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SPECIAL NOTICE 
Requiring the Action of All Members 
Consider what you are paying for the Journal of Heredity! It is Less 
than most people allow for one evening’s entertainment. Consider the rela- 
tive returns! 
Your membership fee in the Association is no larger than in other 
Associations but in this you get a year’s issue of an illustrated journal con- 
taining original photographic reproductions, many of which represent 
years of patient study by research men. These illustrations are to be found 
nowhere else except in expensive books published later by these men. 
Civilization is now entering a stage in which it is necessary that the 
human race have correct ideas of heredity. These matters are not to be 
dealt with by any system of prescriptions or directions to be handled by a 
few experts. They will require the most general comprehension of the 
facts that it is possible to secure. Although the importance of plant and 
animal breeding and eugenics is recognized, the public is not informed to 
the point of a practical understanding of the biological principles, or of the 
applications that are possible. 
To get these correct ideas of heredity before the public the students of 
the subject must be heard and the photographs arranged by them must be 
seen. It is the most difficult thing in the world for anyone but the dis- 
coverer himself to place the facts correctly before the world. This Journal 
contains the opinions of the real students—not the exaggerated interpre- 
tations of professional journalists. 
It is true that these articles require study to understand them, but is 
any really valuable knowledge acquired sleepily? Do not your school days 
teach you that? The articles in the Journal are written to attract those 
who want to learn the facts about heredity. The photographs attempt to 
explain the text; the illustrations are unique and if studied will bring the 
reader right up to the fascinating borderland of knowledge regarding life. 
The scientific men who are working to make this Journal a success are 
giving their time and articles without pay. They do not have the money 
to give, for as you know such workers are still underpaid. They want to 
make the Journal self-supporting. They have seen the membership grow 
from its small beginning to its present size. It has come through the war, 
and has increased its membership 15 per cent this year. It now goes to 
members in 29 different countries of the world. But it costs twice what it 
did before the war to publish the Journal. 
A little effort by each member now would make this Association large 
enough to be a permanent meeting ground between the students of heredity 
throughout the world and the general public. 
From those who have youth and enthusiasm we want members. From 
those who have money we ask for bequests or direct financial support. 
Nominate by letter those who ought to be members. See back cover. 
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