THE ANNUAL MEETING 3 



officers and council directors holding over from last year are 

 indicated by i. Those newly elected by 2, while the ones 

 who represent the local branches are designated 3. 



President— L. H. Bailey, N. Y. 



Vice-Presidents— M. A. Bigelow, N. Y.; Otis W. Caldwell, 111.; 

 B. M. Davis, Ohio; F. L. Holtz, N. Y.; B. M. McCreedy, Ont. 



Directors— '^l.. H. Bailey, N. Y.; ^Anna B. Comstock, N. Y.; 

 2John A. Deamess, Ont. ; ^J. A. Drushel, Mo. ; ^C. F. Hodge, Ore. ; 

 2Jas. G. Needham, N. Y.; ^Alice J. Patterson, 111.; ^Susan B. 

 Sipe, D. C; ^W. A. Slingerland, N. Y. ; ^Grant Smith, 111. ; ^H. C. 

 Drayer, Mo.; ^G. Straubenmueller, N. Y.; ^Gilbert Trafton, Minn. 



Secretary-Editor — Elliot R. Downing. 



The question of calling a meeting for the Summer at San Fran- 

 cisco in connection with the Exposition was left to the Council to 

 decide after consultation with the California Branch of the Society. 



A resolution was passed instructing the Secretary to extend 

 greeting from the American Nature-Study Society to the corre- 

 sponding society in England, the School Nature-Study Union, at 

 its session in London, January 4-9. 



Editorial 



With this number we begin Volume XI. A decade of achieve- 

 ment is worth pausing a moment to consider. Surely a magazine 

 that has maintained itself thus long is filling a real need. More- 

 over it has never appeared healthier. In a year and a half the sub- 

 scriptions have increased fifty per cent. It needs only to be more 

 widely known to double its number of patrons. Then it would 

 easily be self-supporting. Fortunately for the nature-study move- 

 ment in this country there have been and still are those willing to 

 sacrifice time and money to further its interests, so much do they 

 believe in its importance. Do you believe in nature-study? 

 Read the retiring president's address in this number to appreciate 

 what it has done and is doing. Do you not believe in it enough to 

 recommend the Review to your friends ? 



The marvellous material progress of our century is due to our 

 conquest of Nature. Let us be humble in our pride, however. 

 We have subjugated but a tiny fraction of the mysterious forces 

 that weave the pattern of our destinies. The illustrious savants 



