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the Mayor of every city to keep in touch 
with the people and to know their wants, 
and be in many ways their guardian. I think 
that altogether too much attention has 
been paid to the artistic side of park 
life in America with too little regard 
for the practical purposes for which 
the parks might be used. It seems to me 
that a middle course, which would keep 
the parks attractive to the eye and at the 
same time utilize them to the advantage 
of the people who pay for them, should be 
the policy of the Park departments of the 
country. During my present administra- 
tion I have had frequent conferences with 
park, public grounds and schoolhouse au- 
thorities with a view to increasing the op- 
portunities for healthful exercise, and I am 
glad to say that a very marked improve- 
ment has taken place along these lines the 
last three years. In fact, it is only within 
a few days I signed an order creating the 
position of play leaders, and there are now 
about a dozen young men engaged in direct- 
ing the play of the people in the different 
sections of the city. We have a municipal 
athletic association of which I have been 
made the honorary president, and if you 
were here for the next few weeks you 
would be able to witness some of the best 
sports in the world among youngsters of 
school age. It is my intention, while I am 
Mayor of the city, to increase activities 
along these lines, particularly with a view 
to giving those who work for a living a 
chance to develop outside working hours. 
This is a very important phase of the pub- 
lic grounds life of America, and while it 
has been neglected in the past, I think its 
importance will commend itself increasingly 
every year to the public authorities.” 
President Dunn responded, saying: 
"In reply to the Mayor, I want to assure 
you on the part of this association that 
there is not the least question of the feel- 
ing of these Park superintendents for Bos- 
ton. They know that in Boston was the 
origin of the Municipal Park system, and 
no city is classed with it in regard to Park 
reservations and playgrounds. There is just 
one disappointment that our members feel 
in this return visit to Boston, and that is 
in the loss of our beloved member, Mr. J. A. 
Pettigrew. The Association, at the same time 
feels that you should be complimented and 
rest easy of the fact that you can carry 
out your good work under as capable a su- 
perintendent as Mr. Shea, and should be 
congratulated on having him at our head.” 
Mr. G .A. Parker, the oldest member 
of the association, next to Mr. Pet- 
tigrew, made some remarks in regard 
to Parks : 
“I am very glad to listen to the Mayor 
and to second his remarks. Boston has al- 
ways been noted for its Park men, you have 
here not only Mr. Pettigrew and his great 
work, but also the work of others who have 
made possible the Metropolitan Park system 
as it stands today. I wish to say a word 
in regard to the unuse of our Parks which 
has always been a serious question. We 
found it very hard to get the people to at- 
tend the public parks. The fault has been 
largely with the Parks themselves; they 
lacked scientific beauty. It is only through 
our Parks that we can get life into our 
City. The human elements of our Parks 
have been left out. We started off by fit- 
ting up apparatus for the children which 
was placed in a section of the city where 
there were from 1,000 to 1,800 people and 
found that the number of inhabitants in 
the Parks now is five times as great as it 
previously was. 
“I have prepared some resolutions on the 
death of our beloved member, Mr. John A. 
Pettigrew : 
“Fourteen years ago this month 26 park 
superintendents came together in Boston 
at the Brunswick Hotel, only a short dis- 
tance from here, in response to an invita- 
tion from Mr. Pettigrew. It was the first 
time in this country that so many Park 
superintendents met together. To a large 
extent we were Mr. Pettigrew's guests and 
a most noble and loyal host he was. To 
most of them it was their first meeting 
with Mr. Pettigrew but to meet him was 
to love and honor him, and no Park man 
ever received more sincere admiration than 
the Park superintendents have given him 
from that day on. 
“Of the 2G men who met together 14 
years ago, 6 have gone over and beyond, 
and now our friend and leader has followed. 
The man, above other men. always kind, 
gentle, considerate, always strong, and nev- 
er speaking evil of any one. Such men 
never die for they live in the hearts of their 
friends. We never had a better man in 
our midst. He was above us all. We 
looked up to him, and delighted to do so. 
“A man does not die until he is for- 
gotten, and his work ceased to do good. 
When, then, will our friend die? Surely 
not so long as this association exist, not 
so long as Parks remain a part of City 
life. When, then, will our friend be dead? 
Not for years and decades to come for long 
after the 26 pioneers have passed away and 
been forgotten those who follow them will 
look towards the sunrise of Park beginnings 
and there will see the name and work of 
John A. Pettigrew. 
“What can we say at this time? Only 
the Shepherd is stricken and the flock is 
frightened, and the heart lies prone upon 
the leader of the inevitable, and what can 
we do? Shall we mourn that have lost him? 
