Evening star., 1925-03-01
APPALACHIAN TRAIL
! WILL Be DISCUSSED
New England Georgia Line
to Be Taken Up at
Parley Tomorrow.

Discussion of the proposed skyline
footpath to trace the summit of the
Appalachian Mountain range from
New England to Georgia will take
place at the two-day conference
under the auspices of the Federated
Societies" which will open in the
Raleigh Hotel tomorrow afternoon at
c:l5. The societies consist of the
American Civic Association. e.
American Institute of Park Execu
tives, the American Park Society and
the National Conference on State
Parks.
Maj. William a. Welch. director OF
the Federated Societies, will preside
at the opening session, while a well
coming address will be delivered by
Frederic Delano, president of the
Federated Societies and of the Amer
tcan Civic Association. Addresses
VIII then be delivered on subjects
pertaining to the general develop
ment OF the trail. as follows
List of Addresses
The Appalachian Trail Project by
Benton Mackaye of the Regional
Association of America, New York
city; History of the Appalachian
Trail Project" by Clarence S. Stein.
secretary of the Regional Flaming
Association of America: What Has
Aeen Done in Trail Making, by Ray
mond II. Torrey, field secretary for
Survey of State Parks, under direc-
tion of the National Conference on
State Parks, at the request of the
National Conference on Outdoor Rec
reation; The Delaware Hudson
Trail" by Frank Place, secretary of
the New York New Jersey Trail
Conference and Appalachian Noun
tain Club. and Tributary Trails" by
Fred +. Schuetz of the Scout Leaders
Association of Newark. n. J. There
will be an informal dinner at $50
O'Clock, with Mr.. Delano presiding.
At session tomorrow night at $50
o'clock addresses will be delivered in
the following order:
The Appalachian Trail as a Fire
Guard, by Raymond A. Ado1ph, of
the Forester Palisades Interstate
Park, Biauvelt, n. j.: The Nature
Guide Service" by F. E. Matthes of
the United States Geological Survey,
and Going Light" by A c. Comey,
secretary of the New England Trail
Conference, Cambridge, Mass
Another session will be held in the
motel Tuesday morning at $50 o'clock.
with VIII o. Doolittle, secretary and
treasurer of the American Institute
of Park Executives and managing
editor of Parks and Recreation, pre-
siding. The opening address will be
delivered by A. L. Rupp of the De-
partment of Forests and Waters, Har-
rfsburg, Pa, on THE PENNSYLVANIA
Trail" Addresses will then be made
on The Upper Shenandoah Trail" by
9. Freeman Pollock, president of,the
Northern Virginia Park Association:
THE Lower Shenandoah Trail" by
DR.. H. S. Hedges of Charlottesville,
Va, and The Great Smoky Trail" by
Paul NJ. Fink of Jone boro Tefin
A luncheon will be held at 1880
O'Clock in the afternoon, with John
Barton Payne. chairman of the
National Conference on State Parks,
presiding, and an address will be de-
Hvered on Trails in the Northern
Parks" by Stephen T. Mather. di-
rector of National Park Service
The conference will convene in
business session at 2:15 o'clock, with
Maj. William A. Welch presiding
The officers of the societies repre-
sented at the conference are as fol-
lsEs; ,
Delano, president: William A. Welch.
director; Harlean James executive
secretary. and George w. White,
treasurer
American Civic Association-Fred-
eric A. Delano, president; Harlean
James. secretary, and Clinton Rogers
Woodruff, treasurer
American Institute of Park Execu-
tives and American Park Society
c. III. Needs, president; Adam
kokankie, vice president, and VIII o.
Doolittle, secretary-treasurer
National Conference on State
Parks-John Barton Payne chair
man; Stephen T. Mather, vice chair
man, and Beatrice NJ. Ward, secre-
tary-treasurer