“Do not make high mountain ascents alone.… Excursions are best made in small parties of three or five. If a large party sets out, it should be divided into squads of ten or fewer members. Those who wish to make the excursion without stopping should join a separate squad from those who wish to stop frequently for photographing or sketching.“Each squad should, if possible, have an experienced leader; he should make a list of the members, head the line of march on narrow paths, and set the proper pace, slow for ascents, faster for descents; a shrill whistle will aid in summoning his party together. A marshal should follow in the rear to round up the stragglers. Before setting out on a long mountain walk, place the members of each squad in a circle land let each member take note of his two neighbors, one on his right, one on his left, for whose presence he is to be responsible whenever the march begins after a halt: each member will thus be looked for by two others. Once on the road, keep together; those who wander away from their squad cause vexatious delays. The marshal’sreport, ‘All present and ready to start,’ is especially important when a descent begins. If a member wishes to leave his squad after low ground is reached, he should so report to his leader.”
“Do not make high mountain ascents alone.… Excursions are best made in small parties of three or five. If a large party sets out, it should be divided into squads of ten or fewer members. Those who wish to make the excursion without stopping should join a separate squad from those who wish to stop frequently for photographing or sketching.
“Each squad should, if possible, have an experienced leader; he should make a list of the members, head the line of march on narrow paths, and set the proper pace, slow for ascents, faster for descents; a shrill whistle will aid in summoning his party together. A marshal should follow in the rear to round up the stragglers. Before setting out on a long mountain walk, place the members of each squad in a circle land let each member take note of his two neighbors, one on his right, one on his left, for whose presence he is to be responsible whenever the march begins after a halt: each member will thus be looked for by two others. Once on the road, keep together; those who wander away from their squad cause vexatious delays. The marshal’sreport, ‘All present and ready to start,’ is especially important when a descent begins. If a member wishes to leave his squad after low ground is reached, he should so report to his leader.”
Mr. Albert Handy[7]notes another matter, in the following pleasant and sagacious comment upon walking parties:
“A writer on walking has suggested that tramping parties should usually consist of but two or three persons. Having in mind a much hackneyed quotation concerning the trend of a young man’s fancy in the spring, and the fact that it seems to have the same trend in the summer, autumn, and winter, I can conceive circumstances in which two would be an ideal number—out of consideration, primarily, not for the two, but for the remainder of the party. But I set down here another precept worthy of commendation: ‘twosing’ should be sternly frowned upon. In the first place, two ‘twosers’ are apt to get ‘lost’—this in direct proportion to their interest in each other—that is, separated from the rest of the party; and time and tempers are likewise lost, permanently, very likely, in the effort to retrieve the wanderers; while if they happen to be carrying all the lunch, tragic possibilities present themselves.”
“A writer on walking has suggested that tramping parties should usually consist of but two or three persons. Having in mind a much hackneyed quotation concerning the trend of a young man’s fancy in the spring, and the fact that it seems to have the same trend in the summer, autumn, and winter, I can conceive circumstances in which two would be an ideal number—out of consideration, primarily, not for the two, but for the remainder of the party. But I set down here another precept worthy of commendation: ‘twosing’ should be sternly frowned upon. In the first place, two ‘twosers’ are apt to get ‘lost’—this in direct proportion to their interest in each other—that is, separated from the rest of the party; and time and tempers are likewise lost, permanently, very likely, in the effort to retrieve the wanderers; while if they happen to be carrying all the lunch, tragic possibilities present themselves.”
Instructionabout walking—about posture, gait, clothing, and the like—may be afforded in talks before groups of pedestrians, or (often with better effect) individually, by the group leader. Needless criticism and officiousness will, of course, be avoided; it will suffice to provoke and then to answer questions.
Contributions to the literature of pedestrianismwill take the form of description of particularregions in those respects of interest to pedestrians; it will include descriptions of particular walks, and maps.
Clubs are invited to relate themselves to the League of Walkers (page 137), which in publishing such material will of necessity give preference to what is to be commended to widest interest.
With such activities in mind as normal to a pedestrian club, certain matters of policy may be presented for consideration.
Two tendencies are sure to manifest themselves in any flourishing club: the one toward a limited membership of those who qualify by accomplishing difficult feats; the other toward an indiscriminate membership, including those who are ready to join anything—providing the rest do. Both tendencies are bad. The club should on the one hand require of its members an especial interest in the object of its being, but it should on the other hand avoid exclusiveness. Emulation may be stimulated in other and better ways.
The aim of a club should be to bring home and make available to as many persons as possible the advantages in health and happiness to be derived from the pursuit of this recreation. This is a higher and better aim than to produce phenomenal walkers and mountain climbers—though such may incidentally be produced. It is a higher and better aim than a self-adulating company of those who have perched themselves on alps. Alpine climbing is splendid sport, but the aim mentioned is an ignoble one. Says onemountaineer,[8]who is incidentally a delightful writer, with humility:
“I utterly repudiate the doctrine that Alpine travellers are or ought to be the heroes of Alpine adventures. The true way at least to describe all my Alpine ascents is that Michel or Anderegg or Lauener succeeded in performing a feat requiring skill, strength, and courage, the difficulty of which was much increased by the difficulty of taking with him his knapsack and his employer. If any passages in the succeeding pages convey the impression that I claim any credit except that of following better men than myself with decent ability, I disavow them in advance and do penance for them in my heart.”
“I utterly repudiate the doctrine that Alpine travellers are or ought to be the heroes of Alpine adventures. The true way at least to describe all my Alpine ascents is that Michel or Anderegg or Lauener succeeded in performing a feat requiring skill, strength, and courage, the difficulty of which was much increased by the difficulty of taking with him his knapsack and his employer. If any passages in the succeeding pages convey the impression that I claim any credit except that of following better men than myself with decent ability, I disavow them in advance and do penance for them in my heart.”
