FUTURE WORK FOR THE SOCIETY 



The foregoing report on the first meeting is encouraging, but a 

 word of warning may prove valuable. Those interested in de- 

 veloping the American Nature-Study Society must guard against a 

 lapse of interest. There must be no reaction. Organizing and 

 adopting a constitution and electing officers is simply a beginning 

 of work which should enlist every member in some way. Nat- 

 urally the work of leading is assigned to the officers who constitute 

 the Council. They invite suggestions from all members of the 

 Society- What are the important lines of activity which should 

 be undertaken? 



As suggestions of lines of desirable activity we may now 

 mention (i) work of Sections of the Society, and (2) studies 

 of committees assigned to special problems. 



The Constitution provides for local Sections. A meeting to 

 organize a New York City Section will be held at Teachers Col- 

 lege on January 18th. Members of the Society in other cities 

 and in certain States are planning for similar local sections. 

 They are important and absolutely necessary in order to organize 

 the work in the schools. The annual national meetings will be 

 important for study of general principles, but the test comes in 

 application to the schools. Local sections can best reach the 

 schools, and so it is quite important that officers and all other 

 members should interest themselves in developing the work of 

 the Society. 



Plans for the appointment of some committees will soon be sub- 

 mitted to the Council of the Society. Such special phases of 

 the nature-study problems as physical nature-study, school- 

 gardens, agricultural nature-study, relation of nature-study to 

 high-school science, and relation of nature-study to geography will 

 probably be assigned to committees. The Secretary will gladly 

 transmit suggestions in this line from members to the Council. 



Increase in Membership Needed 



The membership list is rapidly approaching the one thousand 

 mark which was set for a beginning. In order to carry on the 



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