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AQASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



Incorporated, Massachusetts, 1892 Incorporated Connecticut-, 1910 



A Year of Chapter Meetings. 

 Contains many good suggestions to othe* 

 Chapters, especially those constantly in- 

 quiring, "How Do Others Do It?" 

 Chapter 15 (Action Vale A) of the Agassiz 



Association, 



Established in the Town of Acton Vale, 



Province of Quebec, Canada, 



Report for year 1910. 



We number fifteen members. The 

 meetings are always held in St. Mark's 



MR. AND MRS. LOUIS C. WURTELE. 

 Faithful workers in the AA for many years. 



Parsonage on the Thursday preceding 

 the full moon. After the application of 

 the mental powers, it is well to attend 

 to the corporal requirements, and light 

 refreshments are always served to the 

 members. 



The following is an epitome of the 

 subjects treated through the year: 



January 6, 1910. The kangaroo and 

 its habits were discussed. It is in- 

 digenous to .Australia, where are found 

 many curious animals not to be met 

 with in any other country, and here 

 there is neither deer nor goat. 



January 27. We treated of the 

 heaver. Combined with the maple leaf 

 it is the emblem of Canada; so certain- 

 ly we, Canadians, should be deeply in- 

 terested in that little active and inter- 

 esting animal whose geographical 

 range comprehends America as well as 

 Europe. 



February 24. The very Reverend 

 A. H. Wurtele,' the Dean of Duluth, 

 gave a very interesting lecture on the 

 State of Minnesota. 



March 24. As the newspapers were 

 full of rumors about Halley's comet, 

 an article on that subject was read and 

 well discussed. 



April 21. The lecturers were unable 

 to attend, but a pleasant and instructive 

 evening was passed by the members 

 listening to the reading, in The Guide 

 to Nature, the account of the splendid 

 work being done in The Agassiz Sum- 

 mer School in Arcadia, and also the 

 pleasant account of the Reverend Wil- 

 liam J. Long's home and work, which 

 certainly was not lost time. 



May 26. We had a lecture on the 

 dragon flies belonging to the Odona- 

 ta, which the French named "demois- 

 elles" from their graceful movements. 

 They have four membranous, veiny 

 wing's and can fly backwards as well 

 as forwards. The larvae are fierce, 

 voracious looking things, living i.i shal- 

 low pools. 



June 16. The dear little humming 

 birds were the theme of the evening. 

 They have a very slender beak, which 



