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thoroughly organized and the boys will receive close supervision 

 in all details. Principal Frank D. Thomson, of the Springfield 

 High School, is Director, and Prof. Fred L. Charles, of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, First Assistant Director. 



By Sending A Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope to the 

 office of the Secretary of the A. N.-S. S., Urbana, 111., teachers 

 may learn of aquarium material to be had for the cost of sending. 

 This material will be furnished by a gentleman interested in 

 nature-study, with purely unselfish motives. Ask before freezing 

 time. 



The Chicago Section of the A. N.-S. S. held its first Sat- 

 urday excursion of the year on September 24, making a visit to 

 Vaughan's Nursery and Seed Farm. The members took their 

 lunch and coffee was served on the grounds. 



The Organization Meeting of the St. Louis Section 

 of the A. N.-S. S. was held September 10. At this meeting 

 thirty-three new members joined. The membership being over 

 100, the section is entitled to a directorship in the council of the 

 Society. The officers elected are : Louis Dougan, Principal 

 Shaw School, President; J. A. Drushel, Teachers' College, Direc- 

 tor ; Elyse Crecelius, Librarian Teachers' College, Secretary- 

 Treasurer; and W. J. Stevens, Principal Field School, and Bessie 

 Rice, Teacher Carondelet School, additional members of Execu- 

 tive Committee. The rapid growth of interest in nature-study 

 and in the work and aims of the A. N.-S. S. in St. Louis has 

 been due in the main to the enthusiasm and earnest work of Prof. 

 J. A. Drushel, ably assisted by some of the principals in the ele- 

 mentary schools. With the many members of the Society 

 throughout the state, this places Missouri third in the list of 

 states in membership in the A. N.-S. S., Illinois being first, New 

 York second and California fourth. 



The Good Work of the California Branch of the A. N.- 

 S. S. continues, many new members joining with the opening of 

 the new year. The headquarters are Berkeley, Cal., and the 

 prime movers are E. B. Babcock and C. A. Stebbins of the faculty 

 of the College of Agriculture. 



Prof. C. F. Hodge, of Clark University, gave an address 

 before the Conservation Congress at St. Paul, on "Conservation 

 of Bird Life in the United States". 



