The Agassiz Association. 



taken out into the glad sunlight, made better and 

 stronger by the association, and with the possession 

 of new facts regarding simple things rendered more 

 helpful and useful. It was the dream of Louis 

 Agassiz himself," writes Mr. Ballard, to see 

 American youth early led into the pleasant paths 

 of natural science ; to see them forsaking all foolish 

 and wanton sport for the sake of a wise and loving 

 study of the works of God.'* 



The success of the Agassiz Association lies in 

 in the fact that it appeals to all, old and young, big 

 and little. In a letter to the author, Mr. Ballard, in 

 referring to a new branch of the society, writes : 



" This is a chapter composed not of members who 

 live in the same town, but of persons living remote 

 from one another, in places where not enough con- 

 genial spirits can be found to form a club, but who 

 are united by a common interest in a common ob- 

 ject of research. These are called corresponding 

 chapters, and first among them was the Archaeologi- 

 cal Corresponding Chapter, which has for its presi- 

 dent Mr. Hilberne T. Cressen, of Philadelphia ; for 

 vice-president, Dr. C. C. Abbott, of Trenton, N. J. ; 

 and for secretary, Mr. A. H. Leitch, of Dayton, 

 Ohio. The members of this society are all adult, 

 and propose, under the auspices and general direc- 

 tion of the Peabody Museum, to preserve valuable 

 mounds from the spade of the vandal and the 

 speculator, until they can be properly opened either 

 by themselves or by some one else acting under 

 scientific supervision. Two other corresponding 



