SAN FRANCISCO MEETING 165 



chairman. Professor Babcock presided during the organization 

 of the American Gardening Association. The constitution pro- 

 posed by Mr. Kilpatrick and his advisors was adopted and the 

 following officers elected for 191 2 : 



President, V. E. Kilpatrick, New York. 

 Secretary, D. J. Crosby, District of Columbia. 

 Treasurer, Ellen Eddy Shaw, New York. 

 Vice-Presidents : 



First, C. A. Stebbins, California. 



Second, Louise Klein Miller, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Third, Stella Nathan, Pennsylvania. 



Fourth, Susan B. Sipe, Washington, D. C. 



Fifth, S. B. McCready, Canada. 



Sixth, W. A. Baldwin, Massachusetts. 



The new officers for the Nature-Study Society will be an- 

 nounced later. 



As a whole the meeting was successful in giving momentum 

 to the nature-study and school garden movement. 



The California branch of the American Nature-Study Society 

 now numbers over one hundred members. The American School 

 Garden Association starts in California with some eighteen regular 

 and twelve associate members. We, in California, would like to 

 see these two forces a common unit working for a common 

 cause. Each has its specific definition yet both are desiring to 

 accomplish the same result. The writer believes in the garden as 

 a unifying element for the nature-study work. The garden is a 

 little world patterned after the universe and in it are expressed 

 all the forces which make for one's environment. These forces 

 work in the garden — weather conditions, plants, insects, birds, etc., 

 and in their natural working field they may be studied. 



Notice to Members of the A. N.-S. S. : Since the death of 

 Professor Charles your president has been acting editor of the 

 Nature-Study Review. The September number has been 

 unavoidably delayed, and there may be some delay in the October 

 number due to making change in management. Beginning with 

 the October number Dr. E. R. Downing, School of Education, 

 University of Chicago, will edit the Review. All communications 

 should be addressed to him. 



B. M. Davis, President 



