OUR ARCADIA PAGE 



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FRONT VIEW OF A PART OF ARCADIA 



Beginning at the left the buildings are Botany Bungalow, Welcome Reception Room,. 

 Laboratory (only the peak of roof visible), Office, Birchen Bower. 



In the rear of these are three more — Pet House, Apiarian Laboratory and Storage 

 Building for cuts, negatives, etc. 



Other buildings needed are Indian Lodge (a guest cottage in Agassiz Grove), Dormitory, 

 Astronomical Observatory, and small resident cottages like Botany Bungalow or a little 

 larger for co-workers and caretakers. 



.ArcAdiA is growing into a real Nature University. 



What is ARCADIA? 



ArcAdiA is the home of The Agas- 

 siz Association. The word was sug- 

 gested by the Arcadia that many cen- 

 turies ago is said to have existed in 

 Greece. Its meaning is that of all na- 

 ture. To live in Arcadia is to live 

 near to nature. But we have some- 

 what changed that signification so as 

 to apply the word to our own 

 ArCxAuiA, because that is not only the 

 home of all nature, but the first and 

 last thought in the study of all nature 

 is the spirit of the AA, The Agassiz 

 Association. It inspires and continues 

 our work — first and last — and is the 

 central point of view. The principles 

 of The Agassiz Association are well 

 known, or they will be made known 

 to any earnest inquirer. 



At ArcAdiA we are trying to build 

 a nature university, the plan to in- 

 clude camping ground, outdoor audi- 

 torium in the Agassiz grove, cooking 

 house, tent platforms, a cottage, a 

 dormitory to accommodate from 

 twenty-five to fifty students, a library, 

 a museum, and an astronomical ob- 

 servatory. There is no institution in 

 the world conceived on a similar plan 

 and with a similar scope of work. It 

 is therefore not surprising that we are 



misunderstood, but we are less and 

 less misunderstood as the plan be- 

 comes plainer as it unfolds. We have 

 built a Welcome Reception Room for 

 the assembling of all interested in the 

 work, and incidentally as a social cen- 

 ter for those who wish to make it such. 

 It is not strange that in the early days 

 of ArcAdiA the whole plan was mis- 

 understood and this misunderstanding 

 has been disappointing and discourag- 

 ing to all participating therein, but 

 from the very first to the main work- 

 ers there has been a clear cut plan, a 

 well defined course of work, a definite 

 purpose. 



When we have our completely 

 equipped plant, we shall need workers 

 in the various departments. We es- 

 pecially desire to train field secretaries 

 who shall promulgate everywhere the 

 principles and the teachings of The 

 Agassiz Association for the study of 

 nature. We should like to sprinkle- 

 ArcAdiA everywhere. There is in all 

 the United States no institution that 

 holds this relation to general, popular,, 

 informal, recreational, educational "na- 

 ture study" as distinct from natural 

 science. Schools and parents every- 

 where recognize the need. If you 

 will talk with any school superintend- 



