THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



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extensive and most efficient" organiza- 

 tion in existence. Its membership 

 means aid ; its honors mean merit ; its 

 study of nature means love for nature, 

 and its onward course is ever true to 

 its motto "Per naturam ad Deum." On 

 these principles, and to this end, it cor- 

 dially invites you, if you are not already 

 a Member, to become one, or to form a 

 Chapter of Members. If you are a 

 Member, it urges you to greater activ- 

 ity in extending its influence. The work 

 of the AA was never more needed than 

 in this age of artificiality, of the nerv- 

 ous strain and stress of the modern 

 struggle for existence, of the tension of 

 high keyed life, of intense competition, 

 of financial fluctuations and of varying 

 prosperity and adversity. Now more 

 than ever there is a deep meaning in 

 the words "back to nature," or better 

 still, "keep anchored in nature." 



You Are Cordially Invited 

 To become a member, either by form- 

 ing a Chapter, or as a Corresponding 

 Member. The total necessary expense 

 for an entering Chapter is $3.00, viz : 



CHAPTER ORGANIZATION EXPENSE. " 



Entrance Fee, - - - - $1.25 

 Handbook, "Three Kingdoms," - .75 

 Engraved Charter, mailed in tube 1.00 



Total necessary expense to a Chap- 

 ter upon joining the Association, $3.00 



The Charter is 17x22 inches, hand- 

 somely engraved (diploma style) on 

 steel, and contains an excellent por- 

 trait of Agassiz, the golden seal of the 

 AA, the names of your officers, the 

 motto of the AA, a representation of 

 our badge, the "Swiss Cross," the name 

 and number of your Chapter, date of 

 its organization, date your annual 

 report is due and the autograph of the 

 President of the AA. 



ANNUAL DUES. 



The Annual Dues for Chapter, - $1.50 

 The Annual Dues each Member, .05 



For the $1.50 the Chapter receives 

 the Official Journal The Guide to 

 Nature (subscription $1.00 per year) 

 and contributes 50c. to general ex- 

 penses. 



For the 5c. individual fee, each mem- 

 ber contributes to the expenses of the 

 home office, and obtains the right to 



have questions pertaining to nature 

 answered by mail, either by the Presi- 

 dent, his Private Secretary, or by some 

 member of the Scientific Council. The 

 object of the Council is to place each 

 member in direct communication with 

 authorities in the various departments 

 of nature and science. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS EXPENSE 



The total necessary expense for an 

 individual joining as Corresponding 

 Member is as follows : 

 Entrance Fee, - $0.25 



Handbook, "Three Kingdoms," - .75 

 Certificate of Membership (18x23 



in.) - .50 



Annual Dues, 



$1.50 

 $1.50 



$3.00 



Includes The Guide to Nature, and 

 all the privileges of Council and Home 

 office as with members of Chapters. 



AA buttons, 5c each. 



Our Humane-ness. 



The laws forbid, as I walk the streets, 

 that any one shall punch me ; as I sit in 

 my house, no one shall enter and thrash 

 me ; nor in any place, shall I be afflicted 

 with galling, grievous, unjust burdens, 

 nor shall I be the subject of cruelty in 

 any form. 



But, if that is all humanity has for 

 me, I am of all men most miserable. I 

 want to be more than an object of pity. 

 Indeed a sense of fair treatment, which 

 shall with their pity cater only to their 

 self-satisfaction, is not all I crave — not 

 all I am entitled to at the hands of fel- 

 low men. I crave not only to be a tar- 

 get of their humane qualities but one 

 with them. I ask not merely that they 

 have a Band of Mercy to apply that 

 quality to me, as an inferior, but that 

 they have a Band of Interest — for real 

 study and full equable appreciation. I 

 am a part of Creation- — by the same 

 Creator as they. 



But who is this other I for which I, 

 the writer, plea figuratively, thus put- 

 ting myself in their place? I am the 

 horse, the dog, the cat, the bird, with 

 myriads of other forms of life, worthy 

 more than Mercy or Protection. 



