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In Memoriam : Hilda Muriel Atkinson 

 Hilda Muriel Atkinson, who died of typhoid fever July 29, 1914, in 

 the Yosemite Valley, after a brief illness, was one of the most en- 

 thusiastic members of the Sierra Club, and one of the most ambitious 

 and intrepid of the women climbers. She was always cheerful and met 

 the petty discomforts and hardships of camp life with a good-natured 

 laugh and enjoyed it all with the keenest zest. By nature she was 

 loyal, brave and open-hearted. She underwent the trying ordeal of 

 being carried on a litter down from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite, 

 a journey of twenty-five miles, without the sHghtest note of complaint, 

 and with a most grateful appreciation of the willing services of those 

 who acted as carriers. From every standpoint, as a mountaineer, a lover 

 of nature, a frank and genial companion, a seeker for things beautiful 

 and inspiring, and a sympathizer with all the phases of out-of-door 

 life, Miss Atkinson ranked as one of our best members. She will long be 

 held in affectionate remembrance by all who knew her. 



Edna Potwin 



A Proposed Biological Survey of Yosemite National Park 

 San Francisco, California, May 2, 1914 

 To Members and Friends of the Sierra Club: 



We, the Directors of the Sierra Club, being convinced that the 

 wild birds and animals of the Yosemite National Park are among 

 its most conspicuous, important, and interesting features, and realiz- 

 ing that publications of any sort on the wild life of the Yosemite 

 National Park are few and that authoritative and adequate treatment 

 of its birds and animals is lacking, do hereby declare our interest in, 

 and desire for, the publication of a report which shall be distin- 

 guished by its authority, adequacy, and popular interest. We believe 

 that such a publication would be eminently useful, not only to the 

 members of the Sierra Club, but to the host of casual visitors to the 

 Yosemite. We wish to express our appreciation of the generous offer 

 of co-operation which has been given us by the California Museum 

 of Vertebrate Zoology, and to bespeak our confidence, on the basis 

 not only of future promise, but of past performance, in the abilities of 

 the members of the staff of this institution to bring results which 

 will be creditable to all concerned. 



The situation is now as follows : The Directors of the Sierra Club 

 agree to see to financing the publication of the results of the work; 

 the officials of the CaHfornia Museum of Vertebrate Zoology agree to 

 direct the necessary investigations, and to supervise the preparation 

 of the report; it now remains for the expense of the Survey itself, 

 and of the necessary subsequent work, estimated at $2,070, to be met. 



