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But though we have waited patiently for a year the benefactors have not yet appear- ed on the scene. There is only a modest nuclens of a building fund subscribed by one of our members, and waiting li. the bank for accre- tions. Few persons realize how much such a local organization as ours, support- ed largely by private meanfi and per- sonal inthusiasm, is doing for the cause of science. In a commercial city, where comparatively few are in- terested in the objects of our society, its growth must necessarily be slow, if not toilsome. I read a little while ago with a feeling akin to envy, I must confess, the following in regard to an institution similar to our own, estal)lished thirty yeai's ago at Dav- enport, Iowa, which city has a popu- lation not much more than half that of St. John, and this population is de- scribed as "commercial and unsym- pathtti;.' The historian of that so- ciety, on the approach of its thirtieth anniversary, has this record to make: "From a membership of four meet- ing In an office, it (the society) has grown to one of scores, meeting In Its own home; it has a neat building free of doI)t; it pays a curator a regular, if small salary; it has something to- ■ivard a permanent fund; with six creditable volumes of Proceedings; it has a permanent invested fund of ten thousand dollars to perpetuate their lublication; it owns a valuable museum, which is open free to the public, and acts as a constant incen- tive to develop scientific interest. And all this has been done by a so- ciety in a small town in the west, without the assistance of any particu- larly wealthy patrons." What an ideal position for a Natural History society to occupy! To be "In its own home" with a "permanent en- dowment" are conditions which ap- peal to our own longings and which we, too, would like to see realized. AVIthout instituting too close a com- parison between our society and the Davenport. I may refer to some feat- ures that are alike. We are a little older than they, yet in the early days of our history a few choice scientific spirits met in offices and the homes of Us members. Now we also number our members by scores. Dating from the p-esent month we pay an assist- ant curator "a regular, if small, sal- ary." We have a "valuable museum," which has been free to the public on occasions, but Mhlch this year will be kept open three afternoons In the week and which we hope will act "as .•!. constant incentive to develop scien- tific interest." We have at least three modest "volumes of proceedings," made up from our yearly bulletin's, ^vhich we have issued for the past (sixteen yeais, and these reports serve to keep us in touch with the scientific woi-ld without, and present a record of work and original investigation from year to year, of which we have no cause to be ashamed. But in the matter of a "home" and an "endowment" the Davenport so- ciety is in circumstances that we may term decidedly comfortable; and yet. it is located in a city of only 26,000 in- hal)itants, while ours num'bers 40,000; their tow^n is commercial; so is ours, bat ours has great aspirations with increasing facilities in the direction of commerce. We cannot say that cur citizens are without sympathy in the aims and purposes of nur pnf-i.--ty, for in many ways and at all times they have given to it s^abstantial aid. We have additions to our member- fhip every year of persons more or PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. less Interested In our work. Our as- sociate members a few weeks ago de- cided to double their membership In order to raise funds to keep the rooms open for three afternoons each week during the year. Their energetic ac- tion In this matter Is worthy of all praise. We look back with feelings of the liveliest satisfaction to what the ladles have accomplished since they began to Interest themselves ac- tively in the society's work, and we look forward Mlth hope to what they may accomplish In the future. In this connection I would like to refer again to the Davenport society. I find there this suggestive record: "The election of a school boy to membership In a scientific society might seem to mean little, but to the Davenport academy it meant much. One of the charter members of the a(.ademy, Prof. Pratt, was writing teacher in the public schools, giving Instruction from building to building. At times he told the scholars to write anything they might have in mind on slips of paper and to hand them in to him. On one such occasion a boy not fourteen years of age wrote the words •Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences.' On inquiry, Prof. Pratt found that the boy had read of the Kcademj in the new.9papers, and wnnted to know what it was. When told of the meetings and collecting excursions he desired to become a member, but only if his mother could become one ilso. The question of lady members had not before been raided, but now posed it was soon solved. J. Duncan Putnam and his mother were elected to membership June 2. 