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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



wire oddly uniformed, as tin soldiers are apt to be. 



"Did Washington's men wear uniforms like these?" 

 someone asked the maker of the exhibit. 



"Anybody knows," responded the boy, "that the sol- 

 diers in the Revolution had to wear anything that they 

 could get ahold of." 



The pine exhibits by one school showed a section of 

 a Maryland road with the telephone and electric light 

 poles and fences made of pine. 



Those of us engaged in teaching know that the suc- 

 cess of any movement among children depends on the 

 interest and co-operation of the classroom teacher. The 

 special teacher may suggest to committees of children 

 but it requires the backing of the classroom teacher for 

 results. In the final analysis, therefore, to her be- 



longs a large share of the credit for the successful out- 

 come of the Campaign for a National Tree. 



If teachers want a thoroughly enjoyable nature unit 

 start a campaign for the national tree. It will take about 

 two months to do it well. List the local tree candidates, 

 study them in the open, historically, commercially. Put 

 speakers on the stump. Ask one of the leading papers 

 of the community to print the ballot and send the returns 

 to the American Forestry Association, 1214 Sixteenth 

 Street, Washington, D. C. Thus is developed an edu- 

 cational campaign to quicken the growth of tree knowl- 

 edge and well worth the science or nature study teacher's 

 best effort. [Photographs by courtesy of the United 

 States Forest Service.] 



164 CITIES TELL THE STORY 



fTMUS tree voting contest developed the most wide- 

 ' spread publicity for the schools of Washington that 

 any school activity in any city ever had. The teachers 

 have compiled a list showing 164 cities and towns the 

 newspapers of which published articles and pictures 

 describing the contest. These are as follows : 



Alabama Tuscaloosa. 



California Bakersfield, Corona, Highland, Los An- 

 geles, Riverside, Santa Barbara. 



Colorado Denver, Trinidad. 



Connecticut New Haven. 



Delaware Wilmington. 



Florida Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tampa. 



Georgia Atlanta, Macon, Rome, Sparta, Waycross. 



Illinois Beardstown, Canton, Chicago, Danville, Du 

 Quoin, Edwardsville, Elgin, Freeport, Lincoln, Melrose, 

 Monmouth, Norris, Peoria, Pinckneyville, Springfield, 

 Troy, Washington, Waukegan. 



Indiana Anderson, Attica, Beymour, Butler, Fort- 

 ville, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, La Porte, Liberty, Lock- 

 port, Marion, Munice, Richmond, Sluffton. 



Iowa Burlington. 



Kansas Dodge City, Independence, Leavenworth, 

 Winfield. 



Ken tucky Dan ville. 



Louisiana New Orleans, Shreveport. 



Maine Lewiston. 



Maryland Hagerstown. 



Massachusetts Roston, Holyoke, Idwell, Lowell. 



Michigan Saginaw, Cadillac, Detroit, Dowagiac, 

 Grand Rapids, Houghton, Manistee, Owasso. 



Minnesota Duluth, Stillwater, St. Paul. 



Missouri Independence, Kansas City, St. Louis. 



Montana Butte, Dillon, Livingston, Miles City. 



Nebraska Lincoln. 



New Hampshire Concord. 



New Jersey Atlantic City, Jersey City, Newark, New 

 Brunswick, Paterson, Town of Union. 



New York Batavia, Binghamton, Brooklyn, Buffalo, 

 Canandaigua, Elmira, Gloverville, Greater New York, 

 Ithaca, Long Island City, Middletown, Plattsburgh, 

 Queensborough, Rochester, Syracuse, Watertown, 

 Winchamton. 



North Carolina Greensboro. 



North Dakota Bismark. 



Ohio Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Middle- 

 town, Warren. 



Oregon Eugene, Pendleton. 



Pennsylvania Allentown, Beaver Falls, Carbondale, 

 Chambersburg, Gettysburg, Cambridge Springs, Gettys- 

 burg, Hanover, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Meadville, Pitts- 

 burgh, Philadelphia, Plainsville, Stroudsburg, Titusville, 

 Washington, Wilkes Barre, Williamsport. 



Rhode Island Providence, Westerly. 



South Carolina Charleston, Spartanburg. 



South Dakota Yankton, Huron, Sioux Falls. 



Tennessee Nashville. 



Vermont Rutland. 



Virginia Petersburg. 



Washington Port Angeles, Toppenish, Walla Walla, 

 Yakima. 



West Virginia Fairmont, Huntington, Parkersburg. 



Wisconsin Chewaleh, De Pere, Eau Claire, Fond du 

 Lac, Green Bay, Hilbert, Jefferson, Merrill, New Glarus, 

 Rice Lake. 



Wyoming Cheyenne. 



