THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 

 G. X. AMRHYN, Pres., New Haven, Conn. R. W. COTTERILL, Sec.-Treas., Seattle, Washington. 



ASSOCIATION NOTES. 



.\t this writing (July i!7 i it Ic.nUs as if "«■ would fail to have 

 the 101) passeiljjors iicecssary fur the special train from Chii-a.^o 

 to .San Francisco. 



In tlic event tliat tins liappi^ns the ])arty will lie assigned to 

 specal cars attaclu'd to regular trains, and the only material 

 ciianiie in the itinerary announced will lie as follows: Aiijiust 

 I'i leave Spokane at H:lr> p. m.. instead of at midnight; arrive at 

 Seattle on the 13tli at S;4.") a. ni. instead of at noon. 



.\n error occurred in tli 



pridiniinary annouiiceiiieiit, as to tlie 



date the jiarty will leave San Francisco, wliicli will lie at s ].. m.. 

 on the 'i'ltli. in lieu of 7:4o a. in. on the -.i^nd, as ajnimniced. 

 The transportation committee chan^etl tlieir minds in this partic- 

 ular, and overlooked advisin<>' the secretary, hence the mistalce. 



Present indications are that aliout 7.'> people will join tlie 

 special party via the Pacific Northwest. Chairman Merk(d. of 

 the transportation committee, has a ]iartv of i't sii^ned up from 

 the New York district, and at least .'id others will join the party 

 at Chicago, Minneapolis and points westward. 



Returns in the hands of the secretary up to July 28 show 

 that the following will be in the party: G. X. Amryhn, of Xew 

 Haven : Fred C. Green, of Providence; Miss Una Keith, of 

 Bridgeport; Hermann Merkell. .I<ihn D. McKwan and J. 1. 

 Levison, of New York; Jl. C. Kliel, of JIadison ; all starting from 

 New York. At Chicago there will he H. S. Itichards. J. H. Prost. 

 Walter Wrigiit. Theo. Gross, of Chicago: Alex Fiske, of Racine: 

 Dan 11. KIlis, of Saginaw: Eugene (ioehel, of (iraud Rapids; 

 !■;. P. (Trillin, of East St. Louis. At Minneapolis there will he 

 Theodore Wirth. C. A. Bossen, Ij. P. .Jensen, of St. Louis: C. B. 

 Wolf, of Hihbing, Minn.; Geo. Cliampion, of Winnipeg, and sev- 

 eral new members which Mr. Wirth is lining up. At Spokane 

 tlieri' will be J. W. Duncan and Carl Fohn, of Colorado Springs, 

 with possibly several others of the Colorado delegation. At Seat- 

 tle thei-e will be J. W. Thompson, R. W. Cotterill and several 

 ni'w members, including W. R. Reader, of Calgary; W. S. Raw- 

 lings, of N'ancouver. and .Jolin Gibson, of liidliugham. At Port- 

 land K. F. Mische and Jas. 0. Conville will join the party. F. S. 

 Mulford has been migrating on tlie Coast for some time, and will 

 join the party at the convention, 'i'his list is not complete, and 

 there are many who are going by direct route to San Francisco, 

 :ind will make the retin'u trip with tlie )iarty. 



lli're is brietly what the party nuiy expect in tlii' Wiiy of enter- 

 tainment at stop-over points en route 



At Chicago: Eastern party will be met at trains and taken 

 for all day auto tour of all boulevards of the Lincoln. West Park 

 and South Park systems, with luncheon served at Lincoln Park. 

 Party delivered liack to train for Minni'ajiolis at (i::!0 p. ni. 



At Minneapolis: Party will be met at train at 8 a. m.. and 

 taken to breakfast at Klks Club. Then oil on all day auto tour 

 of all boulevards and parks, nursery, bath-houses, etc. Pav- 

 ing plant and dredger plant in operation will give demonstra- 

 tions. Luncheon at Minekahda Club. Sujijier, Minnehaha Park, 

 and special evening concert at Lake Harriet Roof Garden ; then 

 the autos to the train. Mr. Wirth and the Minneapolis Park 

 board, with their famous spirit of hosintality, have ])lanned 

 sonn.'thing for every minute of tlie st;iy in tlie city, and it will 

 sure be one big day. 



.-\t S|)okane: No information at hand at this time, but .1. \\ . 

 Duncan is working on a day's program that will not be huk- 

 ing in any respect. 



-U Seatth': Autos will be at train for all day auto tour of parks 

 an<l playgrounds, and the scenic Lake Washington Boulevard 

 system, with steamer ride on Lake Washington, ])icnic lunch at 

 \Voodland Park, informal dinner at Seattle Commercial Club, and 

 evening theatre party. 