Avoid membership campaigns and such like advertising; a club to be enduring must rest on interest in the intrinsic thing for which the club stands. An artificially created interest must be artificially maintained; genuine natural interest is harmed by artificial interference.
Dues should not be burdensome, discouraging membership, but should be adequate to accomplish reasonable ends, and so tend to enlist and to widen interest.
Attention should center on the primary activities and upon them chiefly money should be spent.
Publications should be sold at cost.
Adequate charge should be made for the use of property. The Alpine clubs of Europe fix small membership fees, and give members preference over non-members in their lodging places. Members enjoy more favorable rates also for meals and lodging. The ideal of the club here should be a nice balance of simplicity, comfort,and adequacy; no waste, no extravagance, no surplus funds.
Clubemblemsare often adopted and worn. As in other sports, emulation may be awakened by the offer oftrophies. These may be won in competition, or, as is usually preferred, by walking a certain number of miles in a day, or by covering a certain distance in a two-weeks’ hike, or the like.
In any case, organization should be simple and inconspicuous: the wheels should turn automatically.
If acquisition of property is contemplated, incorporation will ordinarily be desired, and trustees will be chosen.
For the benefit of those who may consider organization, a copy of the by-laws of the Appalachian Mountain Club is, by permission, here inserted.
BY-LAWSArticle IThe Corporation shall be called theAppalachian Mountain Club.Article IIThe objects of the Club are to explore the mountains of New England and the adjacent regions, both for scientific and artistic purposes; and, in general, to cultivate an interest in geographical studies.Article IIIMEMBERSHIP1. There shall be three classes of membership, to be known as active, corresponding, and honorary.2. Active members only, except as hereinafter provided, shall be members of the Corporation.3. Elections to active membership shall be made by the Council, and the affirmative votes of at least four-fifths of the members present and voting shall be necessary to election.—Nominations, in the form of a recommendation, shall be made in writing by at least two members of the Club and forwarded to the Recording Secretary. Notice of such nominations shall be sent to all active members, who shall have two weeks from the date of mailing in which to express to the Council their objections, and no person shall be admitted to membership against the written protest of ten members of the Club.4. Corresponding members may be elected from among persons distinguished in the fields of mountaineering, exploration, and geographical science, or for public spirit in the conservation of natural resources or in other interests of which the Club is an exponent. Their election shall be in the manner prescribed for that of active members, except that the names of candidates shall first be submitted to a special committee.—Honorary members, not to exceed twenty-five in number, may be elected in the same manner from among the Corresponding members.—Corresponding and Honorary members shall not be members of the Corporation, unless they were such at the time of their election, and shall not be subject to any fees or liabilities whatever.5. The annual dues shall be four dollars, payable January first. Each candidate elected to active membership shall pay an admission fee of eight dollars, and on such payment shall be exempt from the annual dues of the current year.—The admission fee and annual dues of members under twenty-one years of age shall be half the above rates.—Members elected later than September of any year shall be exempt from annual dues of the year following.—Persons elected to active membership shall pay the admission fee within two months of their election(which payment shall be considered to be an assent to these By-laws), otherwise the election shall be void.6. Any person elected to active membership may become a life member at any time upon payment of fifty dollars, and shall thereafter be subject to no fees or assessments. Such sum shall include payment of the admission fee or dues for the current year. Active members who have completed thirty years of membership, or who have completed twenty years of membership and have reached seventy years of age, shall become life members upon giving written notice to the Recording Secretary, or by vote of the Council.7. Bills for annual dues shall be sent to all members on or near January first, and those whose dues are unpaid on April first shall have notice of the fact sent them by the Treasurer. He shall send, on May first, to members whose dues are still unpaid, notice referring to this article, and those in arrears on June first shall thereupon cease to be members, which fact, in each case, shall be certified in writing by the Treasurer to the Recording Secretary, who shall enter it of record; but such membership may be revived by the Council in its discretion upon payment of past dues. The President and Treasurer are authorized to remit any feesub silentio, when they deem it advisable.8. If the Council by four-fifths vote shall decide that the name of any member should be dropped from the roll, due notice shall be sent to such member, who shall within two weeks have the right to demand that the matter be referred to an investigating committee of five active members of the Club, two to be appointed by the Council—but not from its own number—two to be selected by the member, and the fifth to be chosen by these four. In the absence of such a demand, or if a majority of this committee shall approve the decision of the Council, the name of the member shall be dropped, and thereuponthe interest of such person in the Corporation and its property shall cease.Article IVADMINISTRATION1. The officers of the Club shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, four Departmental Councillors, and two Councillors-at-Large, and there may be an Honorary Secretary. These officers shall form a governing board, to be termed the Council, and this body shall elect new members, control all expenditures, make rules for the use of the Club’s property, except as hereinafter provided, and act for its interests in any way not inconsistent with these By-laws. Five members of the Council shall form a quorum.2. The President shall preside at the meetings of the Club and of the Council, and shall appoint (with the advice and consent of the Council) the several standing committees. One of the Vice-Presidents shall act in the absence or disability of the President.3. The Recording Secretary shall be the Clerk of the Corporation, and shall have charge of the muniments of title and of the corporate seal. He shall keep a record of all the proceedings of the Club and Council, give notice to the members of the time and place of meetings, and prepare each year a report of the Club and Council to be presented at the annual meeting.4. