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Orchard Beach took seaweeds ; two 

 specialized on birds and one on the nota- 

 tion of bird songs. It all looked very 

 promising, but the result was somewhat 

 disappointing. 



The member who was especially in- 

 terested in ferns, and would have been a 

 splendid working member, has, on ac- 

 count of ill health, been unable to do 

 anything. Those who took flowers for 

 their subject made neither notes or col- 

 lections, nor did they attend any of the 

 chapter meetings. The member who 

 took bird notation has left town, as has 

 one of those who were to study flowers; 

 and neither of these members have made 

 any report, although they were spe- 

 cially requested to do so. Therefore the 

 work actually accomplished narrows 

 down to this : 



1. We have learned the necessity of 

 having a definite work, and have also 

 learned "How not to do it." 



2. During the last year we have held, 

 one general field day ; a picnic on the 

 Island which gives its name to our vil- 

 lage. This was greatly enjoyed by five 

 of our members. The others were not 

 present. Smaller parties of two or 

 three have been out for walks and ex- 

 cursions, and I think an interest has 

 been developed which should bear fruit 

 in good work this year. 



3. Through the efforts of two of our 

 members who are connected with the 

 library trustees, several books have been 

 added to the Public Library this year, 

 and we plan to continue this from year 

 to year. 



4. In the line of actual accomplish- 

 ment, we can not make a large report 

 this year. On^ member has secured the 

 nucleus of a herbarium; another has a 

 small collection of seaweeds ; anothei 

 has kept a bird census, cataloguing 

 forty-nine varieties that have been un- 

 der her own observation in and about 

 the village. (This is exclusive of the 

 English sparrow, which Henry Van 

 Dyke classes as 'a little beast.') Field 

 notes of the habits of birds, and nota- 

 tions of a few bird songs have also been 

 kept, so has a partial record of flowers. 

 No work in the way of collecting insects 

 or minerals has been undertaken, but a 

 small collection of shells has been made. 



The membership list revised to date is 



1. Mrs. M. T. Sadleir, President. 



2. Mrs. F. A. Elkins, Vice President. 



3. Mrs. John Wright. 



4. Miss I .eta J. Eaton. 



5. Mrs. C. S. Foster. 



6. Miss Mary A. Lee. 



7. Mrs. L. N. Moody. 



8. Mrs. P. Dussault. 



Leta J. Eaton, Secretary. 



( The above report is worthy of care- 

 ful study by our members. While it 

 shows an immense amount of work 

 done, the secretary apologizes for not 

 doing more. She and her associates 

 evidently realize the great extent and 

 importance of AA work. With this of- 

 ficial report were interesting personal 

 reports from Mrs. F. A. Elkins and 

 Mrs. M. T. Sadleir.) 



International Y. M. C. A. Training 

 School Chapter. 



. . Springfield, Massachusetts. . . 



Officers : President, F. S. Wright ; 

 Vice-president, L. P. Dittemoxe ; Re- 

 cording Secretary, H. W. McOuin ; 

 Corresponding Secretary, E. Horsfield ; 

 Treasurer, A. Lockley. 



Our Chapter has been organized on 

 about the following general basis : the 

 membership is limited to fifteen, it be- 

 ing found that this was as large a 

 group as could profitably work togeth- 

 er on any one topic. Within this group 

 there are several small sections com- 

 posed of those who have special inter- 

 est in some particular phase of nature 

 study, for example, the bird enthusi- 

 asts are four. The general plan is to 

 have these groups work more or less 

 independently coming together at least 

 twice a week in what we term our class 

 room sessions for reports from the dif- 

 ferent sections or for general consider- 

 ation of some topic in which all are 

 interested. It has been the policy also 

 to secure as leaders for such meetings 

 several from outside the membership 

 wdio are prominent in connection with 

 some phase of natural science. 



In the matter of field trips it is the 

 policy to take at least one each week, 

 generally on Saturday mornings, but 

 many other trips are taken by individ- 

 uals or by small groups in pursuit of 



