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Till- C.UDE TO NATURE 



To Be Kind. 



BY HOWARD PALM I'M. AGE '). 



The Arcadia teaches us to be kind to 

 all dumb animals. 



1 1 \s Sharpened tii k Eyes. 



BY ARTHUR MIDDEETON, AGE 1 I. 



Arcadia was built to give the pepple 

 of Sound Beach an opportunity to 

 study nature. It has already broad- 

 ened the minds and sharpened the eyes 

 of many children in Sound Beach to 

 see good in apparently useless things. 

 It teaches us to know that there is 

 something in life beside earning our 

 bread and butter, and also teaches us 

 man}- things about our Creator. 



From a Learned Point of View. 



Within about a half-mile of our Ar- 

 cadia dwells Merwin-Marie Snell, Ph. D., 

 well known, not only locally but in all 

 parts of the world, as philosopher, 

 scholar and writer on philosophy, an- 

 thropology and comparative religion. 



While the young people of the Sound 

 Beach graded school were writing on 

 "The Purpose of Arcadia," it seemed 

 of interest to request Dr. Snell to give 

 the most advanced views of the study of 

 nature in relation to the various relig- 

 ions. While he writes learnedly, he also 



makes tbc subject clear and interesting. 

 It is of much value to note the opinions 

 on this subject of a man who was presi- 

 dent of the Scientific Section of the 

 World's Congress of Religions and who 

 has held many other important positions, 

 as shown by the following biographical 

 data : 



1881-1889. In the scientific service 01 the 

 U. S. Government, under Professor 

 Spencer F. Baird (Smithsonian, U. S. 

 National Museum and U. S. Fisheries 

 Commission). In 1882 also Clerk of the 

 U. S. Senate Committee on the Revision 

 of the Laws, and secretary to Senator 

 Jno. F. Miller, of California. 



Member of the Philosophical, Biological 

 and Anthropological Societies of Wash- 

 ington, D. C., and of the National Geo- 

 graphical Society. 



Published "Sacred Books and How to 

 Study Them." Contributed poems and 

 prose articles to various publications. 



1889-1892. Secretary to the Rector of the 

 Catholic University of America, and 

 lecturer on comparative religion there. 



Member of Sons of the Revolution and 

 Sons of the American Revolution. Pub- 

 lished "Hundred Theses on the Founda- 

 tions of Human Knowledge." One of 

 original organizers, with Prof. Harris, 

 U. S. Commissioner of Education, Major 

 Powell, Director of U. S. Geological 

 Survey, and eight others, of the Society 

 of Philosophical Inquiry. Took part in 

 international scientific congresses, lec- 

 tured at summer schools, etc. 



THE HOME OF MERWIN-MARIE SNELL, PIT. !>.. NEAR ARCADIA. 



