io ARBOR DAY 



Arbor Day in the schools in the spring of 1883 will 

 be remembered by all who took a part in the talks 

 and lessons on trees during the morning hours, and 

 in the practical work during the afternoon. The 

 other states of the East, which have all suffered 

 more or less by the wanton destruction of their 

 primeval forests, soon followed in the wake of the 

 Buckeye State, and our own Empire State celebrated 

 for the first time in the spring of 1889 the Arbor 

 Day in the public schools. 



Many considered this scheme impracticable for 

 large cities where trees are a rare sight and where 

 no opportunity is given for practical planting. 

 But the logic of events has now removed any doubts 

 and secured a general appreciation of this subject. 

 To every patriotic American this is most satisfac- 

 tory, as in the public schools should be introduced 

 what ever shall appear in the nation's life. The 

 foundation of the great deeds the Germans have 

 achieved in every discipline of art, science, industries, 

 and even in warfare, is due to the " schoolmaster." 

 And if we train the youth into a love for trees, the 

 next generation will see realized what we scarcely 

 hope to initiate, the preservation of forests not only 

 for climatic and meteorological purposes, but also 

 for their value in the economy of the nation. 



Children may not be able to understand the im- 

 portance of trees in their aggregation as forests; 

 however, they will, if allowed to assemble in a grove 



