Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-26
SCHOOLS PLAN TO
PLANT MEMORIAL !
TREES IN SPRING


Schools of the country are writing
the names of their heroes on the
honor roll OF memorial trees being
compiled by the American Forestry
association at Washington. Such has
been the impetus given tree planting
by the association that in hundreds
of schools tree planting associations
are being organized fer the spring
work.
The most unique organization of this
kind is the Force school in Washing
ton which Quentin Roosevelt attended
twhen living at the White House. The
pupils planted tree in memory OF
tire former pupil, the only one to lose
his life in the world war. Miss Janet
MqWilliam appointed member OF
eaCEh class on a committee to care for
they tree Each one Of these twelve pu-
pills, upon graduating from his class
appoints for the incoming class a
member of the Quentin Roosevelt
Memorial Tree committee, Thus there
win be art Force school forever a COM
mittee to care for this tree for the son
Of the forIher president.
Reports N.o the American forestry
association, which is sending free tree
planting instruction and free day pro-
grams to any who ask. show the
schools OF Louisville to have taken the
lead thus far i'm tree planting, Under
the direction of Emile Yunker, more
than thousand trees have been plant.
ed by the victory gardeners. At Ing
tlianapols the Technical high school
planted 223 memorial trees in honor
Of her boys in the service. A Eemaris.
able tree planting service vas held.
All these trees have Been Registered
on the honor roll of the AsmsFican For
estry association. II you know of me-
mortal tree planting the ,assocatNn
at washington is anxious for you to
report it. In York county, APa. the
teachers have organized for treeA plant
ms,
The women's clubs of the coutktry
have organized for statewide treAe
planting this spring. In California;
each district of The federated clubs has
been supplied with tree planting data
from the association. IN Georgia the
tree planting was done in the winter
by the Georgia federation when thirty
one memorial groves were planted un-
der the direction of Julia Lester Dll-
Ion. In Delaware the federation IS CO.
operating with the great road building
program there in order to have the
highways of the state become one big
| Road to Remembrance" This is one
of the biggest progras before any
state" says Charles Lathrop Pack
president Of the American Forestry as
| ISOLATION. Every state should Watch
what General Du Pont and the state
of Delaware does. Samuel c. Lancas-
| ter, the highway engineer who butlt
the Columbia river highway. has sub
mitted a comprehensive plan to Cen
| eral Du Pont. This includes tree plant
| ing on an intelligent scale. m
| THE greatest educational campaign
| the country ever saw is being worked
i out through the schools Of the count-
4 try The coming generation viii know
/ the value of forestry TO the country IN
| which it lives Our forests are Ike a
] bank. We must deposit in them i we
| hope to draw out. Through the plant
ling of trees and the study of outdoor
/ life the children will easily take up
4 the economic side of the subject ana
/ understands what must be done toward
i saving our forests" ,s..s -.