Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1917 — The Only Nature College. [ARTICLE]

The Only Nature College.

Connecticut has the only nature college In the world, according to the Hartford Oourant. It is located in Sound Beach, and is known as Arcadia. Here a society known as. the Agassis association, under the leadership of Prof. Edward F. Bigelow, is trying to carry out the dream of the famous Louis Agassiz for the study of nature Inuits varied manifestations from flower to insect. The college has ft library of 2,000 volumes dealing with nearly every subject which has to do with nature. There are no paid teachers and no set fees for students, who may seek in Arcadia information on fossils, hnga, plants, glaciers, birds, digestion, horticulture, diseases of plants and a multitude of other subjects.