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Chairman. All in favor of this nomination will please say aye.~ 

 Those who are apposed no. 



All. Aye. 



Chairman. The ayes have it, and White Ash is elected secretary. - 

 (She takes her place at a desk or table near the chair naan.) 



Chairman. Our musician, White Pine, has kindly arranged the 

 music for us. She sings only when the spirits move her. We may 

 know when that is by the peculiar swaying of her head. At the sway- 

 ing let us suspend business and listen. She moves — we will hear.- 



UNDER THE. GREENWOOD TREE. 



Under the greenwood tree 

 Who loves to lie with me, 

 And tune his merry note 

 Unto the sweet bird's throat. 

 Come hither, come hither, 



Here shall he see 



No enemy, 

 But winter and rough weather. 



Who doth ambition shun, 

 And loves to live i' the sun. 

 Seeking the food he eats. 

 And pleased with what he gets. 

 Come hither, come hither, 



Here shall he see 



No enemy, 

 But winter and rough weather. 



The Chairman. We are now ready for discussion. (Several 

 trees rising at once.) 



The Chairman. White Oak has the floor. 



White Oak. I am found in the southern and western counties 

 of the State. My wood is valuable for making handles for tools, and 

 for finishing the interior of houses. As a shade tree I am not admired 

 as much as I ought to be, for my foliage is beautiful and the children 

 are fond of the nuts I bear. The Oak family is a large one and 

 several of its members are found in Maine. 



Beech. Upon my smooth, gray bark, many a heart history ha» 

 been carved. The poet Campbell tells it so beautifully. 



"Thrice twenty summers have I stood. 



Since youthful loversin my shade. 

 Their vows of truth and rapture paid. 



And, on my trunk's surviving frame, 

 Carved many a long forgotten nameJ^' 



