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If you know of any boys or girls or adults who by reason of ill- 

 ness belong to the band of " shut-ins," you may perhaps be doing 

 them a favor by placing us in touch with them. Yon understand 

 that all our services are free, 



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When preparing dues for mailing, put them in envelopes or in 

 rolls with plain wrapper. Do not fail to give name and address in 

 upper left hand corner of the envelope or roll. It is well to do this 

 even when identification cards are placed inside. When sending 

 letters or drawings, pasteboard sides are unnecessary and when used 

 add much to the postage. 



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We must again speak of the conditions on wliich we send the 

 badges or buttons. They are not sent as a bonus or premium for 

 joining a Junior Naturalist Club, but as a testimony that the recipi- 

 ent has done faithful work in Nature-Study. So far as possible, we 

 rely upon the judgment of the teacher when such conditions have 

 been complied with, and to her we consign the buttons for distribu- 

 tion. We wish them to be badges of honor and not to be cheap- 

 ened by being worn by the undeserving, 



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We shall continue to send monthly lessons to all Junior Natural- 

 ists. We find that most interest is found in the study of living and 

 growing things, and material for such is not so easy to obtain dur- 

 ing January and February. We shall, however, select topics sus- 

 ceptible of some illustration. Perhaps it will be just as well to exact 

 but one set of dues for these months. 



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As soon as possible after receiving the roster of a club, we send a 

 charter. During October and a part of November we were unable 

 to be as prompt in doing this as we desired. No doubt some of 

 our Junior Naturalists felt impatient by such enforced neglect, but 

 we are sure we suffered more than they. It is not an easy thing to 

 register twenty-one thousand boys and girls. We have done this 



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