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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEIR FRIENDS AT HARLEIUH CEMETERY, CAMDEN, N. J. 
and with renewed energy go forward to our duties with true and 
firm determination to do our p^rt, and to nelp others who need 
our assistance. 
In his annual report, Secretary Eurich said: “I 
would be untrue to my convictions did I not ex- 
press my increasing pride in the name, achieve- 
ments and progress of our Association. Cemetery 
managers have realized that they are directly inter- 
ested in our association, and gain as much, if not 
more from our annual meetings than their repre- 
sentatives can. In many instances they have given 
substantial testimony of their appreciation by pay- 
ing the expenses of their superintendents to our 
conventions.” The report showed that eleven new 
members had been enrolled during the year, which, 
with the additions at this meeting, viz: 23, made 
the present membership 147. The expenses of sten- 
ographers and printing and circulating the reports 
of the seventh annual convention aggregated $300. 
Notwithstanding this generous contribution towards 
disseminating valuable cemetery literature, the 
treasurer’s report showed a substantial balance on 
hand. The first paper of the meeting was read by 
A. W. Hobert, superintendent of Lakewood Cem- 
etery, Minneapolis, Minn., on: *“How to Manage 
a Modern Cemetery.” Mr. Hobert outlined in a 
very interesting manner the methods that had been 
*A11 the papers will be published in lull in pamphlet form, with the 
entire proceedings of the Convention, and furnished by Mr. F. Eurich, 
Secretary, A. A. C. S., Toledo. O. 
adopted in managing the affairs of Lakewood, a 
cemetery that is conducted exclusively on the most 
approved lawn plan. 
Owing to the absence of Mr. Robert Scrivener, 
who was detained on account of ill health, the time 
allotted to the paper to have been read by him was 
devoted to an impromptu address by O. C. Simonds 
of Chicago, in which he told of London and Paris 
cemeteries which he visited last year. He said that 
the statistics as to area, interments, etc., were inter- 
esting, but he found but little that would be regar- 
ded as instructive in cemetery management by a 
modern cemetery superintendent. The afternoon 
was devoted to a visit to Harleigh Cemetery, Cam- 
den, N. J., across the Delaware river. The party 
went by train from Camden to Harleigh, where 
they were the guests of President Cooper and Sup- 
erintendent Rhedemeyer. A pretty cottage at the 
entrance answers as superintendent’s office and res- 
idence, from the porch of which a pleasing view is 
had of well kept lawns and drives, with a back- 
ground of natural woods. Two lakes add a charm 
to the grounds in which graceful swans disport 
themselves among handsome specimens of the Egyp- 
tian lotus in bloom. The lover of nature finds much 
of interest in the wild, unimproved sections of Har- 
leigh. In a secluded spot, rich in rustic beauty, is 
the rock-faced granite vault, shown in our illustra- 
tion, in which are entombed the remains of Walt 
Whitman. After reviewing the grounds the party 
