CHAPTER XIV. 



REPORTS FROM CHAPTERS AND CORRESPONDING 

 MEMBERS. 



Perhaps the actual working- of our Society cannot 

 better be illustrated than by giving- a few extracts from 

 the thousands of letters that constantly come to us 

 from our friends of the A. A. We shall select such as 

 contain practical suggestions for work; and the first 

 shows what may be done in the way of outdoor ex- 

 cursions: 



Salt Lake City, Utah. 



I write to inform you of the organization of a chapter of 

 the Agassiz Association in Salt Lake City. Several of us boys 

 have been more or less- interested in natural history for some 

 time, and when we read about the A. A., we thought that it 

 was just what we wanted. So on Wednesday, August 2nd, 

 four of us met and organized the chapter. 



We have already taken several tramps after specimens. 

 On the first one we found the terminal moraine of a glacier, 

 and our honorary member gave us a long description of 

 glaciers the manner of their formation and movements, and 

 the way in which moraines are formed. Our last trip was to 

 a mining district situated 9,300 feet above the sea. It lasted 

 five days, and we walked sixty miles, and found many rare 

 Alpine plants, fossils, minerals, and bugs. 



FRED. E. LEONARD. 



The next shows how Boards of Education help us: 



Hyde Park, Illinois. 



I am happy to inform you that a Natural History Associa- 

 tion has been formed in our High School. We have seventeen 

 members, all of whom are enthusiastic in their work. We all 

 desire to connect ourselves with the A. A. We had a cabinet 

 made, which cost $25.00. The Board of Education has kindly 

 advanced the cost of this, provided we leave our collection in 

 the building. We have an entrance fee of 50 cents, in order 

 that none but workers may join. We are very careful about 

 electing new members. W. R. GWYNN. 



