The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1920-02-06
A PROCLAMATION OF ARsoR DAY
BY The Governor

Arizona, recognizing the value and
benefits of the custom inaugurated by
the State of Nebraska shortly after
the Civil War, has decreed the OBJ
servance of Arbor Day and imposed
upon the Governor the duty of setting
aside two days Zone for the southern
and the other for the northern coun-
tries) on which appropriate exercises
shall accompany the planting of trees
vines, shrubbery and flowers by the
pupils of public and private schools.
In the pursuit of knowledge there is
tendency to devote our time to
those subjects calculated to equip us
mentally for earning capacity, forget
ting that cultivation of the esthetic
is essential to a complete and well
rounded education and to the enjoy
ment of those things in life not meas
ured by the standard of dollars and
cents. Love of nature is inherent in
every human being, but if not educat-
ed or lead out, it becomes dormant and
atrophied. Nature cannot speak her
varied language to those who have
ears to hear and will not listen and
eyes to see and will not look. To such
child or man there is no music of
the spheres, no melody in the winds
souehing through the pines. For him
| the birds do not chant a song Of
praise; there is no glory in the sun
rise or lesson of life in the sunset;
| the desert is merely a barren waste
and the Grand Canyon is simply
gigantic hole in the earth, instead Of
an awe inspiring colorful creation of
the Master Painter and Architect. Ma
ture has been prodigal with her gifts,
/ but with our eyes to the ground in
stead of lifted upward to the ever
lasting hills, and the skies which de-
clare the glory to their Maker, we
miss the beautiful visions which have
been created not alone for our men,
tai delectation, but for the publication
of our souls.
1t is therefore vital that our schools
recognize the importance and necess-
ity of impressing upon the plastic mind
of our children that through an un-
derstanding of Nature they are bet
ter able to comprehend what is good
and really worth while, and become
, attuned to the Infinite Arbor Day
therefore has more than utilitarian
Significance and it is meet and proper
that these deeper lessons should be
, diligently pursued
Now therefore, 1, Thomas E. Camp
; bell, Governor of Arizona, by virtue
, of the authority vested in me, and in
4 conformity with the provisions of
:. Paragraphs 2S37-2S4O, Chapter Xxx OF
4 the Revised Statutes of Arizona, dc
: hereby designate Friday and set a.
;. part, Friday the 9th day of February
1920 as Arbor Day to be observed in
the Counties of Cochise, ella, Ora
ham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Pima Pinal
Santa Cruz, and Yuma; and similarly
. | ASISDy uColShdtC anu oOS oPciI ANe-J
the End day of April, 1920 as Arbo1
Day for due observance in the Coun
!. ties of Apache, Coconino, Navajo, Mo
have and Yavapai.
i. And l also recommend that obser
vance of these occasions be not con
v fined to the schools of the common
wealth but that those of older years
!, pause from their labors and with civic
n. pride as their actuating motive, ait
II in identifying the several communi
IN ties in which they live
In witness whereof, have hereunt'
set my hand and caused the Grea
Seal of the State of Arizona to b.
affixed
Done at Phoenix, the Capital, thi
the Goth day of January, 1920
:. Great Seal of the State of Arizona.
Thomas E. Campbell,
Governor of Arizona.
Attest: Mitt Simms, Secretary of tn
- State. By R. E. McGillen, Assistan
Secretary.
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