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TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 
1000 Maples and Elms, ioo Black Walnuts, ioo Butter¬ 
nuts and a grove of Red Oaks. In the center of the park 
stands a boulder, with the hero list setting forth that the 
grove is a memorial to the men of Eaton County who gave 
their lives in the war. 
An ambitious project in army circles was the planting 
of 6000 trees at the balloon school of the United States 
Army, at Fort Omaha, Colorado. Nearly 1000 of the 
trees were in memory of individuals who died in the 
service after having passed through the camps at Fort 
Omaha and Fort Crook. 
That the tongues in trees may preach their sermons 
to man was emphasized in the call for the planting of 
memorial trees which went forth to the Christian 
Endeavor Societies of the world. In this call, Rev. Francis 
E. Clark, founder and life-long leader of the Christian 
Endeavor organization, urged upon the members that 
through the planting of memorial trees they will come 
“closer to the Great Tree Maker.” In this phrase Dr. 
Clark summed up the appeal of the tree to human hearts, 
and gave mighty impetus to a movement in which he 
sensed impressive possibilities for the tribute of homage 
which would make the world a better place in which 
to live. 
From the village school to the great universities the 
educational institutions of the land have utilized the 
memorial tree for voicing their reverence for the memory 
of students and to classes. On the drill field of the 
University of Illinois, 173 trees were planted in honor of 
1 73 graduates who gave their lives. Georgetown Univer¬ 
sity, at Washington, dedicated 54 trees for the same pur¬ 
pose at its 120th commencement, and on the grounds of 
many institutions throughout the United States trees 
and groves of remembrance have been planted as tributes 
