Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1914 — TREES IN SCHOOL GROUNDS [ARTICLE]

TREES IN SCHOOL GROUNDS

Of Material Value In Prosecution of Studies, aa Well as Pleasing to the Eye. In the grounds of every school there should be a collection of both fiAlt and ornamental trees, and all the &r----mer should have at least one other warrant for use, aside from the fruit crop. Trees should be planted for both ornament and material for instruction, and these should be of standard commercial sorts. No special plea is made for apples, peaches, apricots, etc., but a walnut and a chestnut both make grand shade trees in summer and are instructive types of deciduous trees.

As material from which to draw upon for the use of classes in botany, etc., these trees would not only be always close at hand, removing the necessity of using valuable school hours for collecting trips afield, but would be available when of greatest value and interest —when blooming, fruiting, seeding, etc. It would also give the entire student body some knowledge concerning the native vegetation of the state, es which he should have a good general Idea before studying that from foreign lands. With school yards so planted education could never.be confined to the four walls of classrooms nor narrowed to a consideration of the three R’s and closely allied studies.