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AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



Incorporated, Massachusetts, 1892. Incorporated Connecticut, 191n. 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



Corporators : Edward F. Bigelow, Ph. D.. 

 Sound Beach, Conn., President and Treasurer ; 

 Hon. Homer S. Cummings, Stamford, Conn., 

 Secretary; Walter D. Daskam, Stamford, 

 Conn. Other Trustees: Harlan H. Ballard, 

 Pittsfield, Mass., Honorary Vice-President; 

 Hiram E. Deats, Flemington, New Jersey, 

 Business Adviser and Auditor; President 

 David Starr Jordan, Stanford University, 

 California, Dean of Council ; Dr. Leland O. 

 Howard, Washington, D. C, Naturalist Ad- 

 viser ; Reverend Charles Morris Addison, 

 Stamford, Conn. ; George Sherrill, M. D., 

 Stamford, Conn. 



From the Charter of Incorporation : "The 

 purposes for which said corporation is formed 



are the following, to wit : the promotion of 

 scientific education ; the advancement of 

 science ; the collection in museums of natural 

 and scientific specimens ; the employment of 

 observers and teachers in the different depart- 

 ments of science, and the general diffusion of 

 knowledge. 



FROM THE BY-LAWS. 



Article No. 14. "Any permanent gift or 

 fund may be placed in the hands of the Stam- 

 ford Trust Company of Stamford, Conn., or 

 any other trust company now organized and 

 doing business in the cities of New York or 

 Boston. The earnings of said gift or fund 

 shall be paid at regular intervals, as may be 

 specified, to the Board of Trustees." 



Contributions. 



"Dream of Arcadia 

 by James Smillie from the original pic 



an engraving 



ture belonging to the American Art- 

 Union and included in the distribution 

 list 1850. Presented by Mrs. Walter 

 M. Smith, Stamford, Connecticut. 



A collection of beetles, beautiful and 

 well mounted, from the Reverend Rich- 

 ard Oertel, a Corresponding Member of 

 The Agassiz Association — R. No. i, 

 Pleasant Dale, Seward County, Ne- 

 braska. Mr. Oertel desires to exchange 

 beetles and microscopical mounts with 

 other members of the AA. 



Passe partout mounts of pink and 

 white Scotch heather and of edelweiss 

 from Switzerland, from Miss Elizabeth 

 H. Hale, 10 Saint Charles Place, Brook- 

 lyn, New York. 



Several marine specimens of special 

 interest from Mr. Benjamin F. Palmer, 

 Sound Beach, Connecticut. 



Fragments of Indian Pottery, collected 

 locally, by Mr. Isaac Ferris. Also teasels 

 and other natural history specimens. 



TO OUR MEMBERS. 



The Agassiz Association is an ag- 

 gressive, go ahead, working organiza- 

 tion. It must never rest on what it 

 has done, but always seek to do more. 

 It must never lose sight of the "Pur- 

 pose" expressed in its charter of in- 

 corporation, that PURPOSE being 

 "the promotion of scientific education." 



This makes our existence and YOUR 

 membership mean something, for your- 

 self, for other members and for human- 

 ity. We have accomplished much in 

 the last third of a century, but more 

 remains to be done. I have pledged 

 my life in loyalty and enthusiasm to 

 its work. I am faithfully and efficient- 

 ly assisted by members of my family 

 whose zeal and devotion to the great 

 cause are no less than mine. We are 

 devoting all possible time, that can be 

 spared from other duties, to this great 

 work, without pecuniary remuneration 

 or the expectation of it. The Board of 

 Trustees (seven) and the Council 

 (about forty) have been faithful and 

 devoted to every project for the ad- 

 vancement of the AA. Many of our 



