Show 1 SOCIETY PLANS I PLANSON EDUCATION ON NATIONS NATION'S PARKS t Organization of Association I Includes Famous Fatuous Men of Science Washington Jul July Jul U. U U.-An U. An unheralded rn m meeting c ln- ln held quietly In a a. t room um of Ut the llio lie Smithsonian Institution I In June inaugurated a n movement mo which is tR likely to grow Into largo proportions pro pro- portions as 18 the war nears Il Its close It ItIe Ie resulted In n the organization of oC the Na National A a- a p park rk educational committee with Dr Charles D. D secretary of oC I the Smithsonian onlan Institution chairman j I former Representative William Kent oC ot j I California vice vie chairman chairman- Henry B n R p pI j I I nf nt f chairman Of oC I the executive tl committee commItte m l anti and Robert flobert I ft Yard Yarl secretary The memI membership mem mem- I b r Includes representatives represent ot or uni uni- Institutions Institution and public spir ted associations cast enst and went through h who whose oP co-oP operation co-operation ration It will present a front of ot many Influential units Popular The need of or tills thin organization grew craw out of or tho the rapid growth of ot public In Interest In- In interest terest In our national parks due to the recent realization of or their supreme qualities It I 1 a a. l safe sare statement that lint there Is la no other causo so popular In America toda today that Is not a war var cause T fl limitation of or governmental gO functions unc- unc tl ns practically to tho physical development development devel el nt of oC the national parl parks s leaves the gathering of ot their potential harvests of ot education and appreciation to the people themselves It Is IM to organize or car- these department of or higher I en enjoyment en- en om nt to give he Impetus to the art ait artand I and literature of or outdoors to 10 popularize popular Ito ize- natural science and Iud to encourage ge outdoor living JIving that the committee o Is ha Established hell The committee will support a plan bf bt systematic 8 selection arid aid develop eloP nent to secure for tOI American merican national parks arl the he first place In World orld nee n cry thin realizing th their l 1 Value alue as a national economic asset It Jt educational plans are based upon the of ot national parke a as popular r pla and museums museum of or n nature It wUl 11 seek eel the co of at public chool and universities In the Interpretation Inter Inter- of or natural scenery In terms of oC popular science Among monS' Its It first t acts act was waa the passage of ot a resolution offered h hy by Dennis Dennl of oC New Jp I Jersey e favoring fa the bill hill which has passed the Senate and Is now before the house hone to make malce the Grand canyon a iii national n park rho Present Those present at nt or sub subscribing to th the organization meeting were Wallace tallace W. W Atwood professor prOre of or hr log raph Harvard Har university It AIthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur E. E Bestor president of ot Chautauqua Institution Browne explorer Henry Menry G. G Bryant Brant president of ot tho the Geo Ceo Geographical graphical society of ot Philadelphia John B B. Burnham president ot oC f the hc American Game Protective Propagation association association association asso asso- William E. E Colby Colb president of oC the Sierra club Dennis Dennie J J. J Walter Waller lIter Fe kc chief chic of ot the bureau u of oC American ethnology John JI II FInley president of ot the University of or the State of oC ew York orl William B. B Greeley chairman chairman chair chair- chairman man of or the conservation committee Campfire club G George or e Bird Boone Foone and Crockett club pioneer o n oC Gl Glacier National l' park William WilHam H. H Holmes curator National Academy of ot c Art hl t William Kent formerly representative representative represent represent- athe from rom California George Geors-e 1 F. F Kunz president American Scenic Historic atlon society Prof E. E M. M I Leh- Leh of or the University of or Minnesota Benr Henry B. B F F. Macfarland crar J. J Horace Me Mc Ic- Ic Farland president American Civic as- as Fo LaVerne Xo Noyes e president hoard board oar of or trustees Chicago Academy of oC S r George D D. Pratt conservation state of or New York D. D W. W v. v Roper director Prairie club Edmund Ed Id- rd- rd mund Sc Seymour president American Bison BIRon society Charles Sheldon BoOne 1 rn Mrs Irs Di Dickinson f S Sherman conservation 1 3 cj chairman chairman chair chair- i I man General Federation of or Women's omens clubs club Charles D. D Walcott alcott secretary Smithsonian Institution Robert Hobert Sterling Ster Ster- ling hug Yard chief educational division dl national park parle service The committee will enl r enlarge c Itself so as to Jo become representative e of or ever every section and state In the country It is the Initial In iii a broad national or organIzation organization or- or to be perfected after arler the war 11 under the title of or the lie National P r 8 association |