CARL JOHNSON, Chairman 

 Education Committee, MASWC 

 Director. MASWCD 



Last week I had the very gratifying experience of attending tl| 

 rJACD Convention In New 0rlean5. While there. It was my good 

 fortune to meet with, and exchange Ideas with many people; to h^ 

 first hand what conservationists were doing In other states. 



Montana's delegation was not too large, but from the comments 

 received from other delegates, I think we were rather effective. 

 The remarks made at the Northern Plains Area V meeting by your 

 State President, Mr. WMIlaw Kester, cortcernlng the Public lma^« 

 of conservation, were met with a great deal of apprdval by repr* 

 sentatives of the several states that conrprtM Area V, 



As your Education Committee Chairman, I confined myself primar 

 to education. I find that Montana supervisors are aimed In the 

 right direction. However, I think districts should do Mm "or# 

 advertising as to the availability of scholarships to teachers 

 where they are offered In their respective districts. 



Many of the Units of the University of Montana are offering excellent courses In Oe*i«ervatI(i 

 I can speak with authority on this subject because I have Just completed a five crerflt ooyrse 

 on "Trends of Teaching Science" from Montana State University, and there Is a we»(th of Ifiter 

 esting conservation material taught in it. I'm sure ther* «fe Just as many offerings In the 



other Units. THEREFORE SUPERVISORS, LET'S GET OUT AND ADVERTISE! 



There Is another Item which I think should be of vital Interest to ft! supfPfvlsors^ It ms 

 brought to my attention by Mrs. Gladys Hippe, who is President of NACS's Ladles AuxfUirytt M 

 seems that there Is nothing in the Davis Memorial Library concerning the history of fH conser 

 vatlon movement of the State of Montana. If all local districts In Montana would sind In scm 

 thing along these lines to myself, Mrs. Hippe, or Ole Ueland, we might oame up with » *»nuscrl 

 of some worth and merit and have it placed in the library. We »ould appreciate any ccMMntS 

 adverse or otherwise, as to such an undertaking. 



At our State Meeting In Havre, much was said about the public Image of conservation. We wh^ 

 are engaged in agriculture know what we are doing, but I think we must do more to ac<jualnt 

 urban and metropolitan areas as to their part in the overall picture. 



A bouquet of roses to all districts for what they have accomplished, but let's Intensify ou 

 efforts. Along the aforementioned Ijnes, I would like to quote from a letter sent out by NACC 

 Education Chairman David H. KIstner of Loganvi I le, Georgia: "Why Spend Millions to 

 Circumnavigate a Dead Earth I" 



QUOTABLE QUOTE: "Harold L. Ickes, former Secretary of the Interior, in an address, February 



27, 1939, said, 'Why do we not teach conservation in our schools? Is the 



waste and pillage and threatenecj physical destruction of our country less 



important than the names cf State cap I to Is?'" 



assrooni session in conservation 



