PROGRAM OF SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 391 



Another Normal School principal who once taught Nature- Study. 

 Author of Nature-Study by Months. Bridgewater Normal with its 

 Greenhouse, Tree Nursery, and Botanic Garden is a good example of 

 applied Nature-Study. 



2. Project: Feeding the Heron, leading into the collection and study of 

 fishes, insects, etc. All classes in a country school. 



Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, Supervisor of Nature-Study, Springfield, Massa- 

 chusetts. The School carrying this project is known as the "Bird 

 Hospital." Whenever school children find an injured bird they send it to 

 the "Bird Hospital" for repairs. 

 "Nature Hobbies and Hobbyists." 

 Dr. Marion Weston, Nature-Study Department of the Rhode Island 

 College of Education. Dr. Weston, as President of the Rhode Island 

 Field Naturalists' Club had pronounced success in getting people inter- 

 ested in a Nature Hobby. Her talk will be full of suggestions as to how 

 we can carry on the good work. Every Nature Leader should start such 

 an organization in his own bailiwick. 



3. The Uses of Bulbs in the Schoolroom. 



Charles M. Lamprey, Director of the Model School; Boston Normal School. 

 Mr. Lamprey distributes each year about 20,000 bulbs to the teachers and 

 children in the city of Boston approximately at cost. 



4. The Need for Gardening as an Intermediate Grade Subject in City 

 Schools. 



Miss Breta W. Childs, Teacher of Nature-Study at the State Normal 

 School, Worcester, Massachusetts. 



5. The Possibilities of Nature-Study in English Composition. 



Miss Pearl McCoy, Teacher of Nature-Study at the State Normal School, 

 Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 



6. Adequate Use of the Aquarium and Terrarium. 



Charles S. Preble, Teacher of Nature-Study at the State Normal School, 

 Farmington, Maine. 



7. Nature-Study as a means of Education for Leisure. 



Miss Gertrude B. Goldsmith, Teacher of Nature-Study at the State Normal 

 School, Salem, Massachusetts. Business Meeting. Election of Officers. 

 Report Secretary-editor. 



Saturday Session, December 30, 10:00 A. M., Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



1. "Personal Reminiscences of Professor Louis Agassiz." 30 minutes. 

 Mr. J. Henry Blake, An associate of Professor Louis Agassiz. 



2. Visiting the Glass Flowers and other exhibits of interest. 



Afternoon Session, 2 P. M. 



1. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Welcome and conducted tour through the Arboretum, probably by Pro- 

 fessor John G. Jack. 