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Club with kindred organizations and with Honorary and Corresponding members, keeping proper files and records of the same, and shall prepare a report for the previous year to be presented at the annual meeting.5. The Treasurer, under the direction of the Council, shall collect, take charge of, and disburseall funds belonging to the Club, except such as are in the hands of the Trustees of Special Funds or by legal restriction are under separate control. He shall keep proper accounts, and at the annual meeting, and at other times when required by the Club or Council, present a report of its financial condition.6. The four Departmental Councillors shall represent severally the departments of Natural History, Topography and Exploration, Art, and Improvements. It shall be their duty to conserve and foster the interests of their several departments, and they are authorized to call special meetings of members interested therein, at which they shall act as chairmen, and to appoint departmental committees, subject to the control of the Council. They shall present at the annual meeting reports of their respective departments for the year.7. There shall be a Board of Trustees of Real Estate, consisting of a member of the Council, to be designated by it, and four other members of the Club, one being elected annually by ballot to serve four years and until his successor is chosen.—These Trustees shall elect annually from their own number a chairman and such other officers as may be required, and may employ such assistance as they shall find necessary. They shall administer and manage any real estate which may be held by the Club as a public trust; subject, however, to the general supervision of the Council.—Any real estate other than public trust reservations to which the Club holds title shall be managed under the direction of the Council, but nothing herein shall be construed to mean that the management of such property may not be delegated to the said Board of Trustees or to a standing committee created for the purpose.—No real estate shall be acquired or title to the same accepted except by vote of the Council upon the recommendation of this Board.—The Trustees of Real Estate shall make to the Club atthe annual meeting a report in writing relative to the property committed to their care, together with a statement of the finances connected with their trust.8. There shall also be a Board of Trustees of Special Funds, consisting of three members of the Club, one being chosen by ballot annually to serve for three years and until his successor is elected. They shall choose their own chairman. The Treasurer of the Club shall not be eligible to election upon this Board.—All permanent endowments and funds of a permanent or special nature (unless otherwise legally restricted), as well as the Reserve Fund hereinafter provided, shall be entrusted to these Trustees, and they shall have power to make, change, and sell investments.—All moneys received for life membership, and such other sums as may be received or appropriated for this special purpose, shall be known and invested separately as the Permanent Fund, of which the income only shall be expended.—There shall also be a Reserve Fund to and from which appropriations may be made by not less than five affirmative votes at each of two meetings of the Council, notice of the proposed action having been given on the call for the second meeting.—At each annual meeting, and at such other times as the Club or Council may request, the Trustees of Special Funds shall make a written statement of the condition of each of the funds in their hands.9. The fiscal year of the Club shall end on December 31. The Council shall at the close of each year employ an expert accountant to audit the books and accounts of the Treasurer and of the Boards of Trustees, and shall present at the annual meeting the written report of his findings; it may also cause to be audited in the same manner the accounts of other agents and committees of the Club.10. The following Standing Committees shall be appointed: on Publications; on Field Meetings and Excursions; on Legislation; on Active Membership;and on Honorary and Corresponding Membership. These Committees shall consist of not less than five members each, and members of the Council shall be eligible to appointment thereon. They shall be vested with such powers as the Council sees fit to delegate to them, and nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting that body from appointing such other committees as may be required.Article VELECTION OF OFFICERS1. The Officers and Trustees shall be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting, and may be voted for on one ballot They shall hold their offices until the next succeeding annual meeting, or until their successors are chosen in their stead; but any vacancy may be filled by the Council, subject to confirmation by the Club at its next regular meeting.—The President and Vice-Presidents shall not be eligible for more than two consecutive terms of one year each, nor the Councillors for more than three consecutive years; the Honorary Secretary may be elected for life.2. A Nominating Committee of at least five active members shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Council. No elective officers of the Club shall be eligible to serve on this committee. The names of said committee and a list of the offices to be filled shall be announced in the call for the October meeting, with a request for suggestions for nominations from members of the Club. The list of candidates nominated by the Committee shall be posted in the Club Room and published with the notice for the December meeting.—Twenty-five or more active members desiring to have a candidate or candidates of their own selection placed upon the official ballot may at any time prior to December 20 send their nominations, duly signed by them, to the Recording Secretary, and the names of such candidates, in addition to those presentedby the Nominating Committee, shall be printed on the call for the annual meeting and upon the ballots. No person shall be eligible to office unless nominated in accordance with the foregoing provisions.Article VIMEETINGSThe Council, or the officers to whom it may delegate this power, shall call a regular meeting of the Club in Boston in each month except between June and September inclusive, and special and field meetings at such times and places as may seem advisable. The January meeting shall be the annual meeting, and shall be held on the second Wednesday of that month. Fifty members shall form a quorum.Article VIIAMENDMENTSThese By-laws may be amended by a vote to that effect of at least three-fourths of the members present and voting at two consecutive regular meetings of the Club, notice of the proposed change having been sent to all active members.
The Corporation shall be called theAppalachian Mountain Club.
The objects of the Club are to explore the mountains of New England and the adjacent regions, both for scientific and artistic purposes; and, in general, to cultivate an interest in geographical studies.
1. There shall be three classes of membership, to be known as active, corresponding, and honorary.
2. Active members only, except as hereinafter provided, shall be members of the Corporation.
3. Elections to active membership shall be made by the Council, and the affirmative votes of at least four-fifths of the members present and voting shall be necessary to election.—Nominations, in the form of a recommendation, shall be made in writing by at least two members of the Club and forwarded to the Recording Secretary. Notice of such nominations shall be sent to all active members, who shall have two weeks from the date of mailing in which to express to the Council their objections, and no person shall be admitted to membership against the written protest of ten members of the Club.
