THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



XI 



Cbe BQasm JIssociationandTts I)ome Jfre for Vou. 



To create and increase a knowledgf 

 and love of nature. You are not too rich, 

 nor too poor : not too wise nor too igno- 

 rant ; not too young nor too old, to 

 share in their benefits. * 



VISITING DAYS. 



To members (and their accompanying 

 Friends) : All Days. Special personal 

 attention, if an appointment is made by 

 tele])hone or otherwise. 



To Non-Members (unaccompanied by 

 Alembers). Wednesdays and Saturdays, 

 from 3 :oo to 5 :oo P. AI., and at other 

 times by Special Invitation or Appoint- 

 ment. ArcAdlA is not a Museum, nor a 

 Botanical Garden, nor a Zoo. Yet at 

 times it has a few special interests (under 

 special study) along some or all of these 

 lines. Our chief purpose is not to ex- 

 hibit nor to entertain, but to create a 

 desire to accept and to follow Agassiz's 

 advice — -"Study Nature." 



Board of trustees. 



Corporators: Edward F. Bigelow, Ph. D., 

 Sound Beach, Conn., President and Treas- 

 urer; Hon. Homer S. Cunimings, Stamford, 

 Conn., Secretary; Waher D. Daskam, Stam- 

 ford, Conn. Other Trustees: Harlan H. 

 Ballard, Pittsfield, A'lass., Honorary Vice- 

 President ; Hiram E. Deats, Flemington, New 



Jersey, Business Adviser and Auditor; Dr. 

 David Starr Jordan, Chancellor Leland 

 Stanford Junior University, Stanford Uni- 

 versity, California, Dean of Council; Dr. 

 Leland O. Howard, Washington, D. C, 

 Naturalist Adviser; Reverend Charles Mor- 

 ris Addison, Stamford, Conn.; George Sher- 

 rill, M. D., Stamford, Conn. 



.\G.\SSIZ AS A TEACHER. 



HE spoke with intense earnestness and all his words 

 were filled with that deep religious feeling so 

 characteristic of his mind. For to Agassiz each 

 natural object was a thought of God, and trifling with 

 God's truth as expressed in Nature was the basest 

 of sacrilege. 



The old barn on the island had been hastily con- 

 verted into a dining-hall and lecture-room. A new 

 floor had been put in ; but the doors and walls re- 

 mained unchanged, and the swallows' nests were un- 

 disturbed under the eaves. The sheep had been 

 turned out, the horse-stalls were changed to a kitchen, 

 and on the floor of the barn, instead of the hay-wagon, 

 were placed three long tables. At the head of one 

 of these sat Agassiz. At his right hand always stood 

 a movable blackboard, for he seldom spoke without 

 a piece of chalk in his hand. He would often give 

 us a lecture while we sat at the table, frequently 

 about some fish or other creature the remains of 



which still lay on our plates David Starr Jordan in 



"Agassiz at Penikese. ' 



Chapter Organization Expense. 



Entrance Fee $1.25 



Handbook, "Three Kingdoms"... .75 

 Engraved Charter, in tube 1.00 



ANNUAL DUES — PAYABLE IN ADVANCE 



The Annual Dues for Chapter . . 



Annual Dues Members of 



Chapter Members @ 5c 



each , — 



Total Necessary Expense to Chap- 

 ter upon Joining the Associa- 

 tion 



$3.00 

 $2.00 



Corresponding member's expense. 



Entrance Fee $0.25 



Handbook, "Three Kingdoms" .75 



Certificate of Membership 50 



$1.50 



Annual Dues 1.50 



$3-00 



Student Members are required to make a 

 report at least once a year. This report 

 should contain not only a statement of 

 work done, but of "the promotion," "the 

 advancement," etc. See quotation from 

 Charter. We are to help others as well as 

 ourselves. Extend the influence of the AA. 



The Annual Dues include payment for 

 subscription to The Guide to Nature. 



Cooperating memberships. 



Sustaining Member (annually) $5 



Sustaining and Honorary (annualljO • -$25 

 Life Member (paid at one time) . . . .$100 



Patron (paid at one time) $1,000 



Founder $5,000 



Benefactor $25,000 



