THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



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strength. It should go on and con- 

 tinue to increase. 



"Your Arcadia has been worth while. 

 Even for the two years the value to 

 humanity has been more than its cost 

 to you and me." 



EXPLANATION 



The "favor of the 24th ulto." refer- 

 red to in letter of May 3rd was an ad- 

 vance copy of the Annual Report 

 printed herewith. The objections re- 

 sulting in the order to vacate are two : 

 (1) the clause in the auditor's state- 

 ment, "There are no entries for ser- 

 vices of Dr. Edward F. Bigelow or of 

 any member of his family;" (2) the 

 item in the Report, "From Edward F. 

 Bigelow and family, $472.38." 



These objections are undoubtedly an 

 outburst of resentment on account of 

 personal friendship, but the results are 

 none the less disastrous. The amount 

 advanced does not represent a loss but 

 lack of time and the larger capital re- 

 quired in the increasing business. 



The "No entries for services" is in 

 happy harmony with the unbroken 

 custom of the executive officer of the 

 AA for thirty-six years. It has been, is 

 and will be a labor of love. For only 

 the expenses of the work and the 

 Cause, but not for salary, has the 

 president sought and received public 

 aid. 



The buildings of Arcadia have been 

 equipped in furnishings and specimens 

 by direct contributions from Boston to 

 Sacramento. On account of lack of 

 room, we have recently refused offers 

 of gifts of cabinets of specimens. The 

 visitors have been many ; the corres- 

 pondence is enormous. Much of the 

 experimental and original scientific 

 work has been done in cramped and 

 incomplete, quarters. Upon Arcadia 

 the AA has expended $676.54 in addi- 

 tion to the generous donations of the 

 owner. 



FOR A NEW ARCADIA 



The time has come for The Agassiz 

 Association to have its own building 

 011 its own land — its own Home, even 

 if but a small one, under the sole con- 

 trol of the Board of Trustees. To 

 that end we ask you to give, give what 



you can from a cent to thousands of 

 dollars. 



Let us have at least a $10,000 build- 

 ing, and we want it just as soon as 

 possible. That means please send your 

 contributions now. The A A shall go 

 on; your president will work with 

 more devotion than ever to the Cause. 



Yours faithfully and hopefully, 



Edward F. Bigki.ow 



Contributions for New Arcadia. 



GENERAL. 



Mr. Zenas Crane, Dalton, Mass.Sioo.oo 



Dr. Merwin-Marie Snell. River- 

 side, Conn 10.00 



Miss Amelia H. Benjamin, 



Spring- Valley, N. Y 1.00 



Mr. Clement B. Davis, New 



York City 5-°° 



Mr. Silas H. Berry, Brooklyn, 



N. Y 3-50 



Mr. Oscar Sperl, Cromwell, 



Conn 1 .00 



Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. H. Phil- 

 lips, Glenbrook, Conn i5-°° 



G. B. Affleck, A. B., Interna- 

 tional Y. M. C. A. Training 

 School, Springfield, Mass. 5.00 



Professor Edwin Tenney Brew- 

 ster, Andover, Mass 5.00 



Mr. William L. Marks, New- 

 York City 100.00 



Professor Charles E. Bessey, 



Lincoln, Nebraska 3.00 



Dr. Robert T. Morris, New 



York City 10.00 



Mr. R. L. Agassiz, Boston, 



Mass 25.00 



Mr. John C. Uhrlaub, Glen- 

 brook, Conn 10.00 



Mr. R. E. Vandruff, Evansville, 



Indiana 3.00 



Mr. Jefferson Butler, Detroit, 



Mich 5-°° 



Miss Caroline Hermione 

 Rogers, Thompsonville, 

 Mich 1.00 



Miss Laura Boorman, Palmer, 



Mass 10.00 



