CHAPTEK XIX. 



THE BADGE, THE CHARTER, "THE SWISS CROSS," THE 

 HAND-BOOK. 



The badge of the Agassiz Association is the Swiss 

 cross. It is appropriate because Professor Louis Agassiz 

 was born in Switzerland. The number on the badges 

 changes with each chapter, and is the number by which 

 each chapter is known. Mr. Hayward, now of Taunton, 

 Mass., has manufactured these badg-es for us since the 

 beginning of our work, and has given excellent satisfac- 

 tion. He makes the badges of plain silver and gold, and 

 also, when desired, ornaments them with gems, and 

 makes them into pins and other articles of jewelry. He 

 will furnish an illustrated price-list on application. It 

 is very pleasant to one traveling at a distance to meet 

 a stranger wearing the neat little cross of the A. A., for 

 it frequently leads to a desirable acquaintance. 



THE CHARTER. 



As each chapter organizes, there is sent to it a cer- 

 tificate of admission, giving its name, number, and letter, 

 together with the date on which its annual report will 

 fall due. Many chapters have expressed a desire for 

 something nicer than this cheap certificate, which is, 

 after all, the best that can be afforded gratis, and we 

 have therefore designed and caused to be engraved a 

 charter suitable for framing. It is printed on heavy 

 bond paper, in the manner of a college diploma- At the 

 top is an excellent likeness of Professor Louis Agassiz. 

 This head is from a photograph kindly furnished for 

 this purpose by Mrs. Agassiz, and the reproduction has 

 received her cordial approval. The photograph repre- 

 sents Professor Agassiz seated at a table and looking 



