Evening star., 1924-10-05
PARK EXTENSION
TOPIC AT MEETING
Distinguished Speakers to
Explain Needs in District
tuesday Night.

Need of charging the park facIli-
ties of Washington will be the topic
of discussion by a group of the Ma
tion's leading authorities on park de
velopment and a number of Wash
ingtonS citizens Interested in aug
menting the park system of the Capt
tai at the initial meeting TUESDAY
night of the park conference of the
American Civic Association.
Meeting in the small ballroom of
the New willard Hotel, the confer
cnce will take up the general topic
of the parks Of the National Capital
while the different angles of park
needs ara the relation of parks to
the general city plan will be discussed
by men prominent in the affair."
of the city and others foremost in
park promotion work throughout the
country.
Will Hold Joint Session.
The meeting will be d JOINT one
with the American Institute of Park
Executives and the American Park
Society and will be followed Wednes-
day and Thursday by other meetings
of the American Civic Association. To
he concluded with the annual meet
ing of the association Thursday
night.
Aims and purposes of the Capital
Park Commission will he outlined in
detail by Col. e. O. Sheriff.. officer in
charge of public buildings and
grounds. and secretary of the Capita
Park Commission. and Maj. James r
Bell. Engineer Commissioner of the
District and d member of the com
mission. while d group of Washing
ton men composed of William +. GUIDE
representing the business men.
Charles :. Baker. r. presenting the
Federation OF Citizens Associations;
Arthur &. Moses. representing the
Chamber of Commerce. and Charles r.
Consaul. represe nting the Board Of
Trade. will talk briefly on the need
for park extension in Washington
r. a. Deiano to Preside.
Frederic a. Delano. chairman of the
Washington committee of 100 on the
Federal city, will preside, while the
Introductory speech will be made by
Theodore Wirth, president of the
American Institute of Park Execu-
tiveS of Minneapolis. Charles Moore.
chairman of the National Commission
of Fine Arts. will discuss the speech
made by Col. Sheriff. while Fred q
Coldren, chairman of the committe {
on parks Of the Board of Trade. VIII
discuss the speech of MAJ. Sell
Frederick Law Olmsted jr, a mem
Der of the Senate Park Commission
of 1901. will spea ak on The Relation
of City and Regional Planning to the
Capital Park system with discus
sion by Sid J. Hare of Kansas City.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes. superin-
tendent of Fairgrounds OF Washing
ton: Col. Sheriff., r. j. Brunner. su-
perintendent of the municipal swim
ming pools of the city. and Capt
Horace w. Peaslee, a Washington
architect. are to be among the speak :
ers at the morning meeting WedneS
day, to be followed by an automobile
trip to the Arlington Experiment Sta
tion and trip through the parks and
public grounds of the city.
Arno B. Cammerer. assistant di-
rector of the National Park Service.
and Ovid NJ. Butler, secretary of the
American Forestry Association. will
speak Wednesday night, when the
topic will be National Parks and
Forests" Three roundtable discus
sions will be held Thursday, to be
followed by the annual monthly Thurs
day night at 1920 Sixteenth street, al
which officers will be elected.