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appointment of committees. The program of the remaining sessions 

 indicates the scope of the conference, as follows : 



Thursday afternoon. General topic: Wild-life resources of the 

 United States. Addresses: 1. Recreational, economic, and scientific 

 values of wild life. Dr. John C. Merriam, director, Carnegie Insti- 

 tution of Washington. 2. Birds. Frank Chapman, American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, New York City. 3. Outdoor aspects of 

 our waterways. Will H. Dilg, president, Isaak Walton League. 

 4. Plants and flowers. Dr. R. A. Harper, Botanical Society of 

 America. 5. Relation of wild life to recreation in forests and parks. 

 Dr. Charles C. Adams, New York State College of Forestry, Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y. 6. Game and fur-bearing animals. Dr. William Tt 

 Hornaday, director, New York Zoological Park. 7. Requirements 

 of wild-life administration. W. C. Adams, director, State depart- 

 ment, fish and game, Boston, Mass. 8. Waterway pollution and 

 drainage. Prof. B. Shimek, Iowa State University, Iowa City, Iowa. 



Thursday evening was given over to a reception to the delegates. 

 The entire first floor of the Natural History Building was thrown 

 open from 9 to 11 o'clock to those attending the conference, and the 

 Navy Band furnished music during the evening. 



Friday morning. General topic: Recreational resources of 

 America. Addresses: 1. Scenic resources of the United States. 

 Robert Sterling Yard, executive secretary, National Parks Associ- 

 ation. 2. Outlines of a national outdoor recreational policy with 

 special reference to work of Federal agencies. Barrington Moore, 

 secretary, Council on National Parks, Forests, and Wild Life. 3. 

 Relation between economic forestry and outdoor recreation. Frank- 

 lin Moon, dean, New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y. 

 4. National provision for the enjoyment of our scenic resources. 

 Prof. Henry Vincent Hubbard, American Society of Landscape 

 Architects. 5. Major possibilities of national cooperation in promo- 

 tion of recreation. Will O. Doolittle, executive secretary, American 

 Institute of Park Executives. 6. Elements of a Federal recreation 

 policy. Joseph Hyde Pratt, North Carolina. 



Friday afternoon. General topic continued from morning session. 

 Addresses: 1. Citizenship values of outdoor recreation. Martin 

 G. Brumbaugh, former Governor of Pennsylvania. 2. Place of 

 State and interstate parks in a national recreational policy. Maj. 

 William A. Welch, Palisades Interstate Park. 3. Place of municipal 

 parks and playgrounds in a national recreational policy. Carl E. 

 Milliken, former Governor of Maine. 4. Town forests. Harris A. 

 Reynolds, American Forestry Association. 5. The place of organ- 

 ized summer camps in American education. Dr. George L. Meylan, 

 professor of physical education, Columbia University. 6. Out- 

 door recreation and child welfare. Miss Ethel Perrin, American 

 Child Health Association, New York City. 7. Recreation for the 



