THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



197 



pool in this recently acquired territory. 

 Nymphalia abounds in an abundance 

 of widely varied forms of plant and 

 animal life. The real nymphs of the 

 place may be found by any one who 

 will seek them in the right spirit. Their 

 names are Love, Stud)'-, Enthusiasm, 

 Interest and Beauty. If you start with 

 the first as a Guide you will find all the 

 others. "We love things not because 

 they are beautiful, but they are beauti- 

 ful because we love them." 



The colors of The Agassiz Associa- 

 tion are gold and green — the golden 

 sunshine on the green fields. 



The floral emblem is the white water 

 lily (Nymphcca). 



The motto is, "Per naturam ad 

 Deum" — through nature to God. 



The sign and seal are the Swiss cross. 



The pennant is of green felt with 

 "The AA" in golden letters. 



A Faithful Worker in Behalf of Schools 



Mr. Ossian Lang, after an extended 

 experience with the Teachers Magazine, 

 has resigned his position, and is to pub- 



MR. OSSIAN LANG. 



lish The Social Center, meaning the 

 schoolhouse, which he thinks should 

 be used by adults as well as by chil- 

 dren. Mr. Lang has an extended re- 

 putation as a lecturer on various edu- 

 cational and political topics. He has 

 many friends in all parts of the coun- 

 try who will aid him in his new ven- 

 ture. We are sure that he will make 



successful whatever he undertakes, be- 

 cause he is a thorough lover of schools 

 and of all educational interests, and is 

 a diligent worker in their behalf. His 

 successors on the Teachers Magazine 

 publish an open letter of appreciation, 

 telling of his prolonged and faithful 

 work, and extending to him the best 

 of good wishes. 



"Why do You go Back?" 



Two ladies recently called at Arca- 

 dia, and the first thing that attracted 

 their attention as they wandered into 

 the garden was some primitive husk 

 corn. "Why do you grow that?" was 

 their surprised inquiry. It was ex- 

 plained that this kind of corn is nearer 

 to the primitive original than any other 

 of which we have knowledge, that some 

 of it grows the kernels in the tassel 

 and other specimens show the kernel 

 first appearing at the modern place — 

 that is alongside of the stalk. The 

 corn has not yet learned how to dis- 

 card an individual husk for each kernel, 

 and to use one husk for the whole ear. 

 'Tut why do you go back to that, 

 why don't you experiment with the 

 best modern kinds?" was the inquiry. 

 It is self-evident to our scientific 

 friends, that to understand a subject 

 one must go to the very beginning and 

 study it in all its phases. But the point 

 of view that most surprised us was the 

 persistent inquiry about bringing in 

 wild nature. "Why do you go back to 

 wildness, why don't you study modern 

 things ?" 



Here was a marked example of a 

 person who could think of nature only 

 as it is adapted to human utilitarian 

 needs. It occurs to us that there may 

 be other would be lovers of nature who 

 ask the same question, and the reply 

 would be, "When you would under- 

 stand any object in nature, study it in 

 all its phases and in its allied forms." 

 That seems self-evident. 



But we wonder if there is not here 

 a good suggestion for studying your- 

 self. Go back over the course to the 

 most primitive forms of life, and there- 

 in we may better understand what 

 human nature is. The race has climbed 

 the hill to what we call modernism and 

 it is, indeed, refreshing to be able to. 

 congratulate ourselves on the accom- 



