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Of the adults present, two-thirds were obUged to accept ofi5ce, to keep the 

 ball rolling. For a while the rolling stone may gather no moss; it is equally 

 certain that a snowball kept in motion increases in volume. The following 

 officers were elected: President, H. TuUsen; First Vice-President, Judge H. 

 Y. Hughes; Second Vice-President, Mrs. J. E. Hood; Secretary of Literature, 

 Mrs. Charlotte O. Lutz; Recording Secretary, Miss M. M. Woodward; Treas- 

 urer, Miss Sophie M. Ducloux. The remaining grown persons might be termed 

 high privates, for all the members worked wath such enthusiasm that our 

 membership has increased from nine to over ninety. 



One of the first things we tried to do was to stop the violation of the game 

 law as respects the shooting of game birds out of season, as well as the killing 

 of non-game birds, such as the Nighthawk, etc. 



Mrs. Lutz was appointed to organize junior societies in the schools of 

 Knoxville and vicinity. Her happy talks and the distribution of our liter- 

 ature exercised a widespread influence for good. 



Some time in February, 191 1, there was an influx of Robins and Cedar 

 birds. Their wanton destruction by idle men and boys was stemmed by my 

 junior class of girls, who indignantly laid the law down to them. And later on, 

 through information given by children of another school, President Tullsen 

 was enabled to have several large boys arrested and fined for killing birds and 

 robbing nests. 



About this time, our President conceived the idea of issuing circulars 

 recommending the establishment of bird stations, — small areas of land ranging 

 from a town lot up to five acres, and game refuges from five acres up, — our 

 largest being one thousand acres. 



The exhibit of the East Tennessee Audubon Society at the "Appalachian 

 Exposition" was the cro waning feature of the year. Free space was granted us 

 in the main building for our booth. Mrs. Thomas O'Conner loaned to the 

 Society a handsome and expensive collection of mounted birds. Mr. Arthur 

 Ogden contributed a mounted Peacock, and Mr. Ambrose Gaines a mounted 

 albino Bob-white. Among the exhibits were catchy photographs, birds' nests 

 galore, bright bird pictures, and a good quantity of literature, much of this 

 latter being contributed by Mr. Eugene Swope, the editor and publisher of 

 "Nature and Culture," Cincinnati. The members took turns staying at the 

 booth, which was thronged with eager men, women and children, many of 

 whom registered as possible members, while not a few became members on 

 the spot. Assuredly, great interest was aroused, and we have yet to see the 

 entire results of our labors. — Miss M. M. Woodward, Secretary. 



West Tennessee Audubon Society. — The organization of the West Tenn- 

 essee Audubon Society, for the year 1910, is as follows: R. B. Maury, M.D., 

 President; Prof. E. S. Werts, First Vice President; Mrs. J. H. McCormick, 

 Second Vice-President; Mrs. Pevey Finley, Recording Secretary; Miss Willie 



