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know what we are doing'. It is consoling 

 to know that some faults have been cor- 

 rected. We are hoping for frequent visits 

 in the future. 



Once a golfer, always a golfer, with no 

 leisure time for anything but golf. I 

 admire this club and these enthusiastic 

 people. A thing that is worth doing at 

 all is worth doing whole-heartedly. A 

 golfer would so act if he should take an 

 interest in nature study. We know that 

 such will understand why we at ArcAdiA 

 have no time to play golf. I must content 

 mvself with a distant view of the links. 



presents golf links to people financially 

 less favored. There are thousands of 

 dollars given to keep people indoors, to 

 provide institutions for the care of con- 

 sumptives, but where is the wise philan- 

 thropist that will make golf links available 

 to those less successful in financial mat- 

 ters ; A sanatorium for the alleviation 

 or the cure of consumption is a good 

 thing. It is perhaps better to provide 

 spacious and palatial buildings for libra- 

 ries. Young Men's Christian Associations, 

 Rescue Homes, settlements, hospitals, 

 but whv does not some lover of golf who 



THE GOLF PROFESSOR GIVING A PRACTICAL LECTURE ON 



ING OUTDOOR EXERCISE." 



'THE BENEFITS OF INTEREST- 



and an occasional visit to these cordial 

 and hospitable people, and I must try not 

 to be disappointed if they do not honor 

 us by rushing to become members, nor 

 by such frequent visits as we should like 

 them to make. There is a zest in the golf- 

 er's manner of occupying his spare time 

 in his favorite field, but what shall we 

 say of the astonishing indifference of so 

 many people who make no efi^ort to get 

 into God's outdoors, but confine them- 

 selves in stuffy rooms devoted to "the 

 movies" or some other form of entertain- 

 ment that deprives them of the joys of 

 the fresh air and of the open country ? 



Exclusiveness is the one criticism that 

 may be made of golfing. This will prob- 

 ably continue until some philanthropist 



possesses millions of dollars provide golf 

 grounds for clerks, factory workers, 

 sales people and school teachers? These 

 would enjoy the swinging of golf sticks 

 and the exhilarating walk across the links. 



I realize that some people will never 

 take an intellectual interest in nature. 

 They may go a-fishing or fill a basket 

 with mushrooms, under the delicious 

 hypocrisy that they are seeking" something 

 for the table when in reality their own 

 heart is, maybe unconsciously, seeking 

 contact with the heart of Nature. They 

 need not be ashamed to confess it. The 

 things that touch the inner life are often 

 reluctantly admitted. They need not be. 

 So to confess is an honor. 



The Sound Beach Golf Club may have 



