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A committee of five was elected to eflFect an organization and 

 to nominate and elect permanent officers, this committee to report 

 at the next regular meeting in October, 1913. Members of the 

 committee elected were Dr. Leroy Harvey, Western State Nor- 

 mal. Kalamazoo, Mich; Mrs. Lou Sigler. Principal Buchanan 

 Avenue School, Grand Rapids; Prof. W. H. French, Michigan 

 Agricultural College. Lansing; Mr. Mallory and Prof . • Magers. 

 Northern State Normal, Marquette, Mich. — Ora May Carrel, 

 Temporary Secretary. 



Members of the Grand Rapids Nature-Study Society were 

 favored with a perfect autumn day on their first field trip. Satur- 

 day, October 26th. The party left Comstock Park at 10 a. m. 

 and followed the road along Grand River for several miles. Es- 

 pecial notice was taken of the different species of oaks, and the 

 brilliant scarlet oaks together with species of various shades and 

 tints provided a panorama which, blended with the landscape of 

 a continuous line of hills and valleys, made an impression of 

 nature color and harmony that will long be a pleasant memory. 

 The party returned from Belmont via G. R. & L R. R. at 4:45 

 p. m. 



The following is the program of the Rockford Nature- Study 

 Society for 1912-1913. The sessions are held at four o'clock 

 in the High School chemistry lecture room : 



October 2nd. — "Trees of our City Park?/' Miss \'era Shel- 

 don. Mr. P. B. Riis. 



November 18th.^"The Country Life Commission.'' Miss 

 Ada Waldo. 



December 16th. — "Home and School Gardens at the Harlem 

 Consolidated School." Mr. C. C. Burns. 



January 20th. — "Oral Hygiene." Dr. M. R. Harned. 



February ITth. — "Conservation of Bird Life. ' Mi>s Myra 

 Banks. 



March 17th. — Open meeting. High School Auditorium, eight 

 o'clock, speaker, Elliot R. Downing. 



April 14th. — "A Wild-Flower Garden." Mr. Norman Nelson. 



Following this is the annual business meeting and field trip. 



At our last meeting it was voted to secure and publish a 

 list of the trees of the region, and to ask the Park Board to co- 

 operate with us in securing the labelling of the trees in the parks 

 of the city. So you ma\- know we are going to make ourselves 

 useful.— Ruth Marshall. Rockford. 111. 



