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Show Surrounded by classmates seated in a circle the way visitors would be in a real park situation, Janey spoke about Manassas Battlefield Park in Virginia, the scene of the Battle of Bull Run during the Civil War. "I told what it must have been like to be a Northerner that day, coming down with a picnic lunch in a horse-and-buggy to watch the Yankees roust the Rebels. The civilians lounged on the sidelines like spectators at a football game, watching the tide of battle turn back and forth. As things turned out, the cocky Northerners had to race their buggies back to Washington to save themselves." The speech vias a success, and Janey had the feeling that she would enjoy interpretive work. Yet she liked the idea of protective viork too - protective viork meant more time in the outdoors. When the trainees were evaluated at the end of three months, her counselor told Janey that she could do equally well in either field, even though not very many women went into the protective division. Perhaps that challenge vias what Janey needed to make her decision. She chose protective viork. Her training was not yet over. The Park Service had begun to realize that many city dwellers, especially urban children, have no opportunity to travel to the red and orange cliffs of Zion National Park, to the towering snowfields of Glacier, or the virgin hardwood forests of the Great Smoky Mountains. The National Park Service was created for the benefit of all Americans, and those who live on crowded inner-city streets have a need, perhaps a greater need than others, for outdoor education and recreation. To help fill this need, Janey was stationed for four weeks at George Williams College north of Chicago. |