334 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [10:9— Dec, 1914 



PROGRAM 



Wednesday, December 30 



Morning, g o'clock 



The President's Address — ^"The Growth and Influence of the 

 Nature-Study Idea," - - Mrs. Anna B. Comstock 



"The Relation of Nature-Study to the Proposed Courses in General 

 Science," _ _ _ _ Edward F. Bigelow 



Discussion led by C. H. Robison. 

 Report of the Secretary-Treasurer. 

 Election of Officers. 



Afternoon, 2:jo 

 Joint Meeting with the School Garden Association. 

 "The Recent Work of the U. S. Government in Connection 

 with School Gardens," Dr. P. P. Claxton (or represen- 

 tative) 

 "The Plan of Nature-Study in the Gary, Ind., Schools," 



Margaret Aherne 



"A Sixth Sense in Birds and Animals" G. O. Shields, Pres. 



League of Am. Sportsmen. 

 "How the School Garden Clubs of America Might Further 



School Gardens," Mrs. J. Willis Martin. 



Thursday, December 31 

 Morning, g o'clock 

 The Organization of the Nature-Study Course. 



General Discussion based on the Outline in the December 

 Number of the Nature-Study Review. 



F. L. HoLTZ, N. Y., Laura F. Woodward, N. J., John A. 

 Dearness, Ontario. 

 The discussion will be open to all and it is hoped some principles 

 of organization may be reached sufficiently explicit to be tenta- 

 tively adopted. 



Ajternoon 



Excursion to the Philadelphia Normal School for Girls to see 

 equipment for Nature-Sttidy and Display of Work. The Normal 



