Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1913 — PROPOSES ARBOR DAY FOR SCHOOL CLEANUP [ARTICLE]

PROPOSES ARBOR DAY FOR SCHOOL CLEANUP

Superintendent Greathouse Issues Suggestions for Observance to Teachers of Indiana. • Following the action of Governor Ralston in issuing a proclamation designating the third Friday of April as Arbor Day, Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction, Thursday issued an appeal "to school officials of the state to participate in an observance of the day and “to'foster in the minds of school children a sentiment not only for preserving and protecting birds, plants and trees, but for co-operating with all movements to make cleaner and more attractive surroundings.” Mr. Greathouse also is addressing a lecture to the pupils of the public schools, urging that they identify themselves “in some active way not only with the observance of this special day, but with this great work at all times of the year.” Besides planting trees, flowers, vines and shrubs and protecting birds, Mr. Greathouse urges that the pupils Interest themselves in beautifying the grounds about their homes and school buildings. Attention is directed to a bird and Arbor Day book to be issued to the pupils earlj? in the fall. Several Indiana authors and artists will contribute to the publication. Mr. Greathouse’s statement, addressed to the school teachers of the state, reads as follows: “The Sixty-eighth General Assembly of Indiana, appreciating the great need of conserving our natural resources, enacted a law designing the third Friday in April of each year to be observed as Arbor Day. z “In harmony with this actidn and t Jn accordance with the proclamation of our governor, Hoh. Samuel M. Ralston, in which Friday, April 18, is *named as the day to be observed in 1913, I hereby earnestly urge all the school officials of Indiana to participate in the observance of this special day by appropriate exercises in the schools, by planting of suitable trees, vines, and shrubs on and about the school grounds, and by a special effort to create and foster in the minds of the young people a sentiment not only for preserving and protecting birds, plants and trees, but for co-operating with all move,ments to make cleaner and more attractive surroundings.”