66 THE NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [s-3-mar., igog 



magazines which have advertised the Review. Since such sub- 

 scribers have paid for a year's trial subscription less than $1.00 

 per year, it is clear that there could not possibly be in these 

 cases any misunderstanding regarding membership in the 

 A. N.-S. S. By payment of an additional twenty cents to the 

 secretary of the Society any club rate subscription now on the 

 books may be credited as member's fee paid for the year 1909. 



The constitution provides that libraries and other educational 

 institutions may be classed as members. They may also be 

 represented at meetings by a designated official. The records 

 concerning such officials are still very incomplete ; but as far as 

 known their names are given after names of subscribing institu- 

 tions in the following lists. 



All educational institutions have been arranged in the list 

 under the initial letter of the postoffice address. This is best 

 for ready reference; and will be especially valuable in showing 

 what institutions, especially training schools for teachers, are 

 seriously interested in the movement for better nature-study 

 and science for elementary schools. Some surprising facts in 

 this line can be gleaned from the alphabetical and geographical 

 lists which follow. 



Readers are requested to examine this directory and to report 

 at once to the secretary of the Society changes needed. Please 

 help by looking over the list of members in your own State. 

 Especially do the records lack full names and official titles. All 

 college degrees, except the professional M.D., have been omitted. 



It is planned to publish several times this year supplementary 

 lists with names of new members and changes in positions. 

 Members will please keep the secretary informed. 



Finally, it should be stated for the information of members that 

 this list does not include names of persons or institutions whose 

 dues have not been paid for at least one year credited later than 

 1907. For this reason this list falls below the 1000 members 

 which it has been the aim to enroll during 1908. There is on file 

 a surprisingly long list of applications for membership received 

 early last year; but after two notices of election to membership 

 by the Council no fee has been paid. In fact from 12 to 15% of 

 applications not accompanied by remittance for first annual fee 

 do not lead to membership. This is similar to the experience of 

 other societies which set for admission to membership no standard 



