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Proceedings of the Club 



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the needs of further provision for nature study in the pubhc 



schools, participated in by Mr. Hyatt, M 



Mr. Conroy, 



Mrs. Britton, the secretary and others, and followed by the adop- 

 tion of the following resolution offered by Dr. Britton : 



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Resolved, That a committee of five members be appointed by 

 the chair to prepare a presentation of the desirability of a sys- 

 tematic supply of nature study material to the public schools for 



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submittal to the President of the Board of Education after approval 



by the club. 



Miss Sanial exhibited an interesting series of mounts and cards 



showing tlie admirable work done in nature study in the vacation 



hool 



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A large collection of photographs of wild flowers was exhibited 

 hy Mrs. Britton, displayed upon the wall facing the club. These 

 photographs, the work of Mr. Henry Trott, of Philadelphia, are 

 •excellent for school or other illustrations. Mrs. Britton also com- 



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mented upon the good beginnings made In New York and Brook- 

 lyn in hanging nature pictures in schools. 



Wednesday Evening, March 29, 1899. 



Meeting held in the large hall of the College of 

 Dr. Rusby in the chair. 60 present. 

 Four new members were elected : Ilr. W. H. 

 East 35th Street, nominated by Dr. H. H. Rusby; 



Jr., II 

 Marion 



Shutes, 168 West 120th street, nominated by Miss Marie L, 

 Sanial; Miss Elizabeth Anne Jacobs (Public School 117), 117 E. 

 82d Street; Miss Nellie Geraty (Public School 96), 39 E. 76th 



Street. 



Dr, Britton reported as chairman of committee on nature 



study, thcit finding it impracticable to get the members of the 



committee toe*ether to call on the President of the Board of Edu- 



■cation, he had transmitted the committee's report to President 



Little by mail The report of the committee was accepted and 



the committee discharged. 



The first paper Avas by Professor Francis E. Lloyd, on the 

 Functions of the Suspcnsor, and was illustrated by drawings and 

 by a scries of microscopes exhibiting slides. 



