70 THE NA TURE-STUD Y RE VIE W [ 3 : 3 _ M ar., .907 



The Nature-Study Review. We have learned much concern- 

 ing the work of each other. We now have an established journal 

 for interchange of ideas, and for news and reviews concerning 

 the things most interesting in the nature-study movement. In 

 short, it seems that the way has been well laid for the develop- 

 ment of such an organization as is here proposed. 



The following suggestions concerning possible ways of hand- 

 ling details of organization are submitted as a bases for 

 discussion : 



Name of the Society. American Nature-Study Society 

 would be in line with the names of many of the science societies. 

 Of course, the "American" is to be taken in the broad geograph- 

 ical sense, and not limited to the United States. Perhaps read- 

 ers will have other suggestions. 



Membership. Any persons seriously interested in the edu- 

 cational bearings of nature-study and elementary science should 

 be eligible to membership, and those actively engaged in educa- 

 tional work should be classed as active members. A mail vote 

 on final organization should be taken when one thousand persons 

 have agreed to become charter members. 



Fees. There should be no admission fee. The annual dues 

 for all members should be one dollar. As provided below, it 

 would be possible to make this pay necessary expenses and also 

 the cost of sending The Nature- Study Review without addi- 

 tional charge to members. 



( Ifficers should be a President, five Vice-Presidents, a 

 Secretary-Treasurer, and ten Directors. The President, Vice- 

 Presidents and Secretary-Treasurer should constitute an Execu- 

 tive Committee for the transaction of ordinary routine business 

 authorized by the rules adopted. All the officers together should 

 constitute a Council with the following duties : fix times, places 

 and programs of meetings ; act as a nominating committee as 

 suggested in the latter paragraph ; consider and report to the 

 society all business proposed for a general vote and manage the 

 business of the society according to rules which may be adopted 

 by general vote of members. 



Terms of Office. For the President and Vice-Presidents 

 one vear, the Secretary-Treasurer three years, the Directors two 



