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shows the number of children enrolled in 

 each of these states the year preceding. 

 This comparative arrangement therefore 

 shows the increase in the various states. 



Statistics of Junior Classes 



Southern States (Sage Fund) 



States Classes Members 



IQ17 iQi? 1916 



Alabama 32 530 384 



Arkansas 28 643 203 



District of Columbia . 3 77 247 



Florida 216 4,040 2,777 



Georgia 131 2,578 2,293 



Kentucky 114 2,391 1,284 



Louisiana 30 542 340 



Maryland 150 3,360 3,425 



Mississippi 38 ggi 360 



North Carolina . . . 134 2,925 2,443 



South Carolina ... 61 1,600 989 



Tennessee loi 2,541 1,063 



Texas 150 3,q6o 2,123 



Virginia 120 2,356 1,517 



West Virginia .... 196 4,130 3,455 



Totals 1,504 32,673 22,942 



Northern States 



(Children's Educational Fund) 



States Classes Members,/! 



1917 1917 1916 



Arizona 8 176 63 



California 348 8,431 2,119 



Colorado 70 i,77i 2,221 



Connecticut .... 611 12,546 9,137 



Delaware 7 109 141 



Idaho 34 364 619 



Illinois 433 11,722 7,961 



Indiana 359 6,490 5,677 



States Classes Members 



1917 igi7 1016 



I?wa 279 5,832 4,154 



Kansas 114 2,447 3,081 



Maine 79 1,585 1,162 



Massachusetts ... 519 10,802 6,536 



Michigan 542 10,855 i4.334 



Minnesota 427 9,441 8,094 



Missouri 115 2,999 3,103 



Montana 41 1,063 2,011 



Nebraska 127 2,080 2,793 



Nevada 22 478 180 



New Hampshire . . . 317 6,165 4,591 



New Jersey 579 14,382 8,226 



New Mexico .... 10 165 79 



New York 1.841 41,514 35,536 



North Dakota ... 90 1,888 477 



Ohio 1,121 22,249 20,657 



Oklahoma 55 1,149 711 



Oregon 190 4,100 4,243 



Pennsylvania .... 732 17,464 8,304 



Rhode Island .... 44 1,215 1,280 



South Dakota .... 43 785 1,131 



Utah ii 738 1,521 



Vermont 48 873 1,240 



Washington 604 14,696 5,987 



Wisconsin 138 3,070 4,188 



W'yoming 11 193 290 



Canada 449 8,048 10,350 



Totals 10,431 228,981 182,196 



Grand Totals. . 11,935 261,654 205,138 



Many charming letters, often with 

 excellent photographs, come to us from 

 this army of enthusiastic young bird- 

 watchers, and a whole magazine might be 

 filled with them, could the requisite space 

 and expense be spared. All it is possible 

 to do now is to offer some sample pictures 

 with descriptive legends. 



BIRD PAGEANT GIVEN BY THE LITTLE FOLKS OF THE JOHN B. ALLEN SCHOOL 

 OF SEATTLE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF A BIRD-BATH 



(See page 218) 



