FRED LEMAR CHARLES 



DIED AT HIS HOME IN URBANA, ILLINOIS, MAY 



It is with deepest regret and sorrow that this announcement 

 is made. Those who were fortunate in knowing Professor 

 Charles keenly feel the personal loss, and those who knew of him 

 through his educational activities, particularly in the cause of 

 nature-study, will miss his leadership. 



The American Nature-Study Society owes much to him. 

 He was interested from its beginning as a member and as an 

 officer. As editor of this magazine he made many sacrifices in 

 its behalf. He did not spare himself, but thought only of its suc- 

 cess.' The measure of this success is known to all its readers. 



In behalf of the Council and members of the American Na- 

 ture-Study Society, I wish to express the sorrow which we all 

 feel, and to extend our heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Charles in her 

 bereavement. 



It seems fitting in this connection to hear expressions of 

 appreciation from some of those with whom he has been per- 

 sonally associated, in order that we may all catch some of the 

 spirit and inspiration that comes from a life so well lived. 



B. M. Davis, 

 President, American Nature-Study Society 



Fred Lemar Charles came to the University of Illinois in 

 1909 as Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education. The 

 work that he was called to undertake was pioneer work of a very 

 difficult type — the organization of educative materials in a very 

 large and comprehensive but almost chaotic field of human ex- 

 perience. The tangible results of his two years' grappling with 

 this problem are far from insignificant. As one of the working 

 members of a committee appointed to draw up a plan for teaching 

 agricultural nature-study he made a lasting contribution to the 

 cause of rural education. In organizing the annual Conference 

 on Agricultural Education, two successful sessions of which have 

 been held, he initiated a movement that will carry his influence 

 far into the future. His skillful planning and executive ability 

 were amply demonstrated in his management of the "school on 

 wheels" which traversed the interurban railroads in central Illi- 



