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ADVERTISEMENT. 



SUMMER SCHOOL IN CONNECTICUT. 



PERSONAL. 

 To Our Subscribers and Members of 

 the AA: 

 I am going to try to establish a 

 summer school of nature in Arcadia, 

 Sound Beach, Connecticut, per the an- 

 nouncement in the advertising pages 

 of this number. If this attempt is 

 successful it will be the third I have 

 established in Connecticut. 



After an extended experience of 

 several years as pupil or as lecturer 

 at summer schools in Kingston, Rhode 

 Island ; Woods Hole, Massachusetts ; 

 Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island ; 

 Cottage City, Massachusetts ; Cornell 

 University, Ithaca, New York, I 

 formed the plan of the first summer 

 school of nature to be held in Connec- 

 ticut. 



In January, 1902, I went to the Con- 

 necticut Agricultural College at Storrs 

 and proposed an annual summer schorl 

 of nature and country life. My sug- 

 gestions were adopted and I was 

 elected Director for the first session 

 of 1902. That school has steadily 

 grown and I am informed that the 

 outlook for the coming session is very 

 favorable. 



In 1903, the management of the Con- 

 necticut Chautauqua requested that I 

 establish a nature school at Forest- 

 ville. I accepted this offer and was 

 Director of the school for 1903 and 

 1904. In the second year, because of 

 the growth of the school, I engaged 

 Mr. 'Willard N. Clute of Joliet, Illi- 

 nois, as my assistant. He proved very 

 efficient, as would be naturally ex- 

 pected by any one who had known as I 

 had for many years his enthusiasm 

 and abilities as a naturalist. In 1905 

 I was called to Michigan for a month 

 in the summer schools of that state. 

 Mr. Clute was appointed Director of 

 the Forestville school and has since 

 filled the position most admirably. 

 That school is a decided success and 

 increases in attendance every year. 



For the past three years I have been 

 on lecture tours during almost the 

 entire summer, visiting a week each 

 in summer schools in Georgia, Ala- 

 bama, West Virginia, Ohio and Indi- 

 ana. This year in August and Sep- 

 tember I am going to the South and 

 Middle West for a few weeks. Rut \ 

 am reserving from the middle of June 



to the middle of July to establish this 

 third summer school in Connecticut. 

 There is at present no school of popu- 

 lar nature on the Connecticut shore. 

 I believe that a state that has a larger 

 proportion of beach to its size than 

 has any other in New England should 

 have a beach school and it is going 

 to have one at the ideal place, Sound 

 Beach. Connecticut. This is located in 

 the very best of the summer resort 

 territory and is easily accessible from 

 New York and also from the near by 

 resorts of Rye Beach, Greenwich, Ship- 

 pan Point and Stamford. 



The school will be established on 

 the unique plan of having the price 

 of tuition and the course of study as- 

 signed by the pupils. This does not 

 mean that the school is free nor that 

 there will be lack of system. It means 

 that vou will contribute towards the 

 expenses of the school, of Arcadia and 

 its Agassiz Association according to 

 your ability. It means that the woik 

 of the school will be adapted to your 

 needs. It is suggested that there be 

 two divisions — one for those say aoove 

 eighteen or twenty years of age and 

 one for those below. One division 

 will hold sessions on Monday, Wed- 

 nesday and Friday; the other on Tues- 

 day, Thursday and Saturday. There 

 will be an outing in the forenoon and 

 an indoor session in the afternoon. A 

 union session for all will be held on 

 certain evenings for illustrated lectures 

 or for study of the stars. 



This is your school. Tell what you 

 desire and what you are willing to con- 

 tribute. I desire hearty co-opeiation 

 and will contribute all my time. What 

 vou pay will go directly to the woik 

 of the AA and allied interests of Ar- 

 cadia. 



Yours fraternally in the love and 

 studv of nature, 



Edward F. Bicki.ow. 



Arcadia, 



Sound Beach, 

 Connecticut. 



I find "The Guide to Nature" a great 

 success. — Wilson Morse. 



I could say a great deal about the inter- 

 est I feel in your efforts to increase the 

 interest in nature study, but for the pres- 

 ent I would suffice to say that I wish you 

 to consider me one of the friends of your 

 magazine. I want to wish you every suc- 

 cess. — p. j. Schwankovsky, Jr. 



