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Show Urge Education for "Sack - to - Nature" EDUCATIONAL forces throughout the country have been called upon to enlist in the out-of-doof program mapped out at the sessions ses-sions of the Out Door Recreation conference con-ference called by President Coolidge. This was brought out by the resolutions resolu-tions submitted by the committees appointed ap-pointed by Theodore Roosevelt, assistant assist-ant secretary of the navy, who presided pre-sided at the Washington sessions. With the appointment of an executive execu-tive committee the organization became be-came a permanent body. The membership member-ship of this committee is : Chauncey J. Hamlin, New York, chairman. Dr. John C. Merriam, California, vice chairman. Dr. George E. Scott, Illinois, treasurer treas-urer and chairman finance committee. Dr. Vernon Kellogg, California, secretary. sec-retary. Walter F. Martin, Washington, D. C. John Barton Payne, Illinois. Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, New York. Charles Sheldon, Washington, D. C. Mrs. John D. Sherman, Colorado, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. George Shiras III, Michigan. James E. West, New York. The American Nature association of Washington is leading in this campaign, cam-paign, and in co-operation with Mrs. John D. Sherman, the newly elected president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the association is carrying car-rying on a campaign of education to this end. Mrs. Anna Botsford Com-stock, Com-stock, the leader in nature study instruction in-struction in the United States, directs the nature study lessons for the association. asso-ciation. In commenting on the work of the conference, Charles L. Pack, who is chairman of the committee on state parks and forests, says : "The call of President Coolidge came at an opportune time. As never before, millions are now getting into the out of doors and closer to nature. These millions must be educated, not alone to the wonders of nature, but as to the direct bearing nature has upon their daily lives. Extreme need of education to halt the destruction of nature's wonders is shown by the estimates esti-mates that predict three million automobiles auto-mobiles will be sold In 1924 and only twelve million books. That means only one book to every twelfth family. It also means that thousands of newcomers new-comers will take to the road. The committee on formulation of an educational program for outdoor recreation rec-reation pointed out the need of a campaign to make known and advertise adver-tise to the American public those facilities fa-cilities in the nature of parks, forests, rivers, lakes and playgrounds which are available or may be made available in the future. |
