A SPECIAL NUMBER. 



The Agassiz Association does not exist to publish "THE 

 GUIDE TO NATURE." But this magazine is one of many 

 methods of bringing the AA to greater efficiency. In thus 

 fulfilling its mission, much space in this number is devoted to 

 "the good of the Order." 



THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



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ume 



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EDUCATION AND RECREATION 



FEBRUARY 1912 



Number 10 



ARCAD1A-THE HOME OF THE AA IN NEARNESS TO NATURE 



By EDWARD F. BIGELOW, Arcadia: Sound Beach, Connecticut 



HE moving of the buildings 

 presented to The Agassiz 

 Association by The Uni- 

 ted Workers of Green- 

 wich has been completed. 

 The masonry is solid, the 

 plumber's pipes are car- 

 rying water, the blows of the carpen- 

 ter's hammer have put the woodwork 

 in good order, and the strokes of the 

 painters' brushes have given all the 

 buildings an attractive appearance. 

 One of the most agreeable aspects of 

 the whole thing is that through the 

 kindness of our members and friends 

 the bills have been paid, with the ex- 

 ception of a loan on the land by those 

 that supplied the site. The location is 

 ideal, and our prospects from that point 

 could not be better. We are in pic- 

 turesque, Arcadian surroundings, near 



to the center of traffic in Sound Beach, 

 and yet, in some respects, are surround- 

 ed by as Arcadian nature as can be 

 found for fifty miles back in the 

 country. We are in a location that, no 

 matter how much Sound Beach may 

 grow, cannot readily lose these Arca- 

 dian surroundings. At the north is 

 the railroad property, which probably 

 will never be required, and their lease 

 to us at one dollar a year will run in- 

 terminably for the furtherance of na- 

 ture study and of outdoor pursuits. At 

 the east is a beautiful grove that will 

 probably never be devastated. At the 

 northeast is a region used as golf links 

 and that seems better adapted for that 

 purpose than for anything else. It is 

 fitting that the name of the entire road 

 should he changed to Arcadia Road, 

 because all the residential section will 



Copyright 1912 by Tin Agassiz Association, Arcadia: Sound Hindi. C 



