The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . d of the most enterprising mechanics of the city. The present Board of Management consists of James Logan, Presi-dent; Albert A. Barker, Vice-President, and William A. Smith, Clerkand Treasurer; The Worcester Natural History Society, originally called the YoungMens Library Association, was incorporated by a special act of theLegislature in 1853, and in 1854 a department devoted to the study of 228 The Worcester of 1898. natural history was organized with Reverend E. E. Hale (then pastor ofthe Church of the Unity) as chairma
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . d of the most enterprising mechanics of the city. The present Board of Management consists of James Logan, Presi-dent; Albert A. Barker, Vice-President, and William A. Smith, Clerkand Treasurer; The Worcester Natural History Society, originally called the YoungMens Library Association, was incorporated by a special act of theLegislature in 1853, and in 1854 a department devoted to the study of 228 The Worcester of 1898. natural history was organized with Reverend E. E. Hale (then pastor ofthe Church of the Unity) as chairman. They had accumulated a library of some considerable size and value,when in 1859 it was transferred to the city as the beginning of the FreePublic Library. Previous to this, in 1856, the Worcester Lyceum, established in 1829,was merged in the Library Association, and the name changed to theWorcester Lyceum and Library Association. The collection and study of specimens in natural history soon becamethe principal object of the society, and in 1884 the name was again. #lltllliliiJliiiil!iil!iliHililiil!lllt!|ll!!!!llllllir!il!i,;il|||il!n NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. changed by an act of the Legislature to the Worcester Natural HistorvSociety, by which title it is now known. The society has a large and valuable cabinet of specimens, many ofthem collected with special reference to the natural history of Worcestercounty, which has been used by the pupils in the schools of the city andothers under the direction of competent instructors. Classes in various departments of natural history have been main-tained for the benefit of members, and many have availed themselves ofthe facilities offered in that direction. Monthly meetings are also held,with papers and discussions upon scientific subjects, to which allinterested are invited. The society has lately published a valuablemonograph on The Physical Geography of Worcester, by JosephH. Perry, with photographic illustrations by J. Chauncey
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