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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



a factor in education." It does seem 

 as if we were approaching the promised 

 land in which stands the desired Univer- 

 sity. We have now well-established 

 facilities for disseminating our teaching 

 by the printed page, not only in our 

 own well-established official magazine 

 but in space offered to us gratuitously 

 by many magazines and newspapers. 



What we want next is a forum from 

 which not only your President but his 

 assistants and visiting scientists may 

 disseminate a knowledge and a love of 

 nature. Let us have the Assembly 

 Hall. The time for it has come, we 

 need it, and we need it this spring, It 

 will not cost more than fifteen hundred 

 dollars. Where is the lover of nature 

 that will build it and give it to the AA? 

 It shall to all time bear his name. 

 Where are fifteen hundred people who 

 will give a dollar each? Let this come 

 and come quickly, from whatever 

 source it may. It will be a surprise 

 as pleasing as have been many of the 

 changing events of the past year. 



Contributions. 



Previously acknowledged $2,838 37 



Mr. Louis J. Deacon, Atlantic City, 



New Jersey 1.00 



Mr. Maurice C. Blake, Oxford, Eng- 

 land 1.06 



Miss Francis H. Errett, Cincinnati, 



Ohio 10.00 



Mr. Lloyd V. France, Platteville, 



Wisconsin 1.00 



An AA Member .50 



Total $2,851.93 



FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF NEW ARCADIA. 



Sound Beach, Connecticut. 



February 16, 1912. 

 Received. 



Sound Beach — in addition 

 to foundation material 

 from three local people. $ 430.82 



Greenwich — in addition to 

 the buildings from The 

 United Workers 500.00 



Stamford 1,200.50 



Elsewhere 720.61 



Total Contributions .$2,851.93 



From sale of one por- 

 table building $1,325.00 



Paid in advertisements . 137.52 



To be paid in advertise- 

 ments 244.34 



Total $4,558.79 



Details of the contributions have been 

 acknowledged in The Guide to Nature and 

 in local papers of Greenwich and Stamford. 



Paid. 



Part payment on land $ 741.60 



Foundations :-.nd grounds 1,102.57 



Lumber, hardware and carpentry . . 1,304.93 



Plumbing 191.50 



Moving buildings 425.00 



Correspondence expenses 98.56 



Painting — labor and paint 251.09 



Electric lights— restoring, wiring, etc. 53.95 



For purchase of two buildings .... 375.00 



Balance to Assembly Hall Fund . . . 14.59 



Total $4,558.79 



The books, bills and receipts at this 

 office are open to the inspection of any 

 Contributor or Member of The Agassiz 

 Association. 



Yet To Be Paid. 



Estimated cost of proposed Assem- 

 bly Hall $1,500.00 



Balance due on land 1,060.00 



Total $2,560.00 



MR. J. EANGEEOTH, NEW YORK CITY. 



I have for a long time admired the 

 good work which you are doing so dis- 

 interestedly. 



I have much pleasure in enclosing a 

 cheque for $50.00 as a contribution to- 

 ward the Arcadia Assembly Hall, and 

 trust you will succeed in attaining the 

 object desired. 



(Mr. Langeloth a short time pre- 

 vious to this sent check for $100 for 

 enrollment as a Life Member of The 

 Agassiz Association.) 



I send herewith renewal subscription 

 to The Guide to Nature. I enjoy the 

 magazines each month and often wish 

 they came oftener. I thank you for 

 awakening my interest in things that 

 are really worth while. — Eugene H. 

 Home, Stratham, New Hampshire. 



Your beautiful magazine is just at 

 hand. I always read the pictures first, 

 then the story of the home life of the 

 nature lover, after that the editorials, 

 next the advertisements, and at the 

 second reading I finish the book. The 

 Guide to Nature is not at all like other 

 papers and that is one reason why it 

 is refreshing. — Amelia H. Benjamin, 

 Cherry Tree Home School, Spring Val- 

 ley, New York. 



