NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



Section A of the Natural History Society held its first meeting 

 since the summer vacation on November 5. The officers of the 

 previous year were re-elected and Major Philip P. Mazyck was 

 elected an honorary member in appreciation of his interest and 

 helpfulness in many activities of the Society. A large audience 

 enjoyed Mr. Edward A. Hyer's lecture on Modern Taxidermy. 

 The subject was illustrated with lantern slides showing the suc- 

 cessive steps in the process of mounting animals for exhibition 

 and a high tribute was paid to the work of Mr. Carl E. Akeley 

 in developing taxidermy as an art. 



In place of the usual Thanksgiving Day trip Section A went 

 by launch on Saturday, November 21, to visit Fenwick Hall. 

 This is one of the finest Pre-revolutionary houses now standing 

 in the vicinity of Charleston. It is unusually spacious and of 

 interesting architectural design. Although in a dilapidated 

 condition it still gives a fair idea of what plantation life must have 

 been in Colonial days. 



At the next meeting of Section A, on December 3, Director 

 Rea, will discuss the development of animals, using a series of 

 colored wax models which were received from Germany in Sep- 

 tember. These models were ordered last February and after a 

 month of the European war all hope of receiving them this year 

 was given up. Their arrival in September, however, indicates 

 that they must have been shipped either just before or soon after 

 the outbreak of hostilities. Embryology is the most wonderful 

 and in many ways the most interesting of all biological processes, 

 and the lecture will describe in an untechnical way the steps by 

 which fishes, frogs, and birds are developed from simple eggs. 



Section B met on October 8 and November 12. The October 

 meeting was devoted to discussion of plans for the winter 's work, 

 while at the November meeting Mr. Jesse Sharpe talked on Com- 

 mon Butterflies and Moths, using his own collection for illus- 

 tration. Some of the boys and girls of Section B have been de- 



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