CHAPTER XIX. 



THE BADGE, THE CHARTER, "THE SWISS CROSS, THE 



HAND-BOOK. 



THE badge of the Agassiz Association is the Swiss 

 cross. It is appropriate because Professor Louis 

 Agassiz was born in Switzerland. The number on the 

 badges changes with each chapter, and is the number 

 by which each chapter is known. Mr. Hayward, now 

 of Milford, Mass., has manufactured these badges 

 for us since the beginning of our work, and has given 

 excellent satisfaction. He makes the badges of plain 

 silver and gold, and also, when desired, ornaments 

 them with gems, and makes them into pins and other 

 articles of jewelry. He will furnish an illustrated 

 price-list on application. It is very pleasant to one 

 traveling at a distance to meet a stranger wearing the 

 neat little cross of the A. A., for it frequently leads to 

 a desirable acquaintance. 



THE CHARTER. 



As each chapter organizes, there is sent to it a cer- 

 tificate of admission, giving its name, number, and 

 letter, together with the date on which its annual 

 report will fall due. Many chapters have expressed a 

 desire for something nicer than this cheap certificate, 

 which is, after all, the best that can be afforded gratis, 

 and we have therefore designed and caused to be en- 

 graved a charter suitable for framing. It is printed 

 on heavy bond paper, in the manner of a college 

 diploma. At the top is an excellent likeness of Pro- 



