the school and stirs it to new activities. It is conceded that the educational results of Arbor Day efforts have been extensive and beneficial. The selection and planting of growing trees impart a knowledge of the principles and methods of such work, while the care and cultivation of trees and flowers will be of lasting benefit to the pupils and the neighborhood.

April 10, 1903.

RICHARD C. BARRETT, Superintendent Public Instruction.

A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.

One of the striking characteristics of high civilizatlon is concern and provision for the future. It is a part of our duty to do what we can to surround the generations yet to come with all the comfort and all the beauty of which our land is capable. In this state there is no method more fruitful of good results, nothing that will add more to the charm of the landscape and the pleasure of life than to adorn our highways, streets, parks, school yards and lawns with trees.

Therefore I, Albert B. Cummins, Governor of the State of Iowa, do hereby set apart Thursday, the 30th day of April, 1903, as

ARBOR DAY.

This day is one of peculiar significance to all the people who live within the Louisiana Territory, and I cannot conceive of a better way in which to celebrate it than by making our part of it more beautiful even than it now is. I earnestly recommend that the people of the state observe the day in an appropriate manner; and I especially enjoin upon the schools of the state the utility of devoting the day to such exercises as will create and foster a love of nature, and that in the course of such exercises the teachers and pupils will unite in planting trees and dedicating them to the good of those who will come after them.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused to be affixed the great Seal of the State.

Done at Des Moines, this 23d day of March, A.D., 1903.

By the Governor:

ALBERT B. CUMMINS.

W. B. MARTIN,

Secretary of State.

CHAPTER IV.

SELECTIONS FROM MANUALS FOR SPECIAL DAY EXERCISES.

INTRODUCTION.

FLAG DAY.

ARBOR AND BIRD DAY.

MEMORIAL DAY.

THANKSGIVING DAY.