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

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O F THE shed is being: constructed in order that the students may have ample opportunity for practical work. In July of this year the School of Horticulture will hold its first Commencement, with three members in the graduating class. 1918 It is spring in the year 1918 and there is tremendous activity at the School of Horticulture. America has entered the World War and throughout the nation there is an intense interest in food production as a measure of national defense. Special courses are being organized at the School to train leaders for the Women’s Land Army. Intension courses are being given in many nearby communities and a Canning Kitchen has been opened at the School. A friend has given to the School two little Jersey calves, named Raleigh’s Fairy Pet and Golden Maid’s Gala Primrose. 1928 A new dormitory is being built to provide facilities for housing the rapidly increasing number of students; The members of the Board of Directors are carrying their drive for funds to a successful completion, and the construction of the new building is progressing rapidly. It will contain accommodations for fifty students, administration offices, a pleasant recreation room, a library, and a dining hall. A new garden is being laid out where the old vineyard and the orchard used to be. Kaeh member of the Alumnae Association is giving a little hemlock tree for a hedge about the garden. The members of the Board are giving Japanese S C H O O L cherry trees for the planting of two long aisles in the east and west sections of the garden and the students are building the all below the terrace. It is a time of great activity and everyone is working ith joy and enthusiasm. 1941 It is spring again. The flowering cherry trees in the garden are tipped with pink, and a myriad narcissi are in flower in the woodland. A rich tapestry of green is being woven upon the fertile farm fields and the fawn-colored Jersey calves frolic in the barnyard. The hemlock hedge about the garden has attained dignified proportions and the elms by the dormitory cast their pleasant shade upon the terrace. A new greenhouse has been built for work in Experimental Botany, a new Rose Garden has been laid out, and a Delphinium Trial Garden has been established. The Jersey cows are on official test and a gold medal has been awarded to the School in recognition of the fact that the herd was the highest producing herd in Pennsylvania for the year 1940. To aid in the National Defense Program a Summer Session is being organized with special emphasis on food production, and once again the School of Horticulture stands ready to play its part in time of national emergency. 1961 In the year 1961 the School of Horticulture will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. May the School carry out many of its cherished plans, and may the years that lie ahead be tilled with worthy accomplishments ! 9

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