Йоу, сайенс

Нью-йоркский клуб любителей дикой природы и пеших прогулок. По информации историка фэндома Московитца, в начале 30-х из него выделился The Scienceers - один из первых клубов любителей научной фантастики.

Swift founded the Yosians (rhymes with O'Ryans) as a walking club in 1922. The name is an adaptation of his own. Josiah, which means "Jehovah supports." A pantheist by belief, and an Episcopalian to please his wife, he sees mother nature as "Jehovah in His maternal capacity" healing her children. The first Yosians were readers who wrote in to ask if they might tag along when he took hikes" to hunt material for his column. The dozen nervous nature lovers who first showed up grew into a traipsing mob of 500. The unwieldy crowds have long since been formed into 50 or so sub-walks under lay Yosians, but the founder's own weekend walks have remained the big attraction. Nowadays he hits the woodsy trails in New York's parks or just beyond the subway's end with about 75 followers. ... Controversial subjects such as politics and religion are forbidden on Yosian ambles.