4. Corresponding members may be elected from among persons distinguished in the fields of mountaineering, exploration, and geographical science, or for public spirit in the conservation of natural resources or in other interests of which the Club is an exponent. Their election shall be in the manner prescribed for that of active members, except that the names of candidates shall first be submitted to a special committee.—Honorary members, not to exceed twenty-five in number, may be elected in the same manner from among the Corresponding members.—Corresponding and Honorary members shall not be members of the Corporation, unless they were such at the time of their election, and shall not be subject to any fees or liabilities whatever.
5. The annual dues shall be four dollars, payable January first. Each candidate elected to active membership shall pay an admission fee of eight dollars, and on such payment shall be exempt from the annual dues of the current year.—The admission fee and annual dues of members under twenty-one years of age shall be half the above rates.—Members elected later than September of any year shall be exempt from annual dues of the year following.—Persons elected to active membership shall pay the admission fee within two months of their election(which payment shall be considered to be an assent to these By-laws), otherwise the election shall be void.
6. Any person elected to active membership may become a life member at any time upon payment of fifty dollars, and shall thereafter be subject to no fees or assessments. Such sum shall include payment of the admission fee or dues for the current year. Active members who have completed thirty years of membership, or who have completed twenty years of membership and have reached seventy years of age, shall become life members upon giving written notice to the Recording Secretary, or by vote of the Council.
7. Bills for annual dues shall be sent to all members on or near January first, and those whose dues are unpaid on April first shall have notice of the fact sent them by the Treasurer. He shall send, on May first, to members whose dues are still unpaid, notice referring to this article, and those in arrears on June first shall thereupon cease to be members, which fact, in each case, shall be certified in writing by the Treasurer to the Recording Secretary, who shall enter it of record; but such membership may be revived by the Council in its discretion upon payment of past dues. The President and Treasurer are authorized to remit any feesub silentio, when they deem it advisable.
8. If the Council by four-fifths vote shall decide that the name of any member should be dropped from the roll, due notice shall be sent to such member, who shall within two weeks have the right to demand that the matter be referred to an investigating committee of five active members of the Club, two to be appointed by the Council—but not from its own number—two to be selected by the member, and the fifth to be chosen by these four. In the absence of such a demand, or if a majority of this committee shall approve the decision of the Council, the name of the member shall be dropped, and thereuponthe interest of such person in the Corporation and its property shall cease.
1. The officers of the Club shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, four Departmental Councillors, and two Councillors-at-Large, and there may be an Honorary Secretary. These officers shall form a governing board, to be termed the Council, and this body shall elect new members, control all expenditures, make rules for the use of the Club’s property, except as hereinafter provided, and act for its interests in any way not inconsistent with these By-laws. Five members of the Council shall form a quorum.
2. The President shall preside at the meetings of the Club and of the Council, and shall appoint (with the advice and consent of the Council) the several standing committees. One of the Vice-Presidents shall act in the absence or disability of the President.
3. The Recording Secretary shall be the Clerk of the Corporation, and shall have charge of the muniments of title and of the corporate seal. He shall keep a record of all the proceedings of the Club and Council, give notice to the members of the time and place of meetings, and prepare each year a report of the Club and Council to be presented at the annual meeting.
4. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Club with kindred organizations and with Honorary and Corresponding members, keeping proper files and records of the same, and shall prepare a report for the previous year to be presented at the annual meeting.
5. The Treasurer, under the direction of the Council, shall collect, take charge of, and disburseall funds belonging to the Club, except such as are in the hands of the Trustees of Special Funds or by legal restriction are under separate control. He shall keep proper accounts, and at the annual meeting, and at other times when required by the Club or Council, present a report of its financial condition.
6. The four Departmental Councillors shall represent severally the departments of Natural History, Topography and Exploration, Art, and Improvements. It shall be their duty to conserve and foster the interests of their several departments, and they are authorized to call special meetings of members interested therein, at which they shall act as chairmen, and to appoint departmental committees, subject to the control of the Council. They shall present at the annual meeting reports of their respective departments for the year.
7. There shall be a Board of Trustees of Real Estate, consisting of a member of the Council, to be designated by it, and four other members of the Club, one being elected annually by ballot to serve four years and until his successor is chosen.—These Trustees shall elect annually from their own number a chairman and such other officers as may be required, and may employ such assistance as they shall find necessary. They shall administer and manage any real estate which may be held by the Club as a public trust; subject, however, to the general supervision of the Council.—Any real estate other than public trust reservations to which the Club holds title shall be managed under the direction of the Council, but nothing herein shall be construed to mean that the management of such property may not be delegated to the said Board of Trustees or to a standing committee created for the purpose.—No real estate shall be acquired or title to the same accepted except by vote of the Council upon the recommendation of this Board.—The Trustees of Real Estate shall make to the Club atthe annual meeting a report in writing relative to the property committed to their care, together with a statement of the finances connected with their trust.
8. There shall also be a Board of Trustees of Special Funds, consisting of three members of the Club, one being chosen by ballot annually to serve for three years and until his successor is elected. They shall choose their own chairman. The Treasurer of the Club shall not be eligible to election upon this Board.—All permanent endowments and funds of a permanent or special nature (unless otherwise legally restricted), as well as the Reserve Fund hereinafter provided, shall be entrusted to these Trustees, and they shall have power to make, change, and sell investments.—All moneys received for life membership, and such other sums as may be received or appropriated for this special purpose, shall be known and invested separately as the Permanent Fund, of which the income only shall be expended.—There shall also be a Reserve Fund to and from which appropriations may be made by not less than five affirmative votes at each of two meetings of the Council, notice of the proposed action having been given on the call for the second meeting.—At each annual meeting, and at such other times as the Club or Council may request, the Trustees of Special Funds shall make a written statement of the condition of each of the funds in their hands.