.\t Tacoma: Party will be met at steamer from Seattle, and 

 taken for afternoon auto ride, with picnic su])per in the famous 

 Point Defiance Park. Evening free. 



At Portland: Party will be met at train by autos. then off on 

 auto tour of the new Columbia River .Scenic Highwav, along 

 which is leated the 14,000 acre reserve recently turned over to 

 Portland Park system by the United States government. 

 I^tuicheon will be served en route, and party returned to evening 

 train. 



the choice of phiri> of next I -ling. Iiiasui'.icli as there Inis been 



i|uite an expression in |irevious yi^ars that we should hold a 

 convention in the South, several southern cities are going to get 

 busy this year. 



St. Louis was the first to send in an imitation, then came 

 ilemphis with ;i linncli of documents from all ollicials from the 

 governor down, and tlien canu> .Vew Orleans with all sorts of 

 credentials, and they will ;ilso have representatives at the cini- 

 vention to press their claims, something they have never had be- 

 fore. There is a ]iossibility that Cliicago will ;iIso extend an in- 

 \'itation. 



The Special Park Conunission of Chicago comes to the front 

 tills year by sending its superintendent, J, H. Prost; secretary, 

 Walter Wright, and su|)crintendent of playgrounds, Theo, Gross, 

 to the convention. South Park used to be the whole show in 

 Chicago in this respect, but this vear tliev have taken ii b;ick 

 seat. 



There will be ipiite likcdy a li\idy contest in connection with 



Here is just a little tip to those wlii> attend the coii\ cut ion. 

 The people of San Francisco are rather sensitive about their 

 city being called ■'Frisco." and don't like the abbrex i:ition ;i lit- 

 tle bit, so remember it is San Francisco. 



The secretary at this time has ten applications for nieinlM'rshi|) 

 in his hands, live of which he: seeiu'ed himself as per pr<iinise. 

 We ho])e that inir member;i a''e coming to the convention with 

 signed a]i]dications in their pockets, as we need more membi'rs. 



PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION AND 

 BY-LAWS. 



Article 1. Section 1. To be amended to read as follows: 

 Section 1. 'I'he name of this organization shall be The Anu'ri- 

 can Park .Association. 



Article 2, to be anieiided to read as follows: 



ARTICLE II. 



.MEMDEKSHIP. 



Section 1. The Association shall consist of Senior, .Inior. As- 

 sociate, Sustaining and Honorary memliers. 



Section 2. Senior Mejiheus. A Senior member shall be a 

 person of at least five (o) years' practical experience as superin- 

 tendent, assistant su]ierintendent, landsca]ie architect or engineer, 

 forester or otlier park executive of :i |iublic or private park or 

 park system, or a specialist in arboiiculture or forestry, or whose 

 chief employment shall be as engineer or designer in the creation 

 of parks. Training, experience and ability shall be prime recpiis- 

 ites to entitle ap]dicants to recognition as Senior members, and 

 all applications must be approved by the executive committee. 



Section -3. .Iumor Memheh.s. (ynalifications for Junior nu>m- 

 liership shall be the same as fen- Senior members, except that 

 five years' ex|ii'rience or si'r\ ice shall not be required. Persons 

 admitted as .Junior mi'mbers nury become Senior membrs at such 

 time as they can cpuilify, by making application, approved by tlie 

 executive committci'. at any annual session, and if ap]iro\<'d. shall 

 be classified thereafter as .Seniors. 



Section 4. A.s.soci.\te Members. Park commissioners, secre- 

 taries or other oflicials directly connected with park or recrea- 

 tiouiil work or persons interested in or connected with horticul- 

 ture who may be deenied desirable as members, shall be eligible 

 as Associate nu'mhers, subject to approval of executive coiumit- 

 tee and annual convention ; prorUled, that oflicials shall cease to 

 be members one year :ifter retirenu'ut from public service except 

 as otherwise juovidi'd herein. 



Section .'>. Scst.mm.xg .\Iemhers. Park commissions or other 

 governing bodies, which contribute ten dollars ($10) annually 

 to the Association, shall be enrolled as Sustaining memliers. and 

 shall be entitled to tlic ])Ulp|ications :uid information service of 

 the Association. 



Section G. Honor.vrv .Me.mhers. Persons who hav(' by their 

 work or writings greatly furthered the interests and objects of 

 the Association, may be designated as Honorary members, U|ion 

 unanimous recommendation of the executive conunittee and unan- 

 imous approval of the annual convention. 



Section 7. All applications for membership sh:ill lie submitted 

 to the executive committee for reconiiiu'iid;itioii, prior to submis- 

 sion to tlie annual convention for acceptance or rejection. The 

 president and secretary shall, however, be empowered to accept 

 and enroll Sustaining iiicniliers at any time. 



