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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION' 



Established 1S75 Incorporated, Massachusetts. 1892 Incorporated, Connecticut, 1910 



After Two Years' Experience. 



Louisville, Kentucky, 

 February i, 191 5. 

 My dear Air. Bigelow: — 



The Agassiz Association has taken 

 a strong hold upon our school and I 

 hope and indeed I believe that it will be- 

 come a permanent institution. The 

 science teachers value it as an aid to 

 enthusiasm in field work ; the English 

 teachers find it an active agent in 

 quickening perception and appreciation 



Our Monsarrat Chapter of Louisville, 



Kentucky. 



The Monsarrat Chapter of The Agas- 

 siz Association has received the Charter 

 certifying that we have been recognized 

 as a Chapter of this splendid Association. 

 Already a vote has been passed saying 

 that the Charter shall be framed and 

 hung in our schoolroom where, during 

 difficult lessons, we shall gaze upon it, 

 and perhaps it may soothe our feelings. 

 We will also be reminded of the many 



THE GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, THE HOME OF OUR FIRST LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY CHAPTER. 



The Principal, Mr. Reid, says the AA has drawn all girls and teachers closer together in a common 

 love and work. 



of nature allusions of poets and essay- 

 ists. All teachers find it a potent fac- 

 tor in drawing girls and teachers 

 closer together in a common love and 

 a common work. I am sincerely glad 



that The 



come among us. 



Agassiz 



Association has 



Very truly yours, 



O. L. Reid, Principal. 



wonders God has created and that we 

 shall now be able to study them. 



Each one of us sincerely hopes to ac- 

 complish a great deal and thus enlighten 

 our minds with knowledge of the beau- 

 tiful Nature of which we know so little. 

 We have gained some information con- 

 cerning other Chapters already organ- 

 ized and we shall endeavor to be able to 



