352 Bird - Lore 



We are about to start out on a campaign for the organization of the Junior 

 Audubon Clubs, and we believe we shall have better success in the future, 

 because we have learned a great deal as to what is necessary to accomplish 

 the purpose. The organization of these junior clubs will constitute the bulk 

 of the work, for the present. 



The Mothers' Congress and the State Educational Association are the 

 next points where we will lecture with our pictures and our charts. Both 

 these organizations have cordially invited the Audubon lecturers to appear 

 before them. 



REPORT OF KATHARINE H. STUART 



It having been decided by the Virginia Audubon Society that the 

 educational work was to be the first consideration, my energies have been 

 largely spent in that direction, although the calls in all departments have 

 been answered as far as time and strength would permit. 



It was necessary to secure the cooperation of our Board of Education 

 and, with their consent, to bring before the teachers of the state the import- 

 ance of conserving our game and non-game birds, and to show that the school- 

 room was to be the battleground in which the war was to be waged and the 

 victory won, by training the young to see that 'the Bird in the bush is worth 

 two in the hand.' Through the courtesy of Mr. Eggleston, State Superin- 

 tendent of Schools, the opportunity was given me to address the teachers of 

 the state, at the Annual Conference, held in Richmond, and, at the same 

 time, to give out the "Announcements to Southern Teachers." And thus 

 was launched our first work, under the Sage Fund, for bird study in our 

 schools. 



After the conference, I wrote to all the superintendents and principals of 

 the schools, asking permission to visit and bring before the children our work. 

 These letters were graciously received throughout the state, and the work 

 lias steadily increased, until it is safe to say there is not a school in Virginia 

 where bird study is not a part of the class-work. 



It is interesting to note that Virginia stands first in Junior Audubon 

 Classes, and great credit is due our energetic President, Mrs. W. E. Harris, 

 and our efiicient Secretary, Mrs. A. S. Buford, for the vast amount of work 

 done by them at the Richmond office. The largest number of classes were 

 organized in Lynchburg and Staunton. The largest single class was organized 

 in Biggers School, Lynchburg, by Miss Nowlin, and has a membership of 

 •one hundred and sixteen. 



I have visited twenty-five counties, and given one hundred illustrated 

 talks to thirty thousand teachers, school children and mixed audiences, since 

 the first of the year. As Chairman of Conservation, Virginia Federation of 

 "Women's Clubs, I visited all the clubs of the state, and secured prizes for our 



