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AQUARIUM 



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THE AQUARIUM 



Issued in the Interests of the Study, 

 Care and Breeding of Aquatic Life 



Published monthly except July and Aucust 

 at Hammond, Ind., by the Aquarium Societies 

 of Brooklyn, Chicago, New York, Phila- 

 delphia, Boston. Milwaukee, Minneapolis 



Send all manuscripts, exchanges, books for 

 review, etc., direct to the Editor-in-Chief; 

 remittances to the Treasurer; .-ill other 

 matter to the Business Manager 



The Anniversary of The Aquarium 

 Society. 



EDW. W. KTERNAN, New York. 



AN event of deep interest and great 

 importance to all aquarists, the 

 twentieth anniversary of the founding of 

 The Aquarium Society, and the begin- 

 ning of organized aquarium work in 

 America, was celebrated at the Hotel 

 Endicott, New York City, on the evening 

 of April twelfth. 



A pleasant and profitable evening 

 was spent by the members and their 

 friends, partaking of the splendid din- 

 ner, hearing of the early work of the 

 society, and listening to the interesting 

 and instructive discourses of the guests. 

 Mr. Nichols of The American Museum 

 of Natural History acted as toastmaster. 

 Addresses were made by Dr. Lucas, 

 Director of The American Museum of 



Natural History, Dr. Osborn of The New 

 York Aquarium, Mr. Geyer of the Brook- 

 lyn Aquarium Society, one of our pio- 

 neers, Mr. Lippincott, President of The 

 Philadelphia Aquarium Society, Mr. 

 Innes of Philadelphia, Dr. Schneider, 

 President of the Brooklyn Society, and 

 also by Dr. Martine, Mr. Dorn and Mr. 

 Kiernan of The Aquarium Society. Mr. 

 Boettinger, a founder of the society, 

 was present as a guest of honor. A 

 tribute was paid to the late Eugene 

 Smith for his devoted and unsparing 

 work in the interest of aquarium and 

 terrarium work. 



The Brooklyn and Philadelphia 

 Societies were well represented. Letters 

 of congratulation and expressing regrets 

 were received from Mr. Schenk and 

 Mr. Poyser of The Aquarium, Dr. 

 Hugh M. Smith of the Bureau of 

 Fisheries, Dr. Bean, New York State 

 Ichthyologist, Mr. Seal of Delair, Dr. 

 Townsend of The New York Aquarium, 

 and from other societies and friends too 

 far away to attend. 



The celebration of this anniversary 

 will, undoubtedly, stimulate interest in 

 aquaria throughout the country. The 

 next twenty years should witness a 

 remarkable growth of the most popular 

 aesthetic and scientific recreation in 

 which one may indulge — aquarium life. 



Nature-study is a pursuit which calls 

 all our faculties into action; it makes us 

 observe, remember, reason, and think; 

 it takes us out of stuffy rooms into the 

 open air; it makes us walk, wade, row, 

 and even swim; it develops inventive 

 genius, gives us eyes to see interesting 

 things everywhere; it appeals to the 

 sense of beauty, form, and colour, and, 

 above all, makes us reverent by leading 

 us to look up from Nature to Nature's 

 God. Reverend Charles A. Hall, in "The 

 Open Book of Nature.'" 



