THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



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friend and co-worker. No word from 

 me, a stranger in New England, should 

 be needed to emphasize the value of 

 such a family to the community in 

 which they live. 



Dr. Bigelow is a man wholly con- 

 centrated to the highest things — a 

 teacher, a scholar, a philanthropist, a 

 man of letters and, above all, a rever- 

 ent interpreter of the universe as the 

 living word of the living God. Fortun- 

 ate indeed is the community that calls 

 him its own. 



Frances Blakely. 



Publishing Assistance. 



We are especially grateful to the fol- 

 lowing newspapers' kind and liberal 

 notices : "The Stamford Advocate" 

 and "The Stamford Bulletin," Stam- 

 ford, Connecticut ; "The Greenwich 

 News" and "The Greenwich Press," 

 Greenwich, Connecticut ; "The World," 

 "The Herald" and "The Times," New 

 York City; "The Baltimore Star" and 

 "The Baltimore American," Baltimore, 

 Maryland. 



The following magazines have ren- 

 dered aid: "Bird-Lore," Harrisburg, 

 Pennsylvania ; "Cotton," Atlanta, Geor- 

 gia ; "National Geographic Magazine," 

 Washington, D. C. ; "The Cat Journal," 

 Rochester, New York ; "American Bee 

 Journal," Chicago, Illinois; "School 

 Science and Mathematics," Chicago, Il- 

 linois ; "Photo-Era," Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts ; "The Collinwood News," 

 Cleveland, Ohio. [List of others later.] 



Building Notes. 



The land for the new Arcadia was 

 purchased from Ayres Brothers, Hoit 

 & Company, Stamford, Connecticut. 



The surveying for foundations, etc., 

 has been done by Harold A. Parsons 

 of Stamford. 



The contract for the mason work has 

 been made with William A. Hawks 

 of Sound Beach. 



Contribution of Arcadia Buildings. 



To the Trustees, Members and Friends 

 of the AA: 



I gladly inform you that the Arcadia 

 buildings are ours. The site and build- 

 ings were gift deeded by the owner to 

 The United Workers of Greenwich 

 (Connecticut), a charitable organiza- 

 tion. That organization has very 

 kindly donated the buildings to The 

 Agassiz Association. Could anything 

 more strongly elicit our gratitude or 

 more emphatically place approval on 

 our work and cause? I am sure you 

 all will unite with me in thankfulness 

 to The United Workers. In accord 

 with our rules that organization has 

 been enrolled on our books as "Patron," 

 and our Honorary Certificate has been 

 forwarded. These buildings will be 

 moved to the new Arcadia grounds, 

 where work upon the new building is 

 also in progress. 



To complete the new building, to 

 construct foundations for these, to 

 move them and to put them in good 

 condition will require about .$5,000 

 more. Will you please contribute, even 

 if only a small sum, to that amount? 



Now, right now, is the time for the 

 AA, after thirty-six years of efficient 

 work under various difficulties, to come 

 to its own in a complete, well equipped 

 establishment. 



Locally and from distant places un- 

 qualified approval has been placed 

 upon our ideals and their efficiency. 

 Isn't $5,000 a most moderate request 

 in view of our effectiveness and great 

 extent of work for over a third of a 

 century? 



Gratefully and earnestly yours, 



Edward F. Bigelow, 

 President of the A A. 



Are you interested in inviting Eng- 

 lish sparrows, to visit some other lo- 

 cality? Try tying strips of white rags 

 plentifully around places especially at- 

 tractive as nesting-sites. 



Miss Majorie I. Crane, Summit, N. 

 J., writes : "I am sure you will be in- 

 terested in hearing that I saw a flock 

 of evening grosbeaks on Fernwood 

 Road this morning. There were about 

 a dozen in the flock. They made a 

 beautiful picture, flying about with 

 their striking yellow, black and white 

 plumage." We would appreciate 

 other records of this erratic bird. 



