The Winslow mail., 1920-02-06
A PROCLAMATION

Arizona, recognizing the value and
Deneflts of the custom inaugurated by
the State of Nebraska shortly after the
civil Wars has decreed the observance
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 counties)
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
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 complete and we'll
rounded education and to the enjoy
ment of those things in life not mea-
sured 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 strophied. Nature cannot speak
her varied language to those who have
ears to hear and will not listen and
eyes to see and not look. To such
child or man there is no music of the
spheres, no melody in the winds
soughing through the pines. For him
che birds do not chant song of
praise; there is no glory in the sun
rise or lesson of life in the sunset;
he deert is merely barren waste and
che Grand Canyon is simply gigantic
aole in the EARTH instead of an awe
inspiring colorful creation of the
Master Painter and Architect. Nature
Aas been prodigal with her gifts, but
with our eyes to the ground instead of
lifted upward to the everlasting hills
and the skies which declare 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 neces-
sity of impressing 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 be-
oft IN hn TVf frit S,,ho
Day therefore has more than utili-
tartan 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
conformity with the provisions of
Paragraphs 2S372S4O, 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 ella, Graham
Greenlee, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal
Santa Cruz, and Yuma; and similarly
[ hereby designate and set apart Fri
day the End day of April, 1920 as
Arbor Day for due observance in the
counties of Apache, Coconino, Navajo
Mohave and Yavapai
And l also recommend that obsef-
vance of these occasions be not con-
fined to the schools of the common
wealth, but that those OF older years
pause from their labors and with civic
pride as their actuating motive, aid in
beautifying the several communities 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 affixed.
Done at Phoenix, the Capitol, this
the 3Oth day of January, 1920.
THOMAS E. CAMPBELL,
Governor of Arizona.
Attest: MITT SININS,
Secretary of State,
By R. E. McGILLEN,
Assistant Secretary.