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August 22, 190S 



American Association of Park Superintends 



As briefly stated in our issue of last 

 weak this organization convened at 

 Minneapolis, Minn., on August 11, 12 

 and 13, this being the tenth annual 

 meeting. The opening session was 

 ■called to order by President J. F. 

 Cowell at 10.30 A.M., Aug. 11, in the 

 Mayor's reception room in the City 

 Hall and introduced Alderman Merrill, 

 president of the City Council, who 

 made a speech of hearty welcome in 

 which he paid an appreciative tribute 

 to the Superintendent of the Minne- 

 apolis park system. Mr. Theodore 

 Wirth, and told of some of the roman- 

 tic features of the splendid reserva- 

 tion under his care. He was followed 

 by the President of the Park Com- 

 missioners, Mr. Northrop, who spoke 

 eloquently of the parks as the most 

 valuable asset a city can have. Thi 

 give each day new life, new energy 

 and new courage to thousands of the 

 city toilers and it is this thought that 

 inspires, sustains and rewards the 

 members of the park boards of our 

 cities, who give their time without 

 money compensation to this, work. He 



gave an interesting account of what 

 had already been accomplished and 



John w. Duncan 



President-elect American Association of 

 Park Superintendents. 



what it was hoped to accomplish in 

 Minneapolis and seconded the sincere 

 welcome extended by Mr. Merrill. Hon. 

 C. N. Loring the "father of the Minne- 

 apolis park system" was next pre- 

 sented and extended a very hearty' 

 greeting to the visitors. President .1. 

 F. Cowell then voiced the gratitude 

 and appreciation of his Society for the, 

 kind words which had been said. 



The regular order of business was 

 then taken up, the first item being the 

 report of the Executive Committee, 

 wlii eh was ratified and accepted: 

 Twenty-one applications for member- 

 ship wei e favorably acted upon. 



The report of Secretary F. L. Mul- 

 ford was next presented. The mem- 

 bership of the Society, he said, now 

 comprised two honorary and eighty 

 active. A new section in the Consti- 

 tution was favorably acted upon, 

 whereby park boards or governing 

 bodies may become "sustaining" mem- 

 bers on payment of ten dollars an- 

 nually. 



The place of meeting for next year 

 was the sub.iect next taken up. The 

 Executive Committee recommended 

 Harrisburg, Pa. Invitations eloquent 

 and forceful were successively pre- 

 sented from Kansas City, Mo., Chi- 



