PAGE 4. 
The HELENA 
Masonic News 
Combining ACGE^RIATl of Algeria Shrine Eemple. 
Published every month of the year except July by 
WILLIAM C. CAMPBELL, Editor and Publisher 
P. O. Box 582 Helena, Montana 
10^ Per Copy $1.00 Per Year 
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MASONIC HOME IS 
VISITED BY GRAND 
MATRON OF O.E.S. 
Mrs. Augusta Baumgartner of 
Ronan, Grand Worthy Matron of 
the Eastern Star in Montana, was 
a visitor at the Montana Masonic 
Home last month. Both she and 
W. W. Casper of Helena, Grand 
Worthy Patron, were guests of 
the home at dinner on Nov. 21. 
After the dinner, both gave short 
talks. 
Morning Star Lodge No. 5 of 
Helena visited the home Nov. 17 
and presented a magician as en¬ 
tertainment, after which refresh¬ 
ments were served. When the 
Helena lodges held past masters’ 
night on Nov. 12, there were 12 of 
the guests from the home who at¬ 
tended. 
Fourteen Eastern Star chapters 
throughout Montana sent jellies, 
jam and candy to the home dur¬ 
ing November. Lily of the Valley 
Chapter No. 4, Bozeman, sent 
each guest a one-pound box of 
candy during the month of No¬ 
vember, while Helen C. Roberts 
Chapter No. 71, Great Falls, sent 
in 22 boxes of Christmas cards for 
the use of the members. 
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The two Missoula Star chapters, 
Electa No. 7 and Immanuel No. 
54, gave the home 283 jars of 
jam last month, while Jasmine 
Chapter No. 65, Hardin,' through 
J. J. Ping, also sent the home a 
big supply of home canned foods. 
December birthdays at the 
home are: Marion E. Lytle, Morn¬ 
ing Star No. 5, Helena, 76 on Dec. 
4; Mrs. Abbie S. Baker, Vista 
Chapter No. 44, Whitefish, 78 on 
Dec. 21, and Carl Otto Turk of 
King Solomon’s No. 9, Helena, 81 
on Dec. 26. 
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The Independent - Record last 
month featured a story about Dr. 
William M. Mann, director of the 
national zoological park of the 
Smithsonian Institute of Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., who has written a 
Dook, “Ant Hill Odyssey,” which 
was released by Little, Brown and 
Co., of Boston. Dr. Mann, a native 
of Helena, belongs to Mornin 
Star Lodge No. 5. 
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Ant Hill Odyssey, William M. Mann 
(Atlantic-Little, Brown, Boston).— 
Dr. William M. Mann, ’ll, began col¬ 
lecting bugs and animals as a Montana 
boy of four years and he hasn’t stopped 
yet. At sixty-two, breezy, chain-smok¬ 
ing Dr. Mann is director of the Na¬ 
tional Zoological Park at Washington, 
D.C., one of the outstanding zoos of 
the world. In his newly published Ant 
Hill Odyssey he takes a backward 
glance at his life until 1916. In the 
chapter on his sojourn at Stanford, 
alumni will find practically a roll call of 
the pioneers in the University’s pro¬ 
gram in biology. It was an article by 
Rennie Wilbur Doane on “The Hypo- 
pygium of the Tipulidae” that first at¬ 
tracted Mann to Stanford. Vernon L. 
Kellogg he describes as a “brilliant and 
productive writer”; Harold Heath as 
“a genius as a teacher—he made us 
find things out for ourselves.” And he 
tells of a talk with Charles Henry Gil¬ 
bert in which the professor of zoology 
quoted David Starr Jordan: “Success 
is doing what you like to do and making 
a living out of it.” By this standard, 
Dr. Mann has known considerable suc- 
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William Montana Mann 
Bug collector extraordinary 
cess. 
At the end of his senior year, Mann 
was a member of the famous Stanford 
Expedition to Brazil, conducted by Dr. 
Branner. On his return he enrolled at 
Harvard, receiving a Doctor of Science 
degree in entomology there in 1915. 
But before his work at Harvard was 
completed, he made a trip to Haiti for 
snakes and ants and another to Mexico 
for hummingbird moths. He trekked 
over the desert of Arabia, visited Au¬ 
gust Forel in Switzerland, and, return¬ 
ing to Harvard, was off again to the 
Pacific Isles. Dr. Mann’s informative 
descriptions of the people, the terrain, 
and the fauna of the countries in which 
he traveled are made exceedingly read¬ 
able by the light, humorous touch of 
his writing. 
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Dr. and Mrs. Mann 
To Address Writers 
Dr. William M. Mann, director of 
the Zoo, and Mrs. Mann will be 
guest speakers at a meeting of the 
Professional Writer's Club at 7:30 
p.m. Monday at the YWCA. 
Dr. Mann will talk about his auto¬ 
biography, “Ant Hill Odyssey,” 
which was recently published as the 
first of several proposed volumes. 
During his three years’ work on the 
book, Dr. Mann had the assistance 
and advice of his wife, a former 
women’s magazine editor and her¬ 
self the author of three books on 
animals. Mrs. Mason S. Talley Will 
introduce Dr. and Mrs. Mann. 
Another speaker on the program 
will be Miss Elizabeth L. Scheffey, 
editor of the Cathedral Age and di¬ 
rector of publications and publicity 
for the Washington Cathedral. 
Mrs. Esther Wolcott Rhoads will 
introduce Miss Scheffey. 
Mrs. John W. Perkins is program 
chairman of the club. Miss Anna 
Jesperson, president, will open the 
meeting. 
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