9. The fiscal year of the Club shall end on December 31. The Council shall at the close of each year employ an expert accountant to audit the books and accounts of the Treasurer and of the Boards of Trustees, and shall present at the annual meeting the written report of his findings; it may also cause to be audited in the same manner the accounts of other agents and committees of the Club.
10. The following Standing Committees shall be appointed: on Publications; on Field Meetings and Excursions; on Legislation; on Active Membership;and on Honorary and Corresponding Membership. These Committees shall consist of not less than five members each, and members of the Council shall be eligible to appointment thereon. They shall be vested with such powers as the Council sees fit to delegate to them, and nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting that body from appointing such other committees as may be required.
1. The Officers and Trustees shall be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting, and may be voted for on one ballot They shall hold their offices until the next succeeding annual meeting, or until their successors are chosen in their stead; but any vacancy may be filled by the Council, subject to confirmation by the Club at its next regular meeting.—The President and Vice-Presidents shall not be eligible for more than two consecutive terms of one year each, nor the Councillors for more than three consecutive years; the Honorary Secretary may be elected for life.
2. A Nominating Committee of at least five active members shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Council. No elective officers of the Club shall be eligible to serve on this committee. The names of said committee and a list of the offices to be filled shall be announced in the call for the October meeting, with a request for suggestions for nominations from members of the Club. The list of candidates nominated by the Committee shall be posted in the Club Room and published with the notice for the December meeting.—Twenty-five or more active members desiring to have a candidate or candidates of their own selection placed upon the official ballot may at any time prior to December 20 send their nominations, duly signed by them, to the Recording Secretary, and the names of such candidates, in addition to those presentedby the Nominating Committee, shall be printed on the call for the annual meeting and upon the ballots. No person shall be eligible to office unless nominated in accordance with the foregoing provisions.
The Council, or the officers to whom it may delegate this power, shall call a regular meeting of the Club in Boston in each month except between June and September inclusive, and special and field meetings at such times and places as may seem advisable. The January meeting shall be the annual meeting, and shall be held on the second Wednesday of that month. Fifty members shall form a quorum.
These By-laws may be amended by a vote to that effect of at least three-fourths of the members present and voting at two consecutive regular meetings of the Club, notice of the proposed change having been sent to all active members.
What has been said of the conduct of clubs generally will, so far as it is worth the saying, afford sufficient suggestion to school teachers, secretaries of young men’s and young women’s Christian associations, and other welfare workers. Organization is not the important thing. The important thing is to direct the minds and activities of young people into wholesome and educative channels.
In dealing with boys and girls the educational factor in pedestrianism becomes more important.Lessons in biology, geology, astronomy, and history are more adequately taught and more thoroughly learned, when teacher and pupil come face to face with the actual physical objects to which study is directed. And the way opens wide here, not for natural and social science, merely, but for seemingly more remote subjects: surveying, for instance, and cartography; appreciation of architecture and of other fine arts; sketching and English composition. Incidentally, powers of observation, memory, thought are quickened, and physical well-being promoted.
Even in such minor matters as clothing and shoes, a good deal of folly among boys and girls may be dissipated, to the substantial benefit of these same girls and boys when older grown.
The handbook of the Boy Scouts will be found particularly suggestive and helpful to those in charge of walking for young people.
Much wider use is made in Europe than in this country of excursions as a feature of school life; here as well as over there, excursions afoot may be encouraged. But teachers must themselves become pedestrians, before such advantages and enjoyment as walking affords will become available to school children generally.
The plans for the League, as thus far developed, are:
To encourage the organization of walking clubs, and to cooperate with such organizations, aiding them in making their proposals inviting.
To maintain a Bureau of Information, where specific advice about particular walks and particular regions will be preserved and made availableto all applicants. Particular attention will be given to collecting data concerning scenery, geology, history, and, generally, matters of interest on particular walks.
To publish a “blue book” or guidebook for pedestrians.
To give advice regarding clothing, equipment, training, etc.
To promote inter-Association and other inter-club walking tours.
Certificates will be given to walking clubs which enroll in the League. The cost of enrolment is $1.00, simply to pay for the cost of the certificate.
Members of constituent walking clubs may wear bronze buttons or pins bearing the emblem of the League. These may be procured at a nominal cost at 347 Madison Avenue, New York.
A bronze medallion, to be worn as a watch fob, will be awarded to any one, a member of a constituent walking club, who walks 30 miles in twenty-four hours, or 150 miles in two weeks, or who makes a mountain climb of 3,000 feet in a day. An applicant for a medallion will furnish with his application two letters, in addition to his own, from those best advised, stating the facts as they know them. The secretary of the club of which the applicant is a member (it may be of a Y. M. C. A.) should also write, and his may be one of the two letters required, as just said. If possible, the letters should be written by persons present, one at the start and the other at the finish of the feat. The applicants will pay the cost of the medallion.
A silver medallion will be awarded, at the expense of the League, one each year, (1) to the person who sends to the Bureau the best originalessay on walking, based upon actual experience; (2) to the person who sends to the Bureau the best epitome of a walking tour; and (3) to the person who sends to the Bureau the best photograph taken on a walk.
A silver medallion may be awarded to one who performs some notable feat in walking, or who renders some valuable service in the interest of walking.
Special recognition will be given each year to that walking organization which has rendered the best service to the walking movement.
The emblem of the League is pictured in the design appearing in the frontispiece. The design was modeled by Mr. Royal B. Farnum, Specialist in Industrial Arts in the New York Department of Education, at the instance of Dr. John H. Finley, President of the University of the State of New York.
