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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



the welfare of The Agassiz Associa- 

 tion and to solicit the co-operation and 

 financial support of all good citizens." 

 The question of the incorporation of 

 the A A under the laws of the State 



HIRAM E. DEATS. 

 Flemington, N. J. 



Business Adviser of AA. 



Mr. Deats is one of our most enthusiastic 

 workers in advancing the interests of the 

 organization. He has given over Five 

 Thousand Dollars to advancing the work. 

 For over a quarter of a century he has 

 devoted much time, correspondence and 

 many specimens "for popularizing knowl- 

 edge and love of nature among young and 

 old." He is an excellent example of a 

 "stick-to-it," of retaining youth by con- 

 tinued enthusiasm, of love and sympathy 

 for young folks and of a positive belief in 

 the uplifting and educational value of 

 nature interests. 



of Connecticut was considered and the 

 President was instructed to take such 

 Steos as may he necessary to accom- 

 plish that purpose. 



Voted to adjourn, subject to the call 

 of the President. 



The new Board, to he reincorporat- 

 ed under the laws of Connecticut, cou- 

 sisl s of the following": 



Edward F. Bigelow (naturalist-edi- 



tor-teacher ) , Stamford, Connecticut, 

 President. 



Harlan H. Ballard (teacher, Origi- 

 nator, and for thirty-three years, Pre- 

 sident of the AA ; librarian Berkshire 

 Athenaeum since i883; member of vari- 

 ous literary and scientific societies; au- 

 thor of "Three Kingdoms" and several 

 other scientific books, "Virgil's Aeneid 

 Translated into English Hexameters" 

 and other literary works), Pittsfield, 

 Massachusetts ; Ex-President ; Person- 

 al Adviser. 



Hiram E. Deats (farmer and "Foun- 

 der" of AA incorporation, 1892, by 

 gift of $5,000; Member and Secretary 

 of the Board of Corporators of the 

 Peddie Institute at Hightstown, N. J. ; 

 Secretary of the Hunterdon County 

 Historical Society. Flemington, N. I. ; 

 President American Philatelic Associa- 

 tion) Flemington, New Jersey; Business 

 Adviser. 



Honorable Iiomer_ S. Cummings 

 (attorney-at-law ; Ex-mayor and pres- 

 ent Corporation Counsel of Stamford, 

 Connecticut ; President Board of 

 Trade; President Civic Federation and 

 holder of various other prominent legal 

 and political positions), Stamford, Con- 

 necticut; Secretary. 



Walter D. Daskam (Ex-treasurer of 

 Stamford and Treasurer and Secretary 

 of The Stamford Trust Company)., 

 Stamford, Connecticut ; Treasurer. 



Dr. David Starr Jordan (President 

 Eeland Stanford Junior University; 

 pupil of Eouis Agassiz ; author of "Agas- 

 siz at Penikese," and of a large num- 

 ber of scientific books; has had ex- 

 tensive experience as an educator ; 

 member of various prominent scien- 

 tific societies and an active worker in 

 the AA for many years), Eeland Stan- 

 ford Junior Universitv, Palo Alto, 

 Cab'form'a; Dean of AA Council. 



Dr. Eeland O. Howard (Chief of 

 Bureau of Entomology of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture; 

 Permanent Secretary American Asso- 

 ciation for Advancement of Science; 

 author of various scientific books and 

 an active A A worker for many years'), 

 Washington, D. C. ; Naturalist Advis- 

 er. 



Reverend Charles Morris Addison 

 (Rector St. John's Episcopal Church, 



