Oklahoma Arbor and Bird Day, Friday, March Twelfth, 1909/Part One: Arbor Day

School Nursery, Eighteen Months From Seed, Pauls Valley, Okla.

Courtesy Sturm's Oklahoma Magazine.

Part One

ARBOR DAY

The following is a copy of the Oklahoma Law creating Arbor Day:

Section 1. The Friday following the second Monday in March of each year shall be hereafter known throughout Oklahoma as Arbor Day.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the authorities of the public schools in this State to assemble the pupils in their charge on that day in the school buildings, or elsewhere, as may be deemed proper, to provide for and conduct, under the general supervision of the county superintendent or city superintendent or other chief officers having the general oversight of the public schools in each county or city, such exercises as shall tend to encourage the planting, protection, and preservation of trees and shrubs, and an acquaintance with the best methods to be adopted to accomplished such results.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• To the Teachers of Oklahoma
• Proclamation of the President
• Subjects for Arbor Day Consideration
• Scripture Reading for Arbor Day
• Suggestive Program
• Tree Planting: The Choice of Trees
• Song of Dedication—An Arbor Day Tree
• The First Arbor Day
• Blessing for the Tree Planter
• History of Arbor Day
• Hardy Trees for Oklahoma Planting
• Joaquin Miller, Among His Friends
• Anthem for Arbor Day
• Tree Planting on Rural School Grounds
• Turner Falls, in the Arbuckle Mountains
• List of Historical Trees
• Why We Should Encourage Tree Planting
• The Woods
• The Spring Time
• The Oak
• The Pine Tree
• State Flowers
• The Gladness of Nature
• Gardens for School Children
• The Trailing Arbutus
• The Farmer
• Forestry Bulletins