The desire of the League is to inspire and incite people to get out of doors, to walk regularly and systematically, to cultivate a love for the open, and to develop health and vigor and the joy of well-being.
All organizations interested are requested, for the common good, to communicate with the New York Bureau all data respecting regions under cultivation, and respecting particular walks and tours.
Communications should be addressed to the League of Walkers, 347, Madison Avenue, New York City.
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade.And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,And evening full of the linnet’s wings.I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,I hear it in the deep heart’s core.William Butler Yeats.
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade.And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,And evening full of the linnet’s wings.I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,I hear it in the deep heart’s core.William Butler Yeats.
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
William Butler Yeats.
William Butler Yeats.
BIBLIOGRAPHYOn WalkingWilliam Hazlitt—On Going a Journey.Robert Louis Stevenson—Walking Tours.Henry David Thoreau—Walking. Journal for Jan. 7, 1857.Ralph Waldo Emerson—Country Life. Concord Walks.Bradford Torrey—An Old Road.John Burroughs—The Exhilarations of the Road.—Footpaths.A. H. Sidgwick—Walking Essays.Art of WalkingC. P. Fordyce—Touring Afoot.Arnold Haultain—Of Walks and Walking Tours; an attempt to find a philosophy and a creed.Mountaineering JournalsAlpine Journal, published by the Alpine Club, of London.Appalachia, published by the Appalachian Mountain Club, of Boston.Sierra Club Bulletin, published by the Sierra Club of San Francisco.Mazama, published by the Mazamas, of Portland, Oregon.Canadian Alpine Journal, published by the Canadian Alpine Club.Camping and WoodcraftThe Boy Scout Handbook.G. W. Sears—Woodcraft.Charles S. Hanks—Camp Kits and Camp Life.MountaineeringScribner’s Out-of-Door Library—Mountain Climbing.C. T. Dentand others—“Mountaineering” (Badminton Library of Sports).Frederick H. Chapin—Mountaineering in Colorado.J. S. C. Russell—Mountaineering in Alaska. (Bulletins of the Amer. Geog. Soc.).Hudson Stuck, D.D.—The Ascent of Denali (Mt. McKinley).Belmore Browne—The Conquest of Mount McKinley.Filippo de Filippi, Duke of the Abruzzi—The Ascent of Mont St. Elias (translated by Signora Linda Villari).A. O. WheelerandElizabeth A. Parker—In the Selkirk Mountains.E. A. Fitz Gerald—The Highest Andes.Edward Whymper—Scrambles amongst the Alps.Leslie Stephen—The Playground of Europe.Professor F. Umlauft—The Alps.A. F. Mummery—My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus.Charles Edward Mathews—The Annals of Mont Blanc.Guido Rey—Peaks and Precipices: Scrambles in the Dolomites and Savoy.Leone Sinigaglia—Climbing Reminiscences of the Dolomites (translated by Mary Alice Vials).Harold Spender—Through the High Pyrenees.Fanny Bullock WorkmanandWilliam Hunter Workman—Peaks and Glaciers of Nun Kun.William Martin Conway—Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas.E. A. Fitz Gerald—Climbs in the New Zealand Alps.Across ContinentsHarry A. Franck—A Vagabond Journey Around the World.Charles F. Lummis—A Tramp across the Continent (America).John Muir—A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf.New EnglandHenry D. Thoreau—The Maine Woods.—Cape Cod.—Excursions.In “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers,” underTuesday, is an account of Climbing Saddleback Mountain (Greylock) in Massachusetts.Frank Bolles—Land of the Lingering Snow. At the North of Bearcamp Water.Bradford Torrey—Footing It in Franconia.—Nature’s Invitation.—The Foot-Path Way.—A Rambler’s Lease.Allen Chamberlain—Vacation Tramps in New England Highlands.Thomas Bailey Aldrich—An Old Town by the Sea.Guide to Paths and Camps in the White Mountains and Adjacent Regions (published by the Appalachian Mountain Club).Walks and Rides about Boston (published by the Appalachian Mountain Club).North Atlantic StatesJoel T. Headley—The Adirondacks.John Burroughs—Locusts and Wild Honey (Chap. “A Bed of Boughs”).T. Morris Longstreth—The Catskills.—The Adirondacks.For walks in the vicinity of New York city, see “Little Trips Near-by,” by Albert Handy, a series of eight articles which appeared in the New YorkEvening Post, Saturday Supplement, for Nov. 15, Dec. 6, 20, 1913, and Jan. 10, April 18, May 30, July 25, and Aug. 8, 1914.John Burroughs—Winter Sunshine (Washington, D. C.)E. P. Weston—The Pedestrian. (Being a correct journal of incidents on a walk from the State House, Boston, Mass., to the U. S. Capitol, at Washington, D. C., performed in ten consecutive days), 1862.Carolina MountainsHorace Kephart—Our Southern Highlanders.Bradford Torrey—Spring Notes from Tennessee.—A World of Green Hills.Margaret W. Morley—The Carolina Mountains.FloridaBradford Torrey—A Florida Sketch-Book.ColoradoEnos A. Mills—The Spell of the Rockies.—The Rocky Mountain Wonderland.—Wild Life on the Rockies.—Your National Parks.(See “Mountaineering.”)WyomingJohn Muir—Our National Parks.Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.Hiram Martin Chittenden—The Yellowstone National Park.MontanaMathilde Edith HoltzandKatharine Isabel Bemis—Glacier National Park.Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.Walter McClintock—The Old North Trail.ArizonaGeorge Wharton James—In and around the Grand Canyon.John Muir—Steep Trails.Bradford Torrey—Field Days in California (Chap. “A Bird-gazer at the Canyon”).Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.Washington and OregonEnos A. Mills—Your National Parks.CaliforniaJohn Muir—Steep Trails.—My First Summer in the Sierras.—The Mountains of California.—Our National Parks.—The Yosemite.J. Smeaton Chase—California Coast Trails.—Yosemite Trails.Bradford Torrey—Field Days in California.Dallas Lore Sharp—Where Rolls the Oregon.Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.AlaskaJohn Muir—Travels in Alaska.Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.(See “Mountaineering.”)CanadaLawrence J. Burpee, Among the Canadian Alps.Enos A. Mills, Your National Parks.(See “Mountaineering.”)MexicoHarry A. Franck—Tramping through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.William T. Hornaday—Camp Fires on Desert and Lava.HawaiiEnos A. Mills—Your National Parks.South America(See “Mountaineering.”)EuropeRobert Louis Stevenson—Travels with a Donkey.Baedeker’s Guidebooks.(See “Mountaineering.”)FranceH. H. Bashford—Vagabonds in Perigord.William Morris Davis—Excursions Around Aix-les-Bains (published for Y. M. C. A. Natl. War Work Council by the Appalachian Mountain Club).The AlpsJohn Tyndall—Hours of Exercise in the Alps.F. Wolcott Stoddard—Tramps through Tyrol.(See “Mountaineering.”)SpainHarry A. Franck—Four Months Afoot in Spain.GreeceDenton J. Snider—A Walk in Hellas.RussiaStephen Graham—A Tramp’s Sketches.—A Vagabond in the Caucasus.Asia MinorStephen Graham—With the Russian Pilgrims to Jerusalem.W. J. Childs—Across Asia Minor on Foot.TurkestanStephen Graham—Through Russian Central Asia.PalestineJohn Finley—A Pilgrim in Palestine.Burma, Siam, Cochin ChinaEdmund Candler—A Vagabond in Asia.JapanLucian Swift Kirtland—Samurai Trails.New Zealand(See “Mountaineering.”)New South WalesH. J. Tompkins—With Swag and Billy (issued by the Government Tourist Bureau, Sidney).
On Walking
William Hazlitt—On Going a Journey.
Robert Louis Stevenson—Walking Tours.
Henry David Thoreau—Walking. Journal for Jan. 7, 1857.
Ralph Waldo Emerson—Country Life. Concord Walks.
Bradford Torrey—An Old Road.
John Burroughs—The Exhilarations of the Road.
—Footpaths.
A. H. Sidgwick—Walking Essays.
Art of Walking
C. P. Fordyce—Touring Afoot.
Arnold Haultain—Of Walks and Walking Tours; an attempt to find a philosophy and a creed.
Mountaineering Journals
Alpine Journal, published by the Alpine Club, of London.
Appalachia, published by the Appalachian Mountain Club, of Boston.
Sierra Club Bulletin, published by the Sierra Club of San Francisco.
Mazama, published by the Mazamas, of Portland, Oregon.
Canadian Alpine Journal, published by the Canadian Alpine Club.
Camping and Woodcraft
The Boy Scout Handbook.
G. W. Sears—Woodcraft.
Charles S. Hanks—Camp Kits and Camp Life.
Mountaineering
Scribner’s Out-of-Door Library—Mountain Climbing.
C. T. Dentand others—“Mountaineering” (Badminton Library of Sports).
Frederick H. Chapin—Mountaineering in Colorado.
J. S. C. Russell—Mountaineering in Alaska. (Bulletins of the Amer. Geog. Soc.).
Hudson Stuck, D.D.—The Ascent of Denali (Mt. McKinley).
Belmore Browne—The Conquest of Mount McKinley.
Filippo de Filippi, Duke of the Abruzzi—The Ascent of Mont St. Elias (translated by Signora Linda Villari).
A. O. WheelerandElizabeth A. Parker—In the Selkirk Mountains.
E. A. Fitz Gerald—The Highest Andes.
Edward Whymper—Scrambles amongst the Alps.
Leslie Stephen—The Playground of Europe.
Professor F. Umlauft—The Alps.
A. F. Mummery—My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus.
Charles Edward Mathews—The Annals of Mont Blanc.
Guido Rey—Peaks and Precipices: Scrambles in the Dolomites and Savoy.
Leone Sinigaglia—Climbing Reminiscences of the Dolomites (translated by Mary Alice Vials).
Harold Spender—Through the High Pyrenees.
Fanny Bullock WorkmanandWilliam Hunter Workman—Peaks and Glaciers of Nun Kun.
William Martin Conway—Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas.
E. A. Fitz Gerald—Climbs in the New Zealand Alps.
Across Continents
Harry A. Franck—A Vagabond Journey Around the World.
Charles F. Lummis—A Tramp across the Continent (America).
John Muir—A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf.
New England
Henry D. Thoreau—The Maine Woods.
—Cape Cod.
—Excursions.
In “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers,” underTuesday, is an account of Climbing Saddleback Mountain (Greylock) in Massachusetts.
Frank Bolles—Land of the Lingering Snow. At the North of Bearcamp Water.
Bradford Torrey—Footing It in Franconia.
—Nature’s Invitation.
—The Foot-Path Way.
—A Rambler’s Lease.
Allen Chamberlain—Vacation Tramps in New England Highlands.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich—An Old Town by the Sea.
Guide to Paths and Camps in the White Mountains and Adjacent Regions (published by the Appalachian Mountain Club).
Walks and Rides about Boston (published by the Appalachian Mountain Club).
North Atlantic States
Joel T. Headley—The Adirondacks.
