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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



LEADERS OF THE FIVE FIRES CHAPTER CONTINUING AGASSIZ'S METHOD AT THEIR 



BLACKBOARD IN A BARN. 



Those who saw his genial smile that 

 portrayed his kindly heart and knew 

 his ideals as a teacher were influenced 

 for life, and they in their turn have in- 

 fluenced thousands of others. 



The work still goes on under the 

 auspices of The Agassiz Association. 

 Young people are everywhere inspired 

 by the influence of Agassiz to investi- 

 gate the commonplace things nearest 

 to them, to note the details and to in- 



spire others by their studies. 



It seems peculiarly fitting in the fifth 

 decade after that famous school in the 

 Penikese barn that we should have es- 

 tablished in a barn in Greenwich a 

 Chapter known as Five Fires. Youth- 

 ful enthusiasts are there taking the 

 commonplace things and sketching 

 them so to note their detail. In our 

 illustration Master Lewis, Vice-Presi- 

 dent of this Chapter, is shown in the 



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THE OAK PANEL ON OUR OFFICE DOOR. 

 Quoted from a motto of Agassiz's school in a barn. 



