Published monthly by The Agassiz Association, ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Connecticut, 



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Entered as Second-Class Matter June 12, 1909, at Sound Beach Post Office, under Act of March 3, 1897. 



Vol 



IX 



SEPTEMBER, 1916 



Number 4 



An Unique and Interesting Connecticut Institution De- 

 voted to the Study of Nat ure for Humanity's Sake. 



(From the "Saturday Chronicle/'' New Haven, Connecticut, August 5, 

 1916. Article Written by Edwa rd F. Bigelow and Illustrations Sup- 

 plied AT Request of the Editor.) 



HEN The Agassiz Association 

 was formed forty-one years 

 ago, it said, "We will devote 

 ourselves to a wide range of 

 nature and of ages and tal- 

 ents ; one section will take one 

 Chapter of the .great book and 

 another section another Chap- 

 ter, then we will put it all together in sym- 

 pathetic association and have a wondrous 

 and enjoyable whole." 



Well, this is the work that is now be- 

 ing carried on in The Agassiz Association 

 at ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Connecticut. 

 From Lenox, Massachusetts, in '75 the 

 organization went to Pittsfield, Massa- 

 chusetts, was incorporated in '92, moved 

 to Stamford, Connecticut, in 1908, and 

 about a year later accepted an invitation 

 to Sound Beach, where a series of six 

 buildings was provided for it. Later it 

 became necessary to make a change and 

 to select a new location, when three other 

 buildings were added. There is now a 

 hamlet of nine buildings devoted to the 

 study of nature in all her phases and for 



the use of all ages and classes of people. 

 The memberships include all ranks of 

 scholastic attainment, from that of the 

 university to the skill of the kindergarten; 

 in all grades of homes, and all religious 

 denominations. The Agassiz Association 

 is taking active interest in other organiza- 

 tions ; especially might be mentioned the 

 humane societies, the societies for the 

 study of plants, birds, animals, shells, etc. 

 It has a sympathetic and cooperative in- 

 terest in all modern organizations, such 

 as the Boy Scouts. Camp Fire Girls, 

 Woodcraft Movement and various 

 leagues for outdoor studies. To ArcAdiA 

 come private and public schools, farmers' 

 clubs, churches, teachers' associations, 

 specialists and biological societies. 



"But what is ArcAdiA?" the reader 

 may ask. 



It is a little village of nine buildings 

 equipped not as a botanical garden nor a 

 museum, but to carry on a work of help- 

 fulness to others. It is not for exhibition 

 nor for study. It is a school, not local 

 but world-wide. In helpfulness it is as 



Copyright 1916 by The Agassiz Association, ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Conn. 



