THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



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act of continuing the method of black- 

 board demonstration as it was estab- 

 lished forty-two years ago by the great 

 Agassiz himself. Master Lewis and his 

 associates are studying the details of a 

 flicker's nest much as Agassiz studied 

 the radiates and demonstrated them to 

 his pupils. This is the right spirit, 

 and the commonplace objects of nature 

 are the best objects. 



Chapter No. 1052, Nashua, New 

 Hampshire. 



Our Chapter enjoyed a successful 

 season during the fall, winter and 

 spring of 1914-1915. We do not hold 

 summer meetings, as our members are 

 at that time widely scattered. We have 

 about thirty members and hold our 



never short of funds to carry on our work. 



We have enjoyed some delightful 

 evenings among the stars, -especially 

 those spent at the observatory of the 

 Reverend T. C. H. Bouton, who is ever 

 ready to place his six inch telescope at 

 our disposal. 



Studying bacteria under the micro- 

 scope of Dr. Bradford Allen proved 

 particularly valuable. The description 

 of the "Distribution of Seeds" aroused 

 great interest. Several evenings were 

 spent in studying "Bird Architecture." 

 Wild flowers, trees, ferns, birds and 

 many other nature subjects were con- 

 sidered. We have now begun a syste- 

 matic study of "The Geological Story," 

 to occupy most of the winter months. 

 If the interest shown in the first meet- 



THE EXTRA.W K TO THE CAMP OF THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS' AA CHAPTER. 

 The Camp Fire Girls along this part of the Connecticut coast have formed an union AA Chapter, meet- 

 ing at ArcAdiA once a month. 



meetings fortnightly in the Unitarian 

 Church or at the homes of the mem- 

 bers. Organized as the "Nature Club" 

 connected with the local Unitarian 

 Church we sought and obtained, about 

 a year ago, membership in The Agas- 

 siz Association. We have no dues, but 

 those that so desire contribute five 

 cents at every meeting. Nearly every- 

 body "chooses" to do this, so we are 



ing on the subject, "The Three Great 

 Classes of Rocks," is any indication, 

 the meetings this winter will be fol- 

 lowed with absorbing interest. Num- 

 erous specimens add greatly to the val- 

 ue of the discussions. We take fre- 

 quent field trips, especially in the 

 spring during the bird migration. 



Manly B. Towxsexd. 

 Class Leader. 



