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National Parks Bulletin, 1925

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  • Established 1919 November, 1925 Number 46 NATIONAL PARKS BULLETIN Published by THE NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION 1512 H STREET N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. IN DEFENSE OF the Standard* of the National Parks System IN PROMOTION OF the fullest Recreational use of All Federal Lands which is Consistent with other Requirements; and ^ IN THE INTEREST OF Thousands of Organizations and Millions of Americans working together for these ends ROBERT STERLING YARD, Editor trim a Drawing by Dtan Babnck FIVE MINUTES WITH THE NEWS With Comments by the Editor SECRETARY WORK'S clear seeing of the true nature and highest use of the National Parks System, and his purpose to advance its educational function to first rank and adjust it to its high mission by eliminating a few small parks which fall below its standards, already is arousing public enthusiasm, although the news has been abroad only since October 24. It is not that there is too much recreation in our national parks, but that the ardent recreational promotion has concealed the greater thing which stands behind it. We are reminded of a farmer in a Pennsylvania mountain village who asked us to a festival in aid of the local library. "There's been a whole lot of them festivals this summer," he admitted, "reckon we might as well get all the money we can out of you city boarders while you're here." We asked him when and where it would be held. '' Why, Tuesday, up to Strawberry and Ice Cream Hall.'' "Where on earth is that?" we demanded, having supposed that we knew the village. "Oh, that is what I call it," he explained, "but I notice that some folks still calls it the Methodist Church.'' Some folks persist in calling the national parks our National Outdoor Museums. Without in the least disturbing their natural recreational functioning, Secretary Work purposes to push education to the front. Importance of Government Emphasis All that is needed, in fact, to give the educational concep- ion substantial reality is merely that the National Government should announce officially the existing fact. Drawing aside the intervening curtain of recreational promotion, let Uncle Sam exclaim "Behold!"— and it is done. For there will stand disclosed to the attracted attention of all the people our National Museum of the Original American Wilderness, soundly builded during many years, divinely proportioned, almost completed, almost equipped. It IN SUPPORT OF SECRETARY WORK'S POLICY Resolved, that the Executive Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at its regular fall meeting held in Washington on October 25, 1925, heartily approves the Secretary of the Interior's promotion of Education to a place of first importance in the administration of the National Parks System, and his purpose to eliminate from the System any parks that tend to reduce its effectiveness as a great natural museum and a supreme expression of beauty and majesty and truth in nature. The above resolution accords with the attitude of the American Association for the Advancement of Science which has been held for many years. has stood there for more than half a century unrecognized by the people because heretofore emphasized by the National Government only as a group of playgrounds. All that needs follow thereafter will be a little readjustment and the continued emphasis for awhile of its essential nature and purpose. Secretary Work has found a few of the exhibits unworthy, and it will take time to displace them. He has found that a few more were needed for completion, and these will take time to plan carefully. Secretary Work will not lack distinguished public support. He has it already. It began to reach him upon the issue of Bulletin 45, with the first news of his high purpose, and it will increase in volume and conviction. In time this old-new National Institution will become established in popular acceptance and use as thoroughly as any other of the greater national institutions of the country. Importance of Government Protection But more is needed than perfecting the System. It must be protected. From time to time through the years new parks will be added, and, if any one of these falls short of established standards, the whole will be doomed forthwith. For the country has learned that national parks bring hosts of visitors who add millions of dollars a year to the business of States in which Uncle Sam maintains these parks at his own expense. Getting national parks, then, is good business. Under existing standards, very few more may enter. Break these, and the rush will begin. So with the Congressional precedent against buying land for national parks with federal appropriations. Break that, and who can predict the result ? The National Government's Four Safeguards At the beginning of a new era, then, it is well to refresh our minds concerning these standards. The National Government has thrown around these parks four safeguards which it has maintained with remarkable consistency: /~F
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