THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 

 EMIL T. MISCHE, President. Portland, Ore. R. W. COTTERILL, Sec.-Treas., Seattle, Washington. 



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 lii'iiil III' the recreational iiunenieiit, 

 the iniiicipal ollieials att'ecteil 



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FROM THE PRESIDENT. 



Within tile |ia.-.t live years |Hililie rerreatioii adiiiiiiistrat iuii ha* 

 lUHiermnie a swift and radieal transfurnuitiim. We were told that 

 the old idea of parks hein^' heantiful is antii|nated rot; they must 

 be used for tramping' on and play of some sort: that park eom- 

 missioners were not proper ollieials to administer pnlilic recreation 

 and about eipuilly impotent were school boards. Xew York City 

 was one takin<; early action in establishinj; a "Recreation Coin- 

 mission" to condnct these affairs of social welfare. 



A bill was recently passed empowerinfj tlie commissioners of 

 New York parks, to control all playi,'ronnds and recreational ])ro]i- 

 erty outside of that under llie jiirisilicl ion of the Hoard of Kiluea- 

 tion. The Public K^'cri-atioM ( oiiiniission appro\'ed the ai'tion of 

 abolishing its existence. 



It is suggested that some 

 causes of this action, also tlie 

 be discussed in these rnliiiiii 

 by the changes. 



It would appear that in tlu 

 of the |)roponents of social w 

 the rellex action setting in. 



Our ideas on community responsibility for individual widl being 

 is ever increasing, broadening and deepening. The more readily 

 we can separate the fads and foolishness always attaching to any 

 laudable movement from the real merit the iiiiicker will be oin 

 real advance. Let us have light ! 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS. 



Superintendent A. A. l-'i~k. of Uacine. \\ i>.. ha- conic forward 

 with a suggestion whi(di is wurtliy of consideration hy every mem- 

 ber, regarding securing jiark commissioners, city ollieials and 

 others as Sustaining .Members in arcordance with the new consti- 

 tutional anu'udment passed at tlic Sau Francisco convention, 

 which makes it possible for any ]ici>ou directly or indirectly con- 

 nected with or interested in ])ark work, becoming a member of 

 cm" association as a Sustaining Member, contiibut ing .flO per 

 year. 



Siieh members will be privilcLicd to attend our iinuciitioiis as 



non-voting members, will receive our i tlily magazine and other 



bulletins and publications and will undoubtedly receive from fel- 

 low members park reports from all over the country as well as 

 being able to secure information by con cspoiulence. etc., from 

 fellow members. 



Mr. Fisk believes that if our members will take hold of this 

 matter that many recruits can be securi'il and our association 

 strengthened financially and otlierw i>e. lie suggests that mem- 

 bers who have reason to think that uicmlieis of their board or 

 commission would join the association. re(|uest the secretary to 

 send them a letter setting forth the jiossibility and desiraliility of 

 sustaining membershi|i and asking him to bring the matter to tlie 

 attention of his board. This will give liini an excuse to liiiiig the 

 matter up and may helji in getting results. 



Such a letter has been sent to .Mr. Fisk. and the secretary will 

 be glad on request to write such a letter to any member- who thinks 

 it will be a help. The president ami secretary now have full 

 power to accept ami enroll Sustaining 

 all tliat is necessary is to semi in t 

 the endorsement of a memlier. 



If the association can secure, say 

 is not at all im])ossible, it would mean that we Wdiild be able to 

 issue more valuable bulletins and panipldets, which would be of. 

 benefit to all. 



A quarterly bulletin would be a line tiling, but it is out of the 

 question with our present revenues. Increased revenue means 

 increased usefulness of our organization through a greater dis- 

 semination of data. 



Here is a chance to help the association and help yourself at 

 the same time. We will publish a Roll of Honor of those wlio 

 secure one or more Sustaining Members and your otfieers hope it 

 will be a long one. 



Members at any time, so 

 iiaiiie and the iiionev, with 



fill Sustainiii" .Members, which 



The Secretary has on hand at all times a list of niemliers who 

 are either disengaged or on the lookout for a new or better assign- 

 ment, therefore members who have information as to prospective 

 openinss should supply the Secretary with same and he will do 

 the follow-up work. 



"It's little for many that one I'lin do. Iml the many 

 can always help one." 



IN MEMORIAM. 



Following a piotrai-led illness e.stending o\cr a pci iud nf a \ car 

 and a half. Chas. G. Carpenter, for eleven yeais superinteiideiil of 

 the Milwaukee I'ark Department, died on November l."i. 



Mr. Carjienter was n7 years of age and was born in \\ indsor. 

 Wis. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin as a civil 

 engineer, a profession, however, which iie never followed. .After 

 his graduation he went to Omaha, where he established himsidf as 

 a landscape gardener, remaining there until l!)(t4, when he went 

 to Milwaukee to take charge of the park system of that city. 



.Mioiit a year and a half ago he sullcied a stroke of paralysis 

 and tliis, together with heart trouble and arterial sclerosis, was 

 the cause of his death. During all of his long illness the I'ark 

 Roard of Milwaukee, fully ap|ireeiativ(' of his work in that city, 

 held his position ojien. 



He is survived by a widow, two s<ms and two daiiglitcrs, and 

 it goes without saying that the sympathy of our mcnilieiship "ocs- 

 out to the members of the bereaved familv. 



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Mr. Carpenter always took an active interest in the all'airs of 

 the association, becoming a member in liHIS at the Minneapolis, 

 session and afterwards attended the sessions at llarrisburg. Kan- 

 sas City, Boston and Deii\ci. lie had served as vice-president and 

 was usually a member of the important committees whicdi had 

 to do with the shaping oi thr policies of the association. At the 

 rerciii San Francisco i oiimhI ion he was given a heavy eonipli- 

 nicnlaiy vote for president, and hail he been ]iresent would have 

 probaidy been elected. In the death of Mr. Carpenter the city 

 of Milwaukee loses a iiiosf rllicicnt park executive, and our ass()- 

 eialion loses one ot its most lespcctcd and valuable members. 



PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. 



Wra. S. Egerton, after thirty-nine years of service in the Al- 

 ban.v, N. Y., park department, has given u|) the position of sujier- 

 intendent and is devoting himself to consultation w-ork as land- 

 -seape architect and engineer, which he finds both agreeable and 

 remunerative. Mr. Egerton is a veteran mcniber of our association 

 and was its president in 1004. 



Clarence L. Rrock, superintendent at Ibpiiston. Texas, is a busy 

 man prejiaring the convention gardens in Sam Houston Park for 

 the lOlfi convention of the Society of .\mcriiiiii l-'lorists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists. 



Mr. Rrock will undoubtedly be with us at the .Vew Orleans eon- 

 vcntion. and hopes that many of our members will be able to in- 

 clude Houston in their itinerar,v. 



John D. JlcFwen. su|ierintendent of Qneensborough park depart- 

 ment. New- York, is the latest victim of the Xew York City sys- 

 tem of changes and n'organization or disorganization, whichever 

 you may prefer to call it. 



His position has been abolished and he is to retire on .Tanuary 1. 

 Mr. MeEwen is one of the new members of the association, a man 

 of culture and ability, and made many warm friends while touring 



