MONUMENTS WITH A MEANING 



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appointed by Mr. Roosevelt; and this constitutes added 

 reason for the participation of country churches in this 

 memorial feature." Plans for the tree planting at Sharon 

 working harmoniously with other community develop- 

 ment schemes, were prepared by the landscape extension 

 department of the Iowa State College. Such plans as 

 those being put into operation at Sharon are powerful 

 factors in encouraging the forward to the land move- 

 ment. At Sharon there are directors of domestic science, 

 recreation, children's play, athletics, gardening and all 

 other social activities tending to better living con- 

 ditions. 



Anything that tends to city beautification makes for 

 general social betterment. The work being done in set- 



both for patriotic and civic reasons. It will turn a place 

 hitherto unattractive into a beautiful spot, thereby bene- 

 fiting the city as well as honoring it." 



In Philadelphia the trees to be planted in honor of that 

 city's soldiers and sailors include a group of 500 in 

 Logan Square, surrounded by the Cathedral and other 

 historic buildings. This section of the city is being con- 

 verted into one of the garden spots along the Parkway 

 which extends all the way from City Hall, in the heart of 

 the business district, out to spacious and beautiful Fair- 

 mount Park. Philadelphia is planting trees in many oth- 

 er places. Three oriental planes have been set out in 

 Franklin Square in memory of the men from the fifth 

 local draft board. Seventeen trees of the same variety 



Photograph by Dayton Xews 



PAYING TRIBUTE TO OUR NATION'S HEROES 



Pupils of the Harrison School, Dayton, Ohio, as part of their Arbor Day celebration, planted fifty-five trees in honor of former members of the 

 school who were in army or navy service. They also honored in a similar way President Wilson, Generals Foch and Pershing, Governor Cox 

 and General William Henry Harrison after whom their school was named. 



ting out miles of trees through parks and of planning new 

 parks, therefore, is most commendable. Minneapolis is 

 placing several miles of trees through its extensive park 

 system. From Spokane comes the report of the planting 

 of a mile of maples along one of the finest residential 

 avenues. Mrs. Sam Jones, president of the War Mothers 

 of Atlanta, which organization was responsible for the 

 conversion of Pershing Point into an attractive park, says 

 in speaking of the project : "We feel that we are going 

 to provide something of which Atlanta will be proud, 



were planted in Disston Park, Tacony, a suburb, in honor 

 of the men from that community who lost their lives. 

 Between the rows of trees a flower bed in the shape of a 

 keystone has been placed and in the center of this a 

 marble cross is to be erected. 



"We cut the trees down ruthlessly, but the time will 

 come when we will wish that we had more trees," de- 

 clared J. L. Dumas, in addressing the Western Washing- 

 ton Horticultural Association at Everett, Washington, re- 

 cently. He then went on to say that he knew of no 



