better use could they put the fonds than to beautify the cPO! where they spend so many hours. Our club will glediv help a[ nil timer 'n any way we can. Every Lsbor Uay tre children plant ony old thing vny old I place with the tbought4 "W Mt's the I use, it'll die anY waY~°. Avery Sues- 17 tioneble training for children, Nhy ' pot plant with some method, some in- tclligenee-for beauty end for lime'. "A thing of h¢eudy is n jvY forever." May it 6e Dore ever and ever in greeter degree. -____.- _. '~ Laples'Cirtc ]Araovg8 e>r Qrn.