The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-13
A Proclamation Of
ArbOr Day in Arizona
By the Governor
State House, Phoenix. Arizo

State House, Phoenix. Arizona.
Arizona, recognizing the value
and benefits of the custom in
augGrated by the State of Ne
braska shortly after the Civil
War, has decreed the observance
of Arbor Day and imposed upon
the Governor the duty of set
ting aside two days Zone for the
southern and the other for the
northern counties) on which ap-
propriate exercises shall accom-
pany the planting of trees, vines.
shrubbery and flowers by the
pupils Of public and private
schools.
In the pursuit of knowledge
there is a tendency to devote
our time to those subjects cal
culated to equip us mentally for
earning capacity, forgetting that
cultivation Of the esthetic is es-
sential to d complete and well
rounded education and, to the
enjoyment OF those things in
life not measured by the stand
ard of dollars and cents. Love
of nature is inherent in every
human being, but if not edu-
Gated or lead out, it becomes
dormant and atrophied. Nature
cannot speak her varied lang
uage to those who have ears to
hear and will not listen and eyes
to see and will not look. To
such a child or man there is no
music of the spheres, no melody
in the winds soughing through
the pines. For him the birds do
not chant a song of praise; there
is no e orv in the sunrise or les
son Of life in the sunset; the
desert is merely a barren waste
and the Grand Canyon is simply
a gigantic hole in the earth, in
stead of an awe inspiring color
fal creation Of the Master Painter
and Architect. Nature has been
prsdigal with her gifts, but with
/ our eyes to the ground instead
of upIifted to the everlasting
hills, and the skies which de-
clare the glory of their Maker,
we miss the beautiful visions
which have been created not
alone for our mental delectation,
but for the publication of our
souls.
1t is therefore vital that our
schools recognize the Importance
and necessity of impressing upon
/ the platte minds of our children
that through an understanding
/ Of Nature that they are better
able to comprehend what is good
and really worth while, and be-
/ come attuned to the Infinite.
/ Arbor Day therefore has more
I than utilitarian significance and
lit is meet and proper that these
deeper lessons should be dill
gently pursued.
Now, Therefore, |, Thomas E.
Campbell, Governor of Arizona,
/ by virtue of the authority vested
in me, and in conformity with
i the provisions of Paragraphs
i 2337-2840, Chapter Xxx of the
Revised Statutes Of Arizona, do
hereby designate Friday and set
apart. Friday the 9Th day of
February, 1920. as Arbor Day,
to be observed in the counties of
! Cochise, Gila, Graham, Green
/ lee. Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa
i Cruz and Yuma; and similarly
| hereby designate and set apart
i Friday, the End day of April,
1920, as Arbor Day for due OBJ
servance in the counties Of
Apache, Coconino, Navajo, Mo-
have and Yayapai.
And | also recommend that
observance of these occasions be
not confined to the schools of the
commonwealth, but that those
of older years pause from their
labors and with civic pride as
their actuating motive, aid IN
identifying the several commu-
mites in which they live.
In Witness Whereof, | have
hereunto set my hand and caused
/ the Great Seal of the State OF
Arizona to be affixed.
Done at Phoenix, the Capitol,
this the 30th day Of January 1920.
Thomas e. Campbell,
( Great Seal Of the Governor.
/ State Of Arizona
Attest: Nit Sims.
Secretary Of State.