We cannot help doing so, and yet he would 
not want to be the cause of sadness. Could 
he speak I believe he would say, ‘Do not 
allow my absence to lessen the interest and 
good fellowship, and the value of our gath- 
erings today.’ Shall we pass the customary 
resolutions? No, no one. Let each and ev- 
ery one of us resolve that as he was gen- 
erously kind and considerate of others, let 
us do likewise. That as he was always per- 
sistent, loyal and on the firing line, so let 
us all be there, and let the only resolutions 
we pass be these: 
“ ‘Resolved, That the honor and loyalty 
we have for our friend and leader shall 
keep his memory green and the honor, 
respect, and sympathy we have for Mrs. 
Pettigrew, shall be made manifest to her, 
and that we request of her the privilege of 
enrolling her name among our honorary 
membership. For our sake, for her hus- 
band’s sake, and that the name of Pettigrew 
may not be taken from our list.’ 
Mrs. Pettigrew was elected an Hon- 
orary member. 
Mayor Fitzgerald then related an 
incident on Mr. Pettigrew’s fine spirit. 
PI e said : 
“I want to impress deeper what Mr. Par- 
ker said about Mr. Pettigrew and his loy- 
alty to his city and work. He was confined 
to his bed four or five months before he 
passed away and he wrote me a letter in 
which he said that he was not able to do 
his work and so he did not think that, 
therefore, he should be on the City’s pay 
roll and suggested that his salary be cut off. 
I immediately wrote him a letter and told 
him that a man who had consecrated his 
life to the work of the city surely his serv- 
ices were worth vastly more than $4,000 a 
year, and that I was doing what every hu- 
man being in the United States would do 
under similar circumstances if they realized 
all he had done in his life time, and I per- 
mitted his name to remain on the pay roll. 
He was that kind of a man, he did not 
want it to remain there. Everything was 
done to make his last days happy. The 
world appreciates the manly man, and great 
man that John A. Pettigrew was.” 
While rhe Convention was in ses- 
sion Tuesday afternoon the lady visi- 
tors were taken in automobiles on a 
trip through the Blue Hills Parkway, 
returning to the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
J. B. Shea at Jamaica Plain about 
noon time, where they were received 
by Mrs. J. B. Shea, who entertained, 
and served them with luncheon. After 
a stroll about the grounds automo- 
biles were again taken and a trip to 
Norumbega Park by way of Common- 
wealth Avenue was made. Here the 
ladies were joined by the members 
who had started at 1:15 p. m. on a trip 
to Columbus Avenue Playground, 
thence through Massachusetts Avenue 
and Columbia Road to the Public 
Landing at Marine Park from where 
a harbor trip as far as Long Island 
and return was taken. Lunch was 
served on board the boat; after leav- 
ing Marine Park a short stop was 
made at Strandway Playground giving 
an opportunity to observe the differ- 
ent forms of Playground activities. The 
trip was again resumed passing 
through Massachusetts Avenue and 
Commonwealth Avenue to Norum- 
bega Park, arriving there at 4:15 
p. m. Then the whole party went to 
Wellesley, visiting the Hunnewell Es- 
tate, through which the visitors were 
guided by Mr. Shea and the Super- 
intendent of the Estate, Mr. Hatfield, 
after which the party returned to the 
hotel, arriving about 7 p. m. 
At the evening session J. K. M. L. 
Farquhar gave a very interesting lec- 
ture, which was accompanied by lan- 
tern slides, on his recent visit to 
London, where he acted as one of the 
judges at the International exhibition 
of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Mr. Farquhar’s pictures illustrated the 
development of floriculture in Eng- 
land in all its phases. The exhibition 
of orchids, which could not be dupli- 
cated for $1,000,000, was the striking 
subject of one of his slides. For the 
temporary buildings $200,000 was 
spent, and this was all taken back at 
the end of the third day. The exhibi- 
tion was the most important ever 
given of its kind, and the splendid 
views which Mr. Farquhar presented 
brought it vividly before the audience. 
President Dunn then introduced 
Roland W. Cotterill, secretary of the 
Seattle Park Board, who gave some 
fine views showing what that city has 
done in the way of park development. 
Within the last five years it has ap- 
propriated $5,000,000 for parks, play- 
grounds and boulevards. There are 
twenty-five improved parks ranging in 
size from five to 200 acres. The Olm- 
sted plan adopted by the city pro- 
vides for a fifty mile chain of drives, 
twenty-five miles of which have been 
completed. The city has twenty-two 
playgrounds, some of which are pro- 
vided with recreation buildings. 
