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farmers' institute, household science association, the Grange, W. 

 C. T. U., and W. M. C. A. Much enthusiasm was manifested, 

 the moving spirit being Miss Mabel Carney, formerly of the 

 West State Normal School, Macomb, 111., and now of the State 

 Normal School, Cheney, Washington. A constitution was adopted 

 and officers elected, Mr. J- B. Burrows, of Decatur, 111., being 

 chosen president. The plan provides for an advisory council, an 

 executive committee and a country life commission. The first 

 regular meeting is to be held at Normal, 111., July 14-15. 



At the annual meeting of the Southern California 

 Teachers' Association, held at Los Angeles, the Agricultural 

 Education Section had as one number on its program the "Pre- 

 sentation of the Work and Claims of the American Nature-Study 

 Society." 



Prof. C. F. Hodge, of Clark University, lectured recently 

 before the Southern Minnesota's Teachers' Association. 



Prof. E. B. Babcock, of the University of California, who 

 was recently chosen director on the council of the A.N.-S.S., is 

 at present visiting educational institutions throughout the East 

 and South- 



Mr. D. Lange, Principal of the Humboldt High School, St. 

 Paul, Minnesota, well known as author of "Handbook of Nature- 

 Study," is taking an active part in the promotion of the "Boy 

 Scout" movement in that city, serving as chairman of the In- 

 struction Committee. Several thousand boys are being reached, 

 the chief effort being in the nature-study field. The topics for 

 the weekly evening meetings (held at the Commercial Club) are 

 as follows : 



February 7 — Boy Scouts attend lecture by Mr. Banes, sec- 

 retary of the American Bison Society 



February 14 — Camp Equipment 



February 21 — Scout Signals and Building of Bird Houses 



March 7 — Measuring Distance and Sketching Local Terri- 

 tory 



March 14 — Telling Direction by the Stars 



March 21 — How to Forecast the Weather 



March 28 — How to Know Our Transient Bird Visitors 



April 4 — Rocks and Lakes Around St. Paul 



