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AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



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Established IS75 



Incorporated. Massachusetts, 1892 



Incorporated, Connecticut. 1910 



Resolutions on the Death of Mrs. Paul- 

 ine Agassiz Shaw. 



At the Annual Meeting of Trustees 

 of The Agassiz Association held at 

 ArcAdiA, on the anniversary of Louis 

 Agassiz's Birthday, May 28, 191 7, the 

 following resolutions were adopted up- 

 on the report of the death of Louis 

 Agassiz's daughter, Mrs. Pauline 

 Agassiz Shaw, at her home in Jamaica 

 Plain, Massachusetts, February 24th, 

 1917. 



Whereas, we, the Trustees of The Ag- 

 assiz Association, have learned with 

 deep sorrow of the death of Pauline 

 Agassiz Shaw, a daughter of Louis 

 Agassiz, at her home in Jamaica 

 Plain, Massachusetts, be it 

 Resolved, that we publicly acknow- 

 ledge our sincere sorrow in her death, 

 and our realization of the loss of one 

 of our most loyal friends in the great 

 Cause of The Agassiz Association. 

 For many years Mrs Shaw has given 

 kindly counsel and substantial aid 

 as a Life Member of this Association. 

 Her counsels have always been ap- 

 preciated by the officers, and her kind 

 words of good will have endeared her 

 to all, especially to the President of 

 this Association. She has encouraged 

 the work by words of good cheer and 

 by many kind suggestions of meth- 

 ods bv which the work might be 

 made better. 

 Resolved that in addition to this public 

 expression of sorrow, we extend to 

 her children, sister, nephews and 

 other relatives and members of the 

 family, our sincere sympathy in this 

 great bereavement. 

 Adopted by the Board of Trustees. 

 Edward F. Bigelow, President. 

 Homer S. Cummings. Secretary. 



Report from Louisville, Kentucky. 



The year has been a very interesting 

 and educational one for the Louisville 

 Girls' High School Chapter of The 

 Agassiz Association. The monthly in- 

 door meetings have been well attended 

 and each one was made attractive by 



a nature programme. One of our best 

 meetings was made so by Balopticon 

 views of American birds. While the 

 slides were being shown, our faculty 

 adviser gave an instructive talk on the 

 birds, emphasizing the point of bird 

 description. Selecting the robin as our 

 standard bird we described each suc- 

 ceeding bird by considering its size, 

 color, shape of tail and bill and feet, in 

 comparison with the robin. We also 

 learned much from Audubon's Book 

 of American Birds. 



On our outdoor trips we specialized 

 on trees. Early in the fall before the 

 trees had lost their foliage we took a 

 trip to study them and learn how to 

 recognize them by their leaves and 

 bark. On an early spring excursion 

 we studied the buds of the sprouting 

 trees ; later in the spring we started on 

 a tree recognition trip. While out we 

 often ran across things not pert: ining 

 to trees and did not overlook them. 

 We saw a meadow lark's nest, one day. 

 which was quite a treat, and we stud- 

 ied and learned to know many wild 

 flowers. 



We are looking forward to another 

 season to study nature's wonders. 

 Virginia Stejxbock. 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



You can read a poem and find only 

 words. You can hear a symphony and 

 recognize only sounds. You can go 

 into a garden and see nothing but trees 

 and plants and flowers. — Abram Lin- 

 wood Urban in "My Garden of Dreams." 



