Williams news., 1920-02-13
PHOENIX, ARIZONA. A Proclamation of Arbor Day
 By the Governor

 ue and benefits of the custom inaugurated by the State of Ne braska shortly after the Civil War has decreed the obervance of Arbor Day and imposed upon the Governor the duty of set ting aside two days Gone for the southern and the other forthe northern counties) on which appropriate exercises shall ac- company 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 calcu- lated to equip us mentally for earning capacity, forgetting that cultivation of the esthetic is essential to a complete and well rounded education and to the enjoyment of those things in life not measured by the standard of dollars and cents. Love of nature is inheirant in every human being, but if not educated or led out, it becomes dormant or 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>o 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 glory in the sunrise or lesson of life in the sunset; the desert is merely a barren waste and the Grand Canyon is simply a gigantic hole in the earth, instead of an awe inspir- ing colorful creation of the Master Painter and Architect. Nature has been prodigal with her gifts, but with our eyes to the ground instead of lifted up- ward to the everlasting hills, and the skies which declare the glory ot their Maker, we miss the beautiful visions which have been created not alone for our mental delectation, but for the purifcation of our souls.
 It is therefore vital that our schools recognize the import ance and necessity of impress ing upon the plastic minds of our children that through an understanding of Nature they are better able to comprehend what is good and really worth while, and become attuned to the Infinite. Arbor Day there fore has more than utilitarian significance and it is meet and proper that these deeper lessona should be diligently pursued.
 Now Therefore, I, Thomas B. Campbell, Governor of Ari- zona, by virtue of the authority vested in me, and in conformity with the provisions of Para graphs 2837-284O, Chapter xxx of the Revised Statutes of Ari- zona, do hereby designate Fri day and set apart, Friday the 9th day of February, 1920, as Arbor Day, to be observed in the Counties of Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz and | Yuma; and similarly I hereby designate and set apart Friday the End day of April, 1920 as Arbor Day for due observance in the counties of Apache, Co., 1 conino, Navajo, Mohave and Yavapai.
 And I also recommend that 1 observance of these occasions be not confined to the schools of the commonwealth. but that 1 those of older years pause from 1 their labors and with civic pride !! as their actuating motive, and | in beautifying the several com nunities in which they live.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
 have hereunto set my hand |
 and caused the Great Seal of
 the State of Arizona to be of
 fixed.
 (Great Seal of the
 State of Arizonao
 Done at Phoenix, the Capital,
 this the 3Oth day of January.
 1920.
 THOMAS E. CAMPBELL. |
 Governor of Arizona | Attest.
 M1TT~ SIMS,