Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 4, No 1

Articles in this issue

• SCRAPS THAT BLOW IN MARCH.

  Opening editorial leader of the March 1906 issue, including a swipe at a New York magazine that has appropriated the words "Scrap Book" for its title.
• THE UNPOPULAR MAN.

  Poem by Strickland W. Gillilan praising the friend whose friends are few.
• SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.

  Question-and-answer reference column covering the highest U.S. mountain, the first money coined in the United States, the origin of the word "infantry," and why a Chinaman is called a "Celestial."
• NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, L. A. W.

  Report of the L.A.W. National Assembly's annual meeting held at League Headquarters in Boston on February 14, recording 2,134 members and a $43.10 treasury balance, Constitution amendments moving the annual meeting to the day after Memorial Day, and the re-election of President Wm. B. Everett and Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett.
• ESSTEE'S MARCH MUSINGS.

  Secretary-Treasurer's commentary on the Assembly's changes and League Day fixed for June 16, also reporting the death in St. Louis on Feb. 11 of old-time wheelman Arthur Young, who coasted Mt. Washington in 1882 and won a prize for climbing Corey Hill.
• STANDING COMMITTEES APPOINTED.

  List of the L.A.W. standing committees and their members for Rights and Privileges, Highway Improvement, Local Organization, Touring, and Legislation, appointed by President William B. Everett.