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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



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AQASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



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Established 1S75 



Incorporated, Massachusetts, 1892 Incorporated, Connecticut, 1910 



REPORT OF SIX MONTHS' PROGRESS IN THE RESTORATION OF ARGAOIA 



By The Agassiz Association and its Friends 



Sound Beach, Connecticut 



We are half way through. Let's finish it in a manner creditable to us all. 



The AA has received aid sufficient to leave no doubt of its continued exis- 

 tence but it has not received enough to finish Arcadia in good condition or to 

 free it from debts necessarily incurred. 



THE PUBLIC HAS NOT FAILED IN SUPPORT. 



November 16, 191 1. 

 To the Trustees, Members and Friends 

 of the AA: 



It is six months this forenoon since 

 the surprising request to vacate the 

 former Arcadia was received. We 

 were informed that the owner had "de- 

 cided to put the property known as 

 Arcadia, to other uses." Upon those 

 premises in necessary completion of 

 buildings and in putting the grounds 

 in good condition The Agassiz Asso- 

 ciation had expended $676.54, as report- 

 ed on pages jj of The Guide to Nature 

 for June. This has never been paid 

 though a list of the expenditures was 

 rendered, in compliance with a request. 



Notification to the general public of 

 the calamity of the AA was first made 

 by courtesy of "The Stamford Advo- 

 cate," and later by "The Stamford Bul- 

 letin," Greenwich newspapers, The 

 Guide to Nature and various other 

 magazines and newspapers. 



The response was immediate and 

 when the June number of this magazine 

 was issued it contained a list of cash 

 contributions to the amount of $1,144.- 

 25. This has since increased as per 

 the following financial summary. The 

 entire former Arcadia property, includ- 

 ing the AA expenditures upon it, was 



gift-deeded to The United Workers of 

 Greenwich. That organization on July 

 3rd, by call of a committee of two mem- 

 bers, notified the AA that it was their 

 intention to present the buildings to 

 the AA. Later this intention was con- 

 firmed and formal notice was received. 

 This gift was a complete surprise, as 

 up to July 3rd your president had not 

 even dreamed that such a thing could 

 be possible. It was wholly voluntary 

 on the part of The United Workers, 

 and that organization has the unbound- 

 ed gratitude of every member and 

 friend of the AA. 



When this gift was received the foun- 

 dation for a proposed office building, of 

 about half the capacity of the old build- 

 ings, was nearly completed. The con- 

 tract for that work was completed and 

 payment for it was made. It is now 

 proposed to change the plans for this 

 building to a one story Assembly Hall 

 and nature museum at a cost of about 

 $1,500. We ask contributions for this 

 purpose. 



The nursery stock, set out by the AA, 

 was retained by The United Workers, 

 and with the fence and land was sold 

 to Mr. James Maher of Greenwich. 

 Mr. Maher very generously and kindly 

 gave a necessary extension of time for 



