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The financial difficulties, due to the 

 "great work to reorganize," were the 

 outcome of the Carnegie Institution 

 starting to help him for a short time 

 at the rate of $io,ooo a year, with 

 promise for at least ten years, and 

 probably for life, at that rate. This 

 "aid" was suddenly withdrawn without 

 notice, reason or explanation. 



PROFESSOR S. ARTHUR JOHNSON, PRESI- 

 DENT FORT COLLINS CHAPTER OF THE 

 AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION, THE STATE AG- 

 RICULTURAL COLLEGE, FORT COLLINS 

 COLORADO. 



Kindly accept these tardily expressed 

 regrets that the association will have to 

 leave its home. I sincerely hope that 

 arrangements can be made to house the 

 association in some other suitable 

 quarters. 



DR. H. M. SMITH, BUREAU OF FISHERIES, 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



I was grieved to learn of your mis- 

 fortune, which may prove a blessing 

 in disguise by showing how many peo- 

 ple are deeply interested in your work 

 and by stimulating that interest. Ef- 

 forts such as yours may be interfered 

 with and temporarily embarrassed, but 

 they cannot be permanently sup- 

 pressed. I therefore look for greatly 

 renewed activity as a result of this 

 drawback. 



c. E. pleas, chiplEy, Florida. 



The misfortune of Arcadia was in- 

 deed a great surprise to us and if it 

 would do any good I would be glad 



to write Mr. a scorching letter but 



I presume it's a case like the Irishman : 

 "I'd better kape me wind in me." 



I sincerely hope the sympathy of 

 some other moneyed person will come 

 to your presence or that influence will 



be brought to bear upon Mr. 



which will cause him to recall his un- 

 deserved and untimely action. 



If I had his means, Arcadia would 

 be put on an everlasting foundation 

 I wish you all suuccess and hope that 

 a fitting opportunity will present itself 

 in due season. 



DR. DAVID STARR JORDAN, PRESIDENT OF 

 LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVER- 

 SITY, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALI- 

 FORNIA. 



This is a word of greeting and ap- 

 preciation to The Agassiz Association 

 and to yourself. I am sorry that you 

 are to leave your convenient location, 

 but I am sure that wherever you go 

 The Agassiz Association will flourish 

 and will be the source of great good in 

 the lives of young people. 



MISS MATILDA KREBS, PRESIDENT OF THE 

 JOHNSTOWN CHAPTER, JOHNSTOWN, 

 PENNSYLVANIA. 



The Johnstown Chapter is deeply in- 

 terested in the Arcadia and are grieved 

 to learn that it is necessary for the 

 AA to find a new Home. 



Enclosed find an order for five dol- 

 lars. We wish that it could be many 

 times more. May some lover of na- 

 ture with financial means aid you in 

 finding a new Home to continue your 

 excellent work. 



WM. W. ELLSWORTH, SECRETARY THE CEN- 

 TURY COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. 



We are all very sorry indeed for 

 your troubles. We heartily appreciate 

 your good work for "St. Nicholas," and 

 we know that you are interesting 

 scores of thousands of children in na- 

 ture. I hope there will be no break 

 in your work. 



PROFESSOR M. A. BIGELOW, TEACHERS COL- 

 LEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW 

 YORK CITY. 



The notice to vacate Arcadia is a 

 temporary inconvenience, but I believe 

 it is no lasting misfortune. The AA 

 needs a permanent headquarters and it 

 needs and deserves an endowment. I 

 know numerous people who appreciate 

 the good work you have been doing, 

 and I hope that those financially able 

 will aid in the important movement for 

 a new and permanent Arcadia. The 

 fact is that in addition to new head- 

 quarters you ought to have a fund for 

 paying the expenses of the president 

 of the AA so that he could personally 

 organize and rally Chapters of the So- 

 ciety. 



