PARK AND CEMETERY 
Joint Convention of the American ParK and Outdoor Art Associ- 
ation and American League for Civic Improvement. 
St. Louis, June 9-11, 1904* 
The coming joint meeting of the American Park and 
Outdoor Art Association and the American League 
for Civic Improvement to be held at St. Louis, June 
9-1 1, 1904 promises to be an epoch-making one from 
every point of view. A definite plan for the merging 
of the two organizations which has been under dis- 
cussion for some years has been prepared by commit- 
tees of the two societies, and approved by the officers, 
and will be presented for adoption at this meeting. The 
presidents of the two bodies have issued a joint state- 
ment to their members setting forth the advantages of 
a union of forces, and outlining the activities of the 
new organization which is to be known as the Ameri- 
can Park and Improvement Society. Some of the rea- 
sons for the union and the outline of its organization are 
as follows : 
The purpose of the two organizations is in most respects 
identical. Many members of the one organization are also 
members of the other, and there is necessarily in the sep- 
arate administration of the two societies a duplication of 
effort that is wasteful of resources — both financial and in 
energy. It is believed that much better results could be 
secured by concentrating all the interest, enthusiasm and 
contributions that might be available for the cause both 
have at heart. 
1. That the name of the organization shall be the Ameri- 
can Park and Improvement Society. 
2. That its purpose shall be to cultivate higher ideals of 
civic life and beauty and to promote city and town improve- 
ment and to secure the preservation and development of 
beautiful landscapes. 
3. That it shall have Life Members, Sustaining Members, 
Members, and Affiliated Members — Life Members to include 
those who are now Life Members in either of the societies, 
and anyone who shall pay $50 at one time for this purpose 
to the new organization ; Sustaining Members and Members 
to be individuals, the former paying $10 or more and the 
latter $2 a year ; Affiliated Members to be local organizations, 
to pay $2 a year. 
4. That the officers shall be a President, a Vice-President, 
Director and two General Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a 
Secretary, and a Vice-President for each section of the work. 
These officers, together with the President and Secretary 
of the Women’s Auxiliary, shall compose the Executive 
Committee. The officers shall be elected by ballot at the 
annual meeting. 
5. That the President, Director, Secretary, Treasurer and 
one other member of the Executive Committee, to be chosen 
by the Committee, shall serve as a Business Committee. 
6. That the work of the Society shall be divided into the 
following sections, to be presided over by their respective 
Vice-Presidents: Arts and Crafts; City Making and Town 
Improvement; Civic Art; Factory Betterment; Libraries; 
Parks and Public Reservations ; Propaganda ; Public Nui- 
sances ; Public Recreation ; Railroad Improvement ; Rural 
Improvement ; School Ground Improvement ; Social Settle- 
ments. 
7. That the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Park and 
Outdoor Art Association shall become the Women’s Auxil- 
iary of the American Park and Improvement Society, with 
authority to elect its officers and to conduct lines of work 
subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. 
Secretary Charles Mulford Robinson of the A. P. 
and O. A. A. outlines the attractive features of the con- 
vention as follows : 
In presenting the program of our eighth annual con- 
vention, it is not felt that attendance needs to be urged. For 
each of the last three or four years, the figures have made new 
high records, those who are present one year not failing to 
appear the next — such is the unique pleasure of the meetings 
and their inspiring tone. But gathering this year in St. Louis, 
during the period of the world’s greatest fair, as the special 
guests of the Fair directors, the Mayor and Park Commis- 
sioners of the city, and of the Business Men's and St. Louis 
Civic Improvement Leagues; with reduced railroad fares from 
every part of the country; with our headquarters in the Fair 
grounds themselves, and our meetings in the “Model City’’ of 
the Exposition; meeting in conjunction with the American 
League for Civic Improvement — a sister national society de- 
voted to a work similar to ours— and with the Convention so 
timed as to be followed directly by the Civic Week, there is 
a combination of attractions that cannot fail to make for a 
large attendance. 
The Inside Inn is designated the Association headquarters 
during the Convention. The Secretary will be there, and two 
committee rooms have been secured. One of these will be set 
aside for the use of the Auxiliary. The business sessions 
will be held in the Minneapolis and St. Paul Building in the 
Model City. 
The preliminary program which is subject to 
changes in detail is as follows : 
THURSDAY , JUNE 9. 
A. P. and O. A. A. Busine f.” Meeting , 9:30 a. m. 
Reports of the Secretary ana the Treasurer of the 
Association and of the Auxiliary ; presentation, dis- 
cussion, and vote on the merger proposition ; reports 
from committees on Propaganda, Civic Alliance, and 
Preparation of Plans. 
A. L. C. I. Business Meeting, 2 p. in. 
Reports of the secretary and the treasurer ; presenta- 
tion, discussion, and vote on the merger proposition ; 
address by George Carroll Curtis of Boston on 
“Model-Making as a Fine Art," with personally con- 
ducted excursions through the grounds to illustrate the 
.address. 
FRIDAY , JUNE 10. 
Joint Meeting of the Two Societies, 9 :30 a. m. 
Address by J. Horace McFarland, President of the 
American League for Civic Improvement ; address by 
Clinton Rogers Woodrufif, President of the American 
Park and Outdoor Art Association ; address by Mrs. 
Charles F. Millspaugh, President of the Women’s 
Auxiliary, A. P. and O. A. A., who will preside dur- 
ing the presentation of reports from branches of the 
Auxiliary in eight cities ; at one o’clock is planned a 
luncheon on “The Pike” bv the Civic Improvement 
