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WITH THE TRUSTEE 



EVP:RY school 



in the State 

 should have at 

 least one tree. 

 If after three 

 years of Arbor 

 Day observances 

 not one tree is 

 growing, it is a 

 discredit and a 

 reproach to the 



pupils, to the teacher, and to the Trustees. There can be no sufficient 

 reason given for such a state of affairs, though lame excuses may be 

 found if sought for. 



One may say, "Oh, there is no fence round our school, and it is no use 

 to plant, for the stock will destroy the trees." True, but it wouldn't 

 hurt that school and that teacher to get four posts, some boards and 

 wire to build a fence to protect one tree. A nice pepper, or cottonwood, 

 or umbrella, that had been generously cared for for three years would 

 make quite an oasis in your desolation. 



Another will remark, "Oh, we have no water on our school grounds, 

 and we don't believe in planting things to die." Very good; but one of 

 the handsomest school yards in the State never had any water but what 

 one of the trustees hauled in a barrel, without 

 pay. 



There is a picture of it in another part of 

 this Manual. A lively school would find a way 

 'to make one tree grow freely and luxuriantly, 

 even if they had to carry water in a tin cup to 

 do it. 



Others exclaim, " We are not sure the school 

 will remain here there is talk of a change no 

 use to plant anything until we see." It would 

 not hurt the school to raise a tree or two anyhow ; 

 the children would be better off and the world 

 would be none the worse even if you did move 

 away and leave them. Plant a tree; it will be 

 growing while you sleep. An Arbor Day program in a school without 

 a tree is Faith without Works; and Faith without Works is dead. 