John Burroughs—Locusts and Wild Honey (Chap. “A Bed of Boughs”).
T. Morris Longstreth—The Catskills.
—The Adirondacks.
For walks in the vicinity of New York city, see “Little Trips Near-by,” by Albert Handy, a series of eight articles which appeared in the New YorkEvening Post, Saturday Supplement, for Nov. 15, Dec. 6, 20, 1913, and Jan. 10, April 18, May 30, July 25, and Aug. 8, 1914.
John Burroughs—Winter Sunshine (Washington, D. C.)
E. P. Weston—The Pedestrian. (Being a correct journal of incidents on a walk from the State House, Boston, Mass., to the U. S. Capitol, at Washington, D. C., performed in ten consecutive days), 1862.
Carolina Mountains
Horace Kephart—Our Southern Highlanders.
Bradford Torrey—Spring Notes from Tennessee.
—A World of Green Hills.
Margaret W. Morley—The Carolina Mountains.
Florida
Bradford Torrey—A Florida Sketch-Book.
Colorado
Enos A. Mills—The Spell of the Rockies.
—The Rocky Mountain Wonderland.
—Wild Life on the Rockies.
—Your National Parks.
(See “Mountaineering.”)
Wyoming
John Muir—Our National Parks.
Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.
Hiram Martin Chittenden—The Yellowstone National Park.
Montana
Mathilde Edith HoltzandKatharine Isabel Bemis—Glacier National Park.
Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.
Walter McClintock—The Old North Trail.
Arizona
George Wharton James—In and around the Grand Canyon.
John Muir—Steep Trails.
Bradford Torrey—Field Days in California (Chap. “A Bird-gazer at the Canyon”).
Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.
Washington and Oregon
Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.
California
John Muir—Steep Trails.
—My First Summer in the Sierras.
—The Mountains of California.
—Our National Parks.
—The Yosemite.
J. Smeaton Chase—California Coast Trails.
—Yosemite Trails.
Bradford Torrey—Field Days in California.
Dallas Lore Sharp—Where Rolls the Oregon.
Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.
Alaska
John Muir—Travels in Alaska.
Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.
(See “Mountaineering.”)
Canada
Lawrence J. Burpee, Among the Canadian Alps.
Enos A. Mills, Your National Parks.
(See “Mountaineering.”)
Mexico
Harry A. Franck—Tramping through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
William T. Hornaday—Camp Fires on Desert and Lava.
Hawaii
Enos A. Mills—Your National Parks.
South America
(See “Mountaineering.”)
Europe
Robert Louis Stevenson—Travels with a Donkey.
Baedeker’s Guidebooks.
(See “Mountaineering.”)
France
H. H. Bashford—Vagabonds in Perigord.
William Morris Davis—Excursions Around Aix-les-Bains (published for Y. M. C. A. Natl. War Work Council by the Appalachian Mountain Club).
The Alps
John Tyndall—Hours of Exercise in the Alps.
F. Wolcott Stoddard—Tramps through Tyrol.
(See “Mountaineering.”)
Spain
Harry A. Franck—Four Months Afoot in Spain.
Greece
Denton J. Snider—A Walk in Hellas.
Russia
Stephen Graham—A Tramp’s Sketches.
—A Vagabond in the Caucasus.
Asia Minor
Stephen Graham—With the Russian Pilgrims to Jerusalem.
W. J. Childs—Across Asia Minor on Foot.
Turkestan
Stephen Graham—Through Russian Central Asia.
Palestine
John Finley—A Pilgrim in Palestine.
Burma, Siam, Cochin China
Edmund Candler—A Vagabond in Asia.
Japan
Lucian Swift Kirtland—Samurai Trails.
New Zealand
(See “Mountaineering.”)
New South Wales
H. J. Tompkins—With Swag and Billy (issued by the Government Tourist Bureau, Sidney).
An illustration from the end papers of the book: party of walkers looking out over a landscape
FOOTNOTES[1]TheYouth’s Companion, Aug. 31, 1911.[2]From “Poems and Ballads,” by Robert Louis Stevenson; copyright 1895, 1913, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.[3]Issue of April 25, 1917.[4]Nathaniel L. Goodrich, “The Attractions of Trail Making,” inAppalachia, Vol. XIV, No. 3, page 247.[5]Nathaniel L. Goodrich,ubi supra.[6]“Wild Life on the Rockies,” page 209.[7]New YorkEvening Post, July 25, 1914.[8]Leslie Stephen, “The Playground of Europe.”
[1]TheYouth’s Companion, Aug. 31, 1911.
[1]TheYouth’s Companion, Aug. 31, 1911.
[2]From “Poems and Ballads,” by Robert Louis Stevenson; copyright 1895, 1913, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
[2]From “Poems and Ballads,” by Robert Louis Stevenson; copyright 1895, 1913, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
[3]Issue of April 25, 1917.
[3]Issue of April 25, 1917.
[4]Nathaniel L. Goodrich, “The Attractions of Trail Making,” inAppalachia, Vol. XIV, No. 3, page 247.
[4]Nathaniel L. Goodrich, “The Attractions of Trail Making,” inAppalachia, Vol. XIV, No. 3, page 247.
[5]Nathaniel L. Goodrich,ubi supra.
[5]Nathaniel L. Goodrich,ubi supra.
[6]“Wild Life on the Rockies,” page 209.
[6]“Wild Life on the Rockies,” page 209.
[7]New YorkEvening Post, July 25, 1914.
[7]New YorkEvening Post, July 25, 1914.
[8]Leslie Stephen, “The Playground of Europe.”
[8]Leslie Stephen, “The Playground of Europe.”