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less than ten dollars in the treasury, but al the end of her first campaign there 

 was a balance in the treasury. The above goes to show what can be accom- 

 plished by a competent School Secretary. During the past year the school 

 work has been carried on in the southern part of the state; the coming year 

 Miss Libby will work in Central and Northern California. — Mrs. Harriet 

 W. Myers, Secretary. 



Connecticut. The Thirteenth .\nnuul Meeting of the Connecticut 

 Audubon Society was held at Fairfield on October 29. There was a largely 

 attended morning and afternoon session, luncheon being served at 12:30 p.m. 

 The work of the year was reviewed by the reports of the several secretaries, 

 supplemented by a sketch of the year in the fields by Wilbur F. Smith, Game 

 Warden of Fairfield county. 



For greater attention to detail, our Society has tried the experiment of 

 having different secretaries for various phases of the work, and finds the plan 

 of great benefit, (i) The Secretary proper attends to the general corres- 

 pondence, signing of certificates, etc., with an assistant to send out notices 

 of the meetings, etc. (2) The School Secretary, Miss Frances A. Hurd, of 

 South Norwalk, attends to the sending out of leaflets and Kterature to the 

 schools, besides acting as secretary, with whom local secretaries may corres- 

 pond at will. (3) Mrs. Chester H. Brush, of Danbury, is the Secretary of 

 Memberships, attending to this important branch of the work, which not 

 only consists of sending out buttons, pledge-cards and certificates, but this 

 secretary is also a vigilant "look out" for every possible occasion where new 

 members may be obtained. She keeps the record of members, and turns 

 over the funds to the treasurer. Regular executive committee meetings are 

 held monthly during eight months of the year, at which time all the secre- 

 taries make reports. 



As usual, the chief work of the year has been educational, and the main 

 item of expense the rebinding of books for our traveling libraries, and the 

 purchase of charts and leaflets for school distribution. 



Mrs. Belle Johnson, of Hartford, who keeps a record of our material 

 handled by the Connecticut Library Association, reports as follows: 



Bird Charts. — During the past year 200 sets of charts were loaned to 202 

 schools; also sixty copies of Reed's Bird Guide were sent with the charts. 



Libraries. — Sixty-one libraries, containing 636 books, were loaned 106 

 times, with a total circulation of 3,432. 



Portfolios. — Sixty-six portfolios of pictures were loaned ninety-five times. 

 Two hundred new pictures received in August have now been grouped, making 

 the number of portfolios now ready for circulation ninety-eight. 



Lectures. — The lecture, "The Birds about Home," was used six times, 

 with an attendance of 1,205. The lecture for children, "The Story of a Robin, '^ 

 was used three times, with an attendance of 641. 



