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whole family. William T. Richardson, Great Outdoor Associ- 

 ation, Boston, Mass. 



Friday evening. Addresses : 1. Need of educational efforts in 

 conserving wild life. T. Gilbert Pearson, National Association of 

 Audubon Societies. 2. Motion picture of birds. 



Saturday morning. General topic : National cooperation of Fed- 

 eral, State, and private agencies. Addresses: 1. Educational value 

 of museums in national parks, and the relation of natural history 

 museums to outdoor life. Chauncey J. Hamlin, American Associ- 

 ation of Museums, Buffalo, N. Y. 2. International aspects of recre- 

 ation. John B. Harkin, Commissioner, Canadian National Parks, 

 Ottawa, Canada. 3. Some safeguards in outdoor recreation. Judge 

 John Barton Payne, American Red Cross, Washington, D. C, 4. Our 

 school population as a factor in the present and future recreational 

 life of America. Carl V. Schrader, State superintendent, physical 

 education, Boston, Mass. 5. Closer correlation of work of private 

 agencies. Lee F. Hamner, director, department of recreation, Rus- 

 sell Sage Foundation, New York City. 6. National highways and 

 national parks. Dr. S. N. Johnson, National Highways Association. 



The Saturday afternoon session was devoted to committee reports 

 and resolutions. The work of the committees covered a wide range 

 of subjects inseparable from a national outdoor recreation pro- 

 gram — conservation, land policies, drainage, and pollution, and Na- 

 tional, State, and municipal regulations. Two outstanding achieve- 

 ments were brought to fruition at the closing session. First, a per- 

 manent organization was formed, to be temporarily directed by an 

 executive committee of prominent men and women representing 

 every section of the country, to perpetuate the work thus inaugu- 

 rated, making available to the American citizens this Nation's vast 

 opportunities for healthful outdoor recreation. Next in importance 

 was the unanimous adoption of a proposal that the National Gov- 

 ernment issue a call as early as possible for an international con- 

 ference to formulate conventions to protect migratory fowl and 

 insectivorous birds. 



Another meeting also drawing its audience from all parts of 

 the country was that arranged by the Militia Bureau of the War 

 Department on the evening of May 9, when the adjutants general 

 of the National Guard of each State were assembled to hear lectures 

 by Brig. Gen. Harry B. Smith, presiding officer, by Brig. Gen. Clifford 

 R. Foster of Florida, and by Brig. Gen. Frank Beary of Pennsylvania, 

 and to view motion pictures illustrating military training. 



The Public Health Service of the Treasury Department occupied 

 the auditorium for exhibitions of motion pictures on the afternoons 

 of March 28 and April 4, the former before school nurses of the 

 District of Columbia with an address by Dr. J. A. Murphy, chief 