1869. The ardent enthusiasm of the school boy and the mother's love were to do more for the academy then the few members voting at that meeting could realize. It was this mother's (interest that Jed to the sec- rnd rented room, to the donation by l.'idles in 1875 of new cases and car- pets, to the gift by a woman in 1877 of the lot, and to much of the energy tmd interest displayed by the towns- people since. It was the boy's enthu- siasm and the mother's love that led to the publication. Impelled by Dr. Parry's words and his own feeling of its importance, J. Duncan Putnam on iVovember 26, 1875, then a boy of nlne- tjen, urged the academy to publish Proceedings. A committee was ap- pointed to look into the matter, and to devise means if possible to carry out the plan. Dec. 20th a company of ladles— the Women's Centennial asso- ciation-agreed to see that the first volume of Proceedings, covering the years 1867-75, should be printed. It was no easy task. Entertainments were given and other ways of raising money devised. A fire Interfered seri- ously, but at last the handsome octavo volume was printed and turned over to the academy. The volume formed part of the display of women's work and achievement at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. The happy result of publication on the academy was immediately appar- ent. The Proceedings were sent to all parts of the world, and the library of the academy has grown almost en- tirely out of its exchange. The pub- lication has not only benefited the scientific world by making known valuable original work, but it has made the academy widely known. The Proceedings have been continued up to the present time, and volume vii. is now in progress. * • * njrg. Putnam's great desire since her son's death has been to see the publications continued. Her energy has never flagged, and finally she has seen the future of the Proceedings assured." I have quoted this extract in full, lift only on account of its suggestive- I'ess, but also because to some extent our own society has aimed to cafi-y out plans and purposes which the Davenport academy has pushed for- '•\ard to completion with energy and dash that is characteristic of the • west. The Davenport society has aimed to get the public schools inter- ested in natural science, not only by its members giving lectures before teachers and scholars, but by having classes come to the museum to be in- structed by the curator and other members. Our efforts have been in the same direction. To our regular c'lnd elementary lectures there has been for many years a good attend- rnce of teachers and occasionally of pupiLs, and classes have h,?en brought to the museum for Instruction. We should now be able to do more In this direction than ever. If we can stimu- A '-" PHESIDENrS ADDRESS. M *-- late and Interest In natural science the students of our schools who have a scientific bent we shall find out and encourage our future workers in science. It was such seed that fell Into young Putnam's mind that brought such an abundant harvest. From a talk about the society he was' led to visit the rooms and Join in the collecting trips. Hei became Interest- ed in entomology. He gathered a col- lection of 25,000 specimens, represent- ing over 8,000 species, and containing many new to science. He is almost the sole authority on one family of insects, and though but 25 years of age at his death, and always weak in body, he had accomplished In his t-hort but busy and useful life what few stronger men are able to accom- plish in long years. He was accus- tcmed to say: "If others are unwill- ing to do what ought to be done, I must " In this instance of a busy and well directed life there is surely an incentive as well as duty in a society PUch as yours to seek to interest the young in the work to be done around them, which ought to be done and which others are unwilling or unable to do— work that requires youthful enthusiasm and a love for investiga- tion. There are few perhaps who have a Putnam's genius for investi- gation, but there are many young peo- ple in every community who could do excellent original work under proper direction. There is a place for these young persons in our society, and for their parents as well. We want the aid of hundreds of pairs of sharp In- telligent eyes to assist in revealing the secrets of nature around us, to explore the woods, the streams, the shores, and make them yield the treasures of plant and animal life with which thev are abounding, and of which we know so little. We want ethers to explore with hammer and chisel the rocks in and about our city, and make them yield new chapters in that wonderful geological history that our geologists have begun, but which they cannot complete. It is such work as theirs that is an Inspiration to the young— and It will inspire them if we seek to give direction to their youthful activities, not only by In- struction in these rooms, but by lead- ing them afield and helping to give a practical turn to their Iniiuirles. We have pleasant recollections of our outing at St. Martins the past summer, when under the leadership of Dr. Matthew, Dr. Ganong, Prof. Duff and others, an Impetus was given to the study of natural science, which we hope will lead to the organization soon of a branch natural history so- ciety there. There Is a fine opportun- ity for some excellent work to be done in the rugged and interesting coun- try that surrounds the beautiful vil- lage, and there is some good material, especially among the young people, to make an active society. The Sussex Natural History Society, formed a few months ago, had its origin in a plan to gather In a cen- tral place in the county a museum of Its natural history products. Its members, now numbering over 30, are preparing themselves in their winter meetings to do some practical work in the spring. The society has its headquarters in the Sussex Grammar School, ni.any of whose students come from a distance. All seem to be in (arnest to carry out the purposea of the society. The natural history societies of Fre- dericton and Chatham have been longer in existence, have already a good membership, and include mem- bers who possess special knowledge, and have attained distinction 1' their chosen subjects. There seems a bright