AMERICAN NATURE-STUDY SOCIETY 



The first meeting of the Society will be held in Room 159, 

 Manual Training Building, 5820 Monroe Avenue, Chicago, Thurs- 

 day, January 2, 1908, at 2 p. m. A series of short papers will dis- 

 cuss some fundamental problems of nature-study and the future 

 work of the Society. 



The meetings of the Association for the Advancement of Science 

 and of the affiliated scientific societies begin on Monday, Decem- 

 ber 30, at the University of Chicago. Full information concern- 

 ing these meetings may be obtained from Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. These meetings 

 bring together many who are interested in science teaching and 

 therefore it has seemed advisable to hold the Nature-Study 

 Society meeting at this time. 



In order to get the suggestions of members, the proposed con- 

 stitution is printed below. It will be discussed at the Chicago 

 meeting. Send your suggestions to the Secretary of the Organiz- 

 ing Committee, who may be addressed at Teachers College, New 

 York, until December 23, and after that in care of Prof. O. W. 

 Caldwell, Dept. of Botany, The University of Chicago. 



It has seemed to the Organizing Committee advisable to post- 

 pone making nominations for offices until after the proposed con- 

 stitution is discussed at Chicago. Nominations and other mat- 

 ters to be submitted for general vote will probably be published in 

 the January issue of The Review. 



PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN NATURE-STUDY 



SOCIETY 



ARTICLE I— NAME AND OBJECTS 

 The objects of the American Nature-Study Society are, by 

 publications and by national and local meetings : (i) to promote 

 critical investigation of all phases of nature-study (including all 

 studies of nature in elementary schools) ; and (2) to work for the 

 establishment in schools of such nature-study as has been demon- 

 strated valuable and practicable for elementary education. 



ARTICLE II— MEMBERSHIP 

 The Society shall consist of members, fellows, and honorary 

 fellows. Any person interested in any phase of nature-study or 

 elementary science may become a member upon election by the 



