THE AGASSTZ ASSOCIATION 



99 



Dr. Bigeiow Elected Scout Naturalist. 



'I'lu-' Managers of the Uov Scouts ^4 

 America have elected Dr. I^dward \\ 

 I5ii^elo\v, of Sound r>each, Conn., "Scout 

 Naturalist." He will guide the great and 

 growing organization of boys in their 

 nature studies, answer questions and 

 conduct a department entitled "On Na- 

 ture's Trail" in "Roys' Life," the of- 

 ficial monthl}- jniMicaticjn of the Boy 

 Scouts. Their magaine has already at- 

 tained a circulation of more than loo,- 

 ooo. 



This work is not entirely new but 

 rather a develoi)ment of one of the 

 lines of interest and helpfulness that 

 has been carried on for a long time by 

 Dr. Bigeiow through The Agassiz As- 

 sociation and its ArcAdiA. A large 

 number of organizations have found 

 help at AkcAdiA in their nature inter- 

 ests. Dr. Bigeiow has for many years 

 taken an interest in Boy Scouts. He 

 has answered many letters, addressed 

 them in various places and troops have 

 been frecjuent visitors at ArcAdiA. 

 He has also written departments of the 

 Scout Handbook. This new develop- 

 ment has been undertaken on an exten- 

 sive scale at a remuneration hardly 

 covering the cost of correspondence, 

 with not much of any allowance for 

 traveling and other expenses that will 

 necessarily be incurred. Dr. Bigeiow^ 

 is accepting so large an undertaking in 

 the belief that it will be sustained by 

 naturalists and philanthropists, and es- 

 pecially by those who recognize the 

 tremendous importance of the educa- 

 tional possibilities of the great Boy 

 Scout Movement. 



The Managers of the Boy Scouts of 

 America make the following announce- 

 ment : 



important news for rkaders of 

 "boys' life." 



We have just completed arrange- 

 ments for a big new department to be- 

 gin in the September number. This 

 department will be called "On Nature's 

 Trail."' It will contain just the kind 

 of "nature stuff" that boys — and Scouts 

 especially — like to read. 



Dr. Edward E. Bigeiow, who has just 

 been appointed "Scout Naturalist," will 

 show our readers the mvsteries and 

 delights of "Nature's Trail." 



If we had known of anybody better 



(|ualilie(l lo conduct such a department 

 than Dr. l^dgelow. we would have 

 "landed^ him" for "Boys' Life" But 

 we don't believe any such person ex- 

 ists. 



Thousands of you bo}-s know who 

 Dr. Bigeiow is, for you 'have read his 

 stories and have heard him talk. We 

 don't need to say anything to those of 

 you who have had this privilege for 

 you know from experience that Dr. 

 Bigeiow "has the goods" when it comes 

 to nature stories. And you other fel- 

 lows will find this out when you "hit 

 the trail" with the famous naturalist 

 next month. 



Dr. Bigeiow has been a nature ex- 

 pert for years and years. He was an 

 authority on nature subjects before 

 most of }ou fellows were born. And 

 his interest and enthusiasm grow faster 

 than his years. When he tells you any- 

 thing about birds or animals or plants 

 just take it all right in and if you ever 

 get into an argument about any fine 

 points of nature study you can settle 

 it in a jiflE^y if you can say. "Dr. Bige- 

 iow says that's so." There's no need 

 of going any further for authority. He 

 knows ! 



Every boy has heard about The 

 Agassiz Association and the v.'ork this 

 organization has done to increase an 

 interest in nature subjects. Dr. Bige- 

 iow has been president of this organi- 

 zation for nine years. 



When you see a copy of tlie latest 

 edition of the "Handbook for Boys" 

 you will find in it a corking article on 

 "How to Tell North, South and Other 

 Directions." This article was w^ritten 

 by Dr. Bigeiow, who also wrote "Good 

 Hunting among the Eungi." 



Many of you have read the interest- 

 ing magazine, "The Guide t@ Nature." 

 Dr. Bigeiow is the editor. 



Most of you have read, at one time 

 or another, the "Nature and Science" 

 department of St. Nicholas Magazine. 

 Dr. Bigeiow was editor of that depart- 

 ment for fourteen years. 



Eor a great many years Dr. Bigeiow 

 has been lecturing throughout the 

 country, conducting nature outings for 

 boys' schools, and boosting nature 

 study noon and night. 



Recently he has taken a particular 

 interest in Scouts, answering letters 