outlook ''or them for the special work which our own society and kindred ones in this provin.:'e are seeking to do. But we must keep In view a few guiding prin- ciples, or there will be confusion and Ineffective work. Those who are lead- ers must be the Instructors, guides and counsellors of the younger mem- bers, and unselfishly give their efforts to add to the knowledge and inspire enthusiasm In the younger and Inex- perienced members. The special ob- .lect of each society should be to study and make collections of the nat- ural history of its own immediate neighborhood. To do this requires knowledge, experience, perseverance. There should he --nterest onoueh on the part of the general public In these centres in which societies are already or are about to be established, to pro- vide rooms where the collections mav \ PRESIDENT S ADDRESS, je preservfd. and there should be a Ilhorallty sufTlclent to publish In some permanent form that which is original und whiLh possesses seientlllo value in their researches. And I will now consider the par- ticula.- needs of our own society with a few suggestions: (1) \V.' need to enlarge and com- plete our local collections in every possible way. To do that we must have more worlters. The example of one of our members, who has taken up the study of entomology recently and has presented to the society a fine collodion of insects obtained in the t ty and vicinity, is worthy of imita- tion. We should have a more com- plete collection of the fishes that are found in our rivers and bays, and in iKarly all the departments of our musuem, excellent as It is in many re- spects, we need additions. (2) We need a closer union and eo- opei-ation among scientific workers thioughout the province. We should try to meet once a year, at least, with fis many of these workers as possible for mutual stimulation and encour- agement. If we could extend the idea of our summer camp so as to include the members of other societies, and meet in chosen places from year to year, there is no doubt that it would mcrease the innuenee of each society and be a great help to its member- hbip. (3) We want a home. We would be cjntent with a modest building In rome central locality. It need not be large, but should be carefully planned lo allow of a symmetrical extension in the future, when our needs and our bonefarikins shall both be greater To provide the nucleus for this building iund, I think we should take the be- fiuest of our late president. Dr. Bots- f"rd, and devote it sacredly to this Purpofe. When others see that we pre in earnest about this matter they will come to our assistance, and we will have what we should have had long ago-a suitable building. To meet running expenses we should devote our membership fees, and these only to that object. If they are not ade- quc'te. we ous-ht to inerea^.,- our or- dinary membership, as the ladles have just done the associate membership. Our grant from government is barely sufricient to pay the small expense of P'.lilisblng our bulletin. Our annual hulletin should be larger and Include some of what has to be i.ubllslied in other ways, such as leartets made up from pai>crs published In the press A great deal of the work done by our members is published In the proceed- ings of the Hoyal Society, where it appeals to a larger circle of readers But there must always be a great deal published that is of a purely local chararter, and our bulletin at present IS not suincient to give this to the public in a permanent form. An addi- tion to our government grant is re- fiuired to increase the value of our publication. (4) We need a permanent endow- ment, apart from our building fund that would provide means to make our museum and collections more available than they are at present for the use of science and the public and educational needs. Our museum re- fiuires the services of a trained scien- tist, one who knows how to put in proper shape and apply its treasures so that they will be of value both for training and experiment.. If we h,ad $1,':,000 in addition to the liotsford boquest, we could put up a Iiuilding that would do for many years and be a secure repository for our valuable collections. If we had an endowment of $25,000, it would prob- n!)ly soeuro for our society the ser- ^•iees of a well qualified curator. Some one may say: What is the use of tnlking of $40,000 for tne Natural History Society? We have been talk- ing of a building for years and noth- ing has come of it. Yes, but the citi- zens of Davenport— "commercial and unsympathetic"-did far more than this, and where it has been done it can be done again, especially under some circumstances more favorable than in that western city. Avi endow- ment ot $25,000 from many monied men in this city would scarcely be felt by them, and would be such a stimu- lus to science here that others would subscribe the money needful for a building. Well, let us have faith that It will be done, and be done soon, I d.mi)t not but that there were some citizens of Davenport who shook their heads and said "impossible"— but it was done. i ^^ expense of »ui- antiual ind Includo uhllHlifd In s made up the press, one l)y our 10 prijcoed- . wliero It nt readers. grre.it deal ircly local at present his to the An addl- ant i.s ro- ue of our It endow- ilns fund, to make ons more iresent for lulilic and ist'uni re- ncd Sfion- to put in treasui'o.s ^ both for on to the put up a any years ' for our ■ had an uld prob- the fjpr- ator. s the use Natural eon talk- nd noth- the citl- •cial and ire than done it ly under 'avoi-able 1 endow- monicd y 1)0 felt a stimu- "s would I for a lith that f?oon. I re some lok their —but it ^i^,^^