The 14th Meeting of the Nature-Study Society 



of America 



On the morning of December 30th there came to Room 216 of 

 the beautiful new Soldan High School of St. Louis a goodly number 

 of the members of the Society. However, because we needed to 

 cross the city and reach the city club as nearly noon as possible, the 

 Society was not called to order for a morning session. A luncheon 

 for the members of the Society and for the members of the city club 

 had been planned for the special purpose of listening to an address 

 by our former president, Professor Liberty Hyde Bailey. The 

 luncheon was a very pleasant affair and every table in the large 

 room was filled. Professor Bailey gave an inspiring talk on 

 "What is Democracy," in which he pictured Nature's way of deal- 

 ing with the "Red Forces," most suggestive of the wisest methods 

 of solving some of our present social problems. 



At 2 130 we returned to the Soldan High School and the meeting 

 was called to order with Dr. Eliot R. Downing in the chair since 

 Dr. Schmucker was detained at home by the meeting of the Penn. 

 State Teachers' Association. The Secretary read Dr. Schmucker's 

 address as retiring president. Next on the program was the 

 address by E. Laurence Palmer on the work of the Cornell Rural 

 School Leaflet, also read by the Secretary and which was most 

 cordially received. This was followed by ' ' The Relation of Nature- 

 Study to the Work of Boys and Girls' Clubs" by Miss Theodosia 

 Hadley, an address which we hope every reader of The Review 

 will read carefully. 



After Miss Hadley' s address there was a business meeting at 

 which the following officers were elected: President: J. A. 

 Drushel, (Mo.) Vice-Presidents: S. C. Schmucker, (Penna.) r 

 W. G. Vinal, (R. I.), G. H. Trafton, (Minn.), J. G. Needham, 

 (N. Y.), L. H. Bailey, (N. Y.) ; Directors, 3 years: J. M. Dougan r 

 (Mo.), C. H. Robison, (N. J.), C. L. Edwards, (Calif.), J. M. 

 Stover, (Tenn.), E. R. Downing, (111.); Directors, 2 years: J. A. 

 Dearness, (Ont.), L. H. DeWolfe, (N. S.), Susan Sipe Albertis r 

 (D. C), H. S. Brode, (Wash.), E. L. Palmer, (N. Y.). 



With Professor Drushel in the chair the program was continued. 

 Dr. Downing gave the results of some simple tests in the grades 

 showing the teachers clearly how to ascertain how much their pupils 

 retain of the facts learned in their Nature-Study work. This was 



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