Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women - Wise Acres Yearbook (Ambler, PA)

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After this interesting course, the girls have more than ever come to believe in School Gardening as a “sound and reliable means of education and of moral regeneration. In these gardens experience, moral self-control and industry grow as well as the garden truck. Several of the students are planning to take the examinations for positions as assistant gardeners in Philadelphia this summer. 4= The Seniors have completed their course in bookkeeping. Under the able instruction of Mr. A. C. Geissler, the girls have mastered the principles of double-entry, posting and of making up statements of profits and loss, and resources and liabilities. Practical work has been resumed in Soils.” Each Friday afternoon the Juniors are busy performing experiments with the different types of soil. By means of these tests, the structure, texture and porosity of heavy and light soils are determined. The effects of fertilizers and of tillage, both judicious and injudicious, are studied and tabulated. This work adds much interest to the subject. Visitors Miss Katharine Reid, Brooklyn, X. Y. Miss Anne Marie Parry, Atlanta, (la. Miss Irene Fay. Holden. Mass. Miss Martha Jewett. Atlanta. Ga. Mrs. T. M. Tyson, l.r OG Spruce st., Philadelphia. Pa. Miss Emily K. Smith, Gwynedd Valley. Pa. Mrs. Henry V. Stokes, 5343 Magnolia ave.. Germantown. Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Norris. Ardmore. Pa. Mrs. George Woodward. Chestnut Hill. Miss Maud Noble. Chestnut Hill P. O . Mrs. Mulford. Wyncote, Pa. Mrs. John Gribbcl, Wyncote, Pa. Mrs. J. Archer Rulon. Chestnut Hill, Pa. Mr. William Williams, Ambler, Pa. Mr. Edward Foulke, 505 Forest avenue, Ambler. Pa. Mr. Thomas A. Foulke, Ambler. Pa. Miss Hannah L. Foulke. Ambler, Pa. Mr. W. B. Haines, Philadelphia. 22

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will begin as soon as the Assembly Room in the new building is finished. In the spring we expect to have for sale a quantity of seedlings, both vegetables and flowers, including many perennials. We will also have a quantity of choice varieties of shrubs and ornamental vines and fruit trees. The Landscape Garden Class commenced Tuesday, February 2nd, and will continue once per week for twenty weeks. Miss Elizabeth Leighton Lee lectures in the morning from 9.30 to 12.00 on the principles of Landscape Gardening, and Mr. John L. Doan has the Class in the afternoon from 1.30 to 3.30. Mr. Doans subject is “Trees and Shrubs.” St. Valentine was well remembered out at the school, as all who attended the jolly “heart” party can testify. The home-made valentines that filled two post boxes added fun to the occasion with their clever character take-offs. Adeline Greathead was the prize taker of the evening, carrying off an adorable kewpie doll and a weird, little black cat. Emily David and Mrs. Peeler also took prizes. On Friday evening, January 29th, an indoor track meet held on the first floor of the new building was the occasion of much excitement both among the participants and their supporters. Rivalry ran high between the “Oranges,” captained by Frances Shinn, and the “Greens,” under the leadership of Eleanor Lawrence. Each contestant was urged on by her teammates with yells and cheers. Mr. Doan took the first prize in the “Standing Broad Grin” and Mabel Barker captured the blue ribbon in the fifteen-foot dash in which a peanut had to be pushed along the floor with the nose for fifteen feet. It is needless to say, perhaps, that the other ten entries were puns also and caused endless merriment. The score was so close throughout the meet that it was not until the finals were made that the “Oranges” were declared winners by 3 points. In presenting the medal to the captain of the winning side, Florence Cooke, in whose honor the party was given, concluded her remarks with these lines: “Go forth in your conquering, repeat what you will Of your manifold knowledge; but forget not your skill In pruning and planting and washing out sand, In budding and grafting and tilling the land, In teaching school gardening and gathering . eggs. In winning rare medals by means of your legs. In digging out borers and hiving the bees, In “scratching” carnations and “training” sweet peas, In blasting out orchards and weaving straw mats, In transplanting seedlings to nicely made flats.” The work in School Gardening has been finished by the Juniors. Miss Ella S. Carter, of Philadelphia, the instructor, included in her ten weeks’ course a brief history of the School Garden movement both abroad and in our own larger cities; also practical work of laying out, equipping and managing a garden. Plans were drawn by the students of some of the Philadelphia gardens and plantings of individual and experimental plots arranged. One interesting phase of the work was the teachmg of a twenty-minute Nature Study lesson by each student in words suited to children about ten years old. 22

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Senior—“Spring is here. Junior—“How do you know?” Senior—- The leaves of my book are coming out.” Axiom I—Nothing is better than a good lesson. Axiom II—A poor lession is better than nothing. Therefore: A poor lesson is better than a good one. Q.—W hat’s the first thing to turn green Professor (in zoology class) “What’s a ground hog?” Voice from the corner—“Sausage.” A city girl was taking a course in an agricultural college. After a lecture on How to Increase the Milk Flow, she rose for question. How long,” she blushinglv inquired, must one beat a cow before she will give whipped cream?” Weary Junior— 1 have been working six days and I begin to feel a little weak.” Why is it that you are always behind in your studies?” Because, if I were not behind with them I could not pursue them. A stands for Ambler, a town very noted. B stands for Botany, to which we’re devoted. C stands for Chemistry—see us turn pale! I) stands for Drawing— it’s all done ru scale. H stands for Entomology—the insect relation, F stands for Farming—a fine occupation, (I stands for Gardening—that’s more like vacation. II stands for Ilorti”—the joy of the nation. I stands for ideas—alas they are few, I stands for jokes—the old and the new, K stands for knives—we use them to graft, L stands for luncheon—a hasty repast. M stands for music—which all like to hear, X stands for names-—scientific ones, dear, () stands for onions—stewed, creamed or fried. I stands for poultry—we pick ’em alive, R stands for roads—we build them to last, S stands for summer—oh! may it come fast! T stands for trouble—which comes and which goes, U stands for us—whom everyone knows, V stands for vacation—that’s when we part. W stands for Wise-Acres—the joy of our heart. 24 Emily David