THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



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THE HOME OF THE OWLS. 



An Invitation From The AA. 



To our subscribers who are not mem- 

 bers : 



More and more we are learning by 

 experience that an important part of 

 the efficiency of the work of this As- 

 sociation depends on the high quality 

 and widespread circulation of its of- 

 ficial magazine, The Guide to Nature. 



To increase the circulation and to 

 render the greatest good possible to 

 the largest number of people, we made 

 the experiment, two years ago, of re- 

 ducing the subscription price from 

 $1.50 to $1.00 per year. It was also 

 decided at that time to make the ex- 

 periment of devoting a large part of 

 the income from members' dues to the 

 improvement of the magazine. It 



should be remembered that The Agas- 

 siz Association does much work other 

 than the publication of its magazine, 

 and therefore has many expenses be- 

 sides those of the publication of the 

 magazine, and that these other fields 

 of work could be greatly developed if 

 only we had the necessary funds with 

 which to do it. It seems advisable to 

 keep the subscription price at $1.00 

 because we have a large number of 

 members who really appreciate the 

 magazine and are aided by it and can- 

 not afford to pay more. We ask those 

 who can to become members ($1.50 per 

 year or higher). The magazine alone 

 is worth the $1.50; it costs much more, 

 because, as previously stated, we put 

 into it much of the contributions and 

 higher membership dues. 



You will see by the Annual Report 

 that I and members of my family, in 

 addition to time and much hard work, 

 have devoted $472.38 to the good of 

 the AA. This amount is in addition 

 to travelling expenses. 



Please let us have your cooperation 

 — in memberships and subscriptions to- 

 self or friends. 



Edward F. Bigelow. 



An Improvement in the Teaching of 

 Nature Study. 



Nature study, in a certain sense, is not 

 study, because strictly speaking the in- 

 vestigation of nature is natural science,, 

 and in the modern, pedagogical use of 

 the school term, nature study means 

 something more informal, inspiring and 

 sympathetic than the synthetic natural 

 science. Nature study is suffering because 

 it has been misunderstood, especially by 

 some of our best educators. But these 

 troubles are gradually remedying them- 

 selves under the helpful and valuable aid 

 of "The Nature-Study Review." Pro- 

 fessor Fred L. Charles of Urbana, Illi- 

 nois, most decidedly possesses the right 

 spirit, and is doing excellent work in 

 furthering the interests of nature study 

 that is true nature study, and not falsely 

 so-called. 



P. S. Since the above was put in 

 type we are pained to receive notice 

 of the death of Professor Charles. 



