University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks Iowa Book Gallery Iowa Historical Collections 1906 Selections for Arbor and Bird Day, Memorial Day Iowa. Dept. of Education Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright Public domain Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iowabooks Recommended Citation Iowa. Dept. of Education, "Selections for Arbor and Bird Day, Memorial Day" (1906). Iowa Book Gallery. 9. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iowabooks/9 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa Historical Collections at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Iowa Book Gallery by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. =====================-- ' I 'I SELECTIONS FOR Arbor and Bird Day Memorial Da,y J ===============-=--· IOWA PUBLIC SCHOOLS l. 1906 l '• SD /ssuod hy l>cpartmont of t"du cut/1111 363 IS52 -t_ , 01' , H proclamation /l/.,,1. c.J. This State is peculiarly interested in the planting and growth of trees, and we must depend upon the energy and enterprise of our people to supply the shade and beauty with which other parts of our country are naturally endowed. We can render no better service to those who come after us than to plant and nurture for their use, trees along our highways and streets, and in our parks, school-yards, and lawns. Therefore, I, Albert B. Cummins, Governor of the State of Iowa, do hereby set apart Friday, the 27thfday ofJApril, 1906, as Hrbor Day And I earnestly recommend that the people of the State observe the day so that the spirit whicn leads to its segregation from other days may be made effectual; and I especially ask the schools of the State to devote some part of the day to such exercises as will stimulate a love of nature, and I urge upon both teachers and pupils the appropriateness of planting trees in such places as may be practicable.