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Canadian Forestry Journal, December, 1917 



of which is contained in the manu- 

 script supplied free by the Forestry 

 Association. 



Booking the Lectures 



The method ol booking these towh- 

 to-town lectures may interest mem- 

 bers of the Association. An arrange- 

 ment is first made with the Boards 

 of Education in about twenty towns 

 and cities to use one of the lecture 

 sets. The outfits are so prepared as 

 to carry themselves automaticalK 

 from place to place. Each is packed 

 in a stoat wooden case, in which the 

 individual slides rest in the centre of 

 inch-thick layers of soft felt making 

 breakage almost impossible. 



In the inside top of the lid is pasted 

 a route list of the" towns and the dates 

 when each must receive the box. 

 A packet of ready-addressed gummed 

 -lalDels is also attached to the inside 

 of the cover. Each recipient is noti- 

 lied by letter a fcM' days before the 

 box is to reach him. He, in turn, is 



relieved of any trouble in sending 

 the outfit to the next address for he 

 tears off one of the addressed labels, 

 sticks it on the outside of the box and 

 hands the latter to the express agent 

 at the conclusion of the engagement 

 in his community. Each recipient 

 pays the small expressage fee. 



Remarkably good res alts have been 

 secured from the circulation of these 

 lectures. Going direct from town 

 to town, much valuable time is saved 

 and not a little expense. School 

 principals and clergymen and leaders 

 of Boy Scouts have taken up the idea 

 with enthusiasm so that the demand 

 at present is in advance of the three 

 lecture sets. 



It will be seen readily that thou- 

 sands of Canadians are being reached 

 in this way, and have been given an 

 introduction to the subject of forest 

 conservation. The public illustrated 

 lecture cannot be surpassed as a 

 means of implanting ideas and creat- 

 ing a body of permanent opinion. 



A few examples of how the Canadian Forestry Association's 

 travelling lecture sets are being used and enjoyed are given herewith: — 



At London, Ontario, the Board cf Education used one jf the 

 outfits as the basis of five evening meetings, held in the schools of the 

 city. The report of the Secretary-Treasurer speaks of the lively 

 interest shown by the senior scholars and their parents and of the 

 entertaining and instructive character of the lecture material. Five 

 meetings in one city from one lecture outfit is indeed a full measure of 

 co-operation. 



At Bathurst, New^ Brunswick, the local moving picture theatre 

 was used to assemble the students of the schools where a Canadian 

 Forestry Association lecture was greatly enjoyed. 



At Chatham, N. B. another outfit was utilized before a larte 

 audience of children in the assembly hall of Aberdeen School and 

 reports speak of the close attention of all present. 



At Brantford, Ontario, Inspector Kilmer reports that "the 

 lecture and views were both very much enjoyed and appreciated by 

 the students and good results will ensue." 



It is estimated that with the three travelling lecture sets at work, 

 the Forestry Association by^this means alone is speaking to a minimum 

 of 2000 to 2500 young people every week. 



