THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



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W. N. FERRIS, PRESIDENT FERRIS SUMMER 

 SCHOOL, BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. 



I am astonished and grieved over 



the action of . You have more 



grit than I have. You are not going 

 to lie down. You are going to keep 

 up the fight. How can you? I do 

 not wish to discourage you. How can 



Mr. fail to see the situation? In 



other words, what possible excuse is 

 there for his not understanding the sit- 

 uation. It is not profitable to argue 

 this feature of the case. 



I am anxious to say something and 

 do something that will help you. Now 

 my friend, I haven't time this morn- 

 ing to outline anything. In fact, I 

 haven't the brains to do it, anyway. 

 I am anxious to see your work go 

 ahead. Certainly, it cannot stop where 

 it is. This country cannot afford to have 

 it stop where it is. Whether you can 

 afford to go on making tremendous 

 sacrifices is another question. 



mrs. elizabeth p. bemis, editor of 

 "primary plans/'' lunenburgh, 

 massachusetts. 



Attract the attention of the public 

 by showing them the utilitarian side of 

 nature study. When people really love 

 nature more they will be willing to 

 work on the soil and one of the princi- 

 pal causes of the high cost of living will 

 be removed. 



Mrs. Browning told us in Aurora 

 Leigh that the world must look to the 

 poets to help better social conditions. 

 I believe our country must look to the 

 nature enthusiasts to help make people 

 happy on the soil. Drudgery ceases to 

 seem all drudgery when we can- look 

 at it from a poet's and artist's point of 

 view as well as the hard dollars' and 

 cents' side. 



You ought to have $10,000 many 

 times over. Why is it that the Chicago 

 University can get $35,000,000 and so 

 many things so necessary to the wel- 

 fare of the vast majority of our future 

 citizens who do not even finish the 

 public elementary schools cannot get 

 the necessities for even a decent foun- 

 dation? I'll tell you what I think is 

 the reason and that is that so few 



leaders with splendid ideas have a 

 money consciousness ; if they had they 

 would demand millions as earnestly as 

 President Harper did and get them, 

 too. I'm glad to have universities 

 handsomely endowed but I am looking 

 eagerly forward to the time when more 

 shall be done to help the masses. 



MRS. M. T. SADLEIR, PRESIDENT MOUNT 

 BLUFF CHAPTER, ISLAND POND, VER- 

 MONT. 



We held our regular June meeting 

 last evening, and I presented your let- 

 ter of May 25 and the article in The 

 Stamford Advocate. We decided to 

 send all the money in our treasury to 

 the fund for a new Arcadia, and only 

 regret that we cannot send more. It 

 is truly a calamity, and one that seems 

 so unnecessary ; but we all appreciate 

 and find inspiration in the spirit in 

 which you write, "The AA shall go 

 on ; your president will work with more 

 devotion than ever to the cause." 



I most sincerely hope that the many 

 friends of the AA will come to the fore 

 with such practical aid as shall make it 

 possible very soon to have a new and 

 better Arcadia. 



MRS. GEORGE PEIRCE, SUGAR HILL, NEW 

 HAMPSHIRE. 



This is indeed a calmity that has be- 

 fallen you, and you have my deepest 

 sympathy, with that of all others (I 

 know) of the interested ones. Why a 

 wealthy man should so befriend you, 

 and then withdraw his aid just when 

 it is of the utmost importance I can- 

 not conceive. It seems almost a re- 

 finement of cruelty. Would that some 

 other benefactor would arise to take 

 his place ! I only wish I had a long 

 purse that I could put my hand in at 

 this juncture to make my sympathy 

 practical. But I will promise you five 

 dollars. If all members of the AA 

 would do the same, it would amount to 

 something substantial ; and I trust they 

 have ! 



You are always optimistic, and in 

 this case I trust your optimism will 

 have its reward. 



I hope for the very best for you and 

 your interests. 



