



AQASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



Established 1875 Incorporated, Massachusetts, 1892 Incorporated, Connecticut, 1910 



Our Uniontown Chapter. 

 The Uniontown Chapter (Pennsyl- 

 vania) of The Agassiz Association has 

 completed its first year, it being found- 

 ed shortly after Dr. Edward F. Bige- 

 low's' visit to our Teachers' Institute 

 in February, 1916. At the first meet- 

 ing about fifty were present and these 

 charter members elected the following 

 ofificers : President, Robert C. Miller; 

 Vice-President, Katherine Rhodes ; 

 Secretary, Margaret Cottom ; Treasur- 



Stevenson of Mt. Pleasant. Pennsyl- 

 vania, a bird enthusiast. 



Entomology was studied under the 

 instruction of Mr. T. N. Brown, an en- 

 tomologist of more than local fame, who 

 illustrated his lectures by his fine col- 

 lection of over eighteen thousand spec- 

 ies of insects, some specimens of which 

 he donated to our own permanent col- 

 lection. 



Reptiles have been studied, illustrat- 

 ed with living specimens from the joint 



OUR UNIONTOWN CHAPTER. 



er, William Stacy; Corresponding Sec- 

 retary, Marion H. Dampman ; Curator 

 of Collections, Professor D. H. Con- 

 way. 



The Chapter now has a membership 

 of over seventy, possesses the rudi- 

 ments of a museum, has the nucleus of 

 a library and promises to be a growing 

 organization. 



The club has studied ornithology 

 with relation to bird migration, classi- 

 fication, nesting habits, etc., being es- 

 pecially assisted in this by Miss Viola 



collections of Messrs. R. C. Miller and 

 C. I. Balsley. 



Lectures on astronomy have been 

 given by Professor D. H. Conway. 



Plant life has been studied under the 

 guidance of Professor R. B. Taylor. 



Much inspiration has come to the 

 Chapter from its President, Mr. R. C. 

 Miller, who is interested in all forms of 

 nature study; and also from Mr. F. W. 

 Wright, former Superintendent of the 

 Uniontown Schools but now Deputy 

 Commissioner of Education in Massa- 



