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NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE 



Edited by Wm. E. Colby 



In addition to longer articles suitable for the body of the magazine, the editor 

 would be glad to receive brief memoranda of noteworthy trips or explorations, 

 together with brief comments and suggestions on any topics of general interest to 

 the Club. Descriptive or narrative articles, or notes concerning the animals, birds, 

 fish, forests, trails, geology, botany, etc., of the mountains, will be acceptable. 



The office of the Sierra Club is Room 402 Mills Building, San Francisco, where 

 all Club members are welcome, and where all the maps, photographs, and other 

 records of the Club are kept. 



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In Memoriam : John Knox McLean 

 On the sixteenth of last February one of the most distinguished and 

 influential members of the Sierra Club passed out upon the long trail, 

 John Knox McLean was born in Jackson, New York, on the thirty-first 

 of March, 1834. He removed from Springfield, Illinois, to Oakland, 

 California, in April, 1872. From that time until 1895 he continued as 

 pastor of the First Congregational Church, which, under his superb 

 leadership, soon developed into one of the largest and most influential 

 church organizations in the State of California. For eighteen years Dr. 

 McLean was President of Pacific Theological Seminary. He also filled 

 distinguished positions in the service of the State, notably as a member 

 of the State Board of Charities and Corrections, of which he was 

 President since 1906. Dr. McLean was one of the charter members 

 of the Sierra Club when it was organized on the fourth of June, 1892. 

 On the fifth of November in the same year he read a paper on "The 

 Upper Sacramento in October" before a numerous gathering of Club 

 members in the old Academy of Sciences Building. This paper was 

 published in the second Bulletin issued by the Club. It was he who 

 was chiefly instrumental in calling public attention to the wonderful 

 scenic features of the Shasta region, and the Upper McCloud River. 

 But he also did much camping and climbing in the High Sierra and 

 accompanied the Club on two of its annual Outings. His fine apprecia- 

 tion of nature is exhibited in an unpublished paper read before the 

 Berkeley Club a number of years ago. We have included extracts from 

 it among the articles in this Bulletin. Most of the members of the Club 

 knew Dr. McLean personally and all loved him. The Directors a few 

 years ago recognized the valuable services which he gave to the objects 

 of the Club, and to the promotion of out-door interests, by electing him 

 an Honorary Member. Elsewhere in this number will be found a review 

 of the choice and interesting biography of Dr. McLean, written by 

 John Wright Buckham. It is a rich heritage of deeds and memories 

 which our departed fellow member and "herald of a higher race" has 

 bequeathed to us. W. F. B. 



