Was there anybody on the staff that had geology as their field?
There was a seasonal ranger naturalist who was a geologist. I can’t give you his name, it’s just off the tip of my tongue. He wrote an article in one of the Nature Notes about the rocks of Crater Lake.
Was it possible to use slides in your evening programs at that time?
Yes, it was. The slide collection was very poor. It was something that Doc Ruhle did not emphasize. He thought that you shouldn’t give a slide show, but give a talk instead. There must have been some slides there during his regime but not a large accumulation. When Harry Parker took over, slides truly went to town because he had Ralph and Florence Wells there with all their photographic equipment. They made marvelous slides, so the collection began to boom.
Was the rim caravan still among the naturalist programs at that time?
I think it had been discontinued. I don’t recall anything of that kind at all.
What sort of field programs did you have?
There was only one hike and that went up Garfield. That was the hike that we did every day. It was the only opportunity in the schedule to take tourists on a hike and was a regular assignment each morning.
In reading about one of your programs which displayed the newts, were they returned alive after being shown to visitors?
Yes, I’m sure they were. There seemed to be a lot of interest. People were fascinated by them. The concessionaire did not approve of the program. He did not think that was the sort of thing that should be done in the lodge (14).
Was there a program in the lodge every evening?
Yes, there were two programs. There was one in the lodge, a lecture there, and then one in the Community House.
