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AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION' 
Established 1875 Incorporated, Massachusetts, 1892 Incorporated, Connecticut, 1910 
The Early Beginnings of ArcAdiA. 
In a bright, beautiful and auspicious 
forenoon in the latter part of August, 
1908, the Reverend George Bennett of 
Stamford called at Dr. Bigelow’s home 
on Grove Street in that city. The two 
sat on the veranda and discussed the 
need of a larger plant for the work of 
The Agassiz Association. As a result 
of that conversation the Reverend Mr. 
Bennett published an article in “The 
Stamford Bulletin,” a newspaper pub- 
lished by the present efficient and 
genial printer of The Guide to Nature, 
Mr. R. H. Cunningham, of Stamford, 
in which he graphically described what 
he had seen in what he called a shanty 
on Grove Street. That article was re- 
printed in The Guide to Nature be- 
ginning on page 225 of our number for 
September, 1908. It was the first pub- 
lic announcement that a larger equip- 
ment was needed and was the germ 
that through a long course of events 
has developed into the present Ar- 
cAdiA. We have not room to copy the 
article which occupied some two pages 
but we quote the opening and the clos- 
ing paragraphs : 
“It can be safely and sanely stated 
that one of the most remarkable nooks 
in our city today is to be found on 
Grove Street, the home of our well- 
known townsman, Dr. Edward F. Bige- 
low, whose reputation as a nature stu- 
dent, nature lecturer and interpreter of 
nature has gone far and wide. It is by 
no means strange that many people 
visit the place, and examine with deep 
interest the work that is done under 
“WHAT HE CALLED A SHANTY ON GROVE STREET.” 
