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ENCOURAGING HUMANE WORK 



Under the direction of Dr. William (). Still- 

 man, President, the American Humane 

 Association is erecting posters throughout the 

 country calling attention to the 'He Kind to 

 Animals Week,' April 24-29, 1022. Prizes 

 will be given for the best posters dealing with 

 the subject. 



In addition to the poster contest, prizes 

 will be awarded by the San Francisco Society 

 for the Prevention of Cruel I v to Animals for 



the best essays written by Boy Scouts on the 

 protection of animals. The prizes are three, 

 and the amounts $25, $15, and $10. 



Other prizes noted on the poster are two 

 of $25 each awarded by the National Asso- 

 ciation of Audubon Societies for the best 

 essays on the protection and preservation of 

 birds. One prize is open for competition for 

 the Camp- Fire Girls and the other to members 

 of the Girl Scouts organization. 



INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY 



This has been an exceptionally good year 

 for our Society. Our membership has quad- 

 rupled and the interest in bird-protection 

 and-conservation Is very marked throughout 

 the state. 



Our Society published a spring bulletin 

 and now has ready for printing a fall bulletin. 

 We are also issuing, in cooperation with the 

 Department of Education, an outline of bird- 

 stud}' for public schools prepared by Miss 

 Rousseau McClellan, Supervisor of Nature 

 Study of the Indianapolis schools. This 

 bulletin is to be sent out by the Department 

 of Education to every teacher in the state. 

 We feel that it will be of great practical value 

 to teachers, as it not only gives them detailed 

 instructions as to how to organize their 

 classes for bird-study, but is also a manual of 

 how to conduct their classes. It is the purpose 

 of the Society to encourage and stimulate bird- 

 study in the public schools, and we expect 

 large results from the work thus undertaken. 



It is with genuine sadness that we record 



the death of our beloved president emeritus, 

 William Watson Woolen, which occurred 

 March 26, 1921. Our Society joined with the 

 Academy of Science and the Indiana Nature 

 Study Club in a joint memorial meeting at 

 Indianapolis, May 20 to 22. We greatly miss 

 his counsel and advice. His presence was 

 always a benediction. He died full of honor, 

 love, and esteem of his fellow men and the 

 abundant admiration of nature-lovers. His 

 enthusiastic love of the birds and the out- 

 of-doors will be a continual inspiration to our 

 Society. 



We have already appointed a committee to 

 arrange the details of our annual meeting 

 next May. The meeting will probably be at 

 Indianapolis, and a program of unusual 

 interest is being arranged, which will un- 

 doubtedly guarantee a large attendance. Our 

 Society is planning to accomplish greater 

 things during the coming year than it has 

 ever heretofore attempted. — Frank C. 

 Evans, Secretary. 



CONSCIENCE MONEY 



"Dear Mr. Pearson: Several years ago I 

 bought a hat and let my milliner trim it 

 according to her own taste. She used a small 

 Heron Aigrette with other trimming. I knew 

 nothing about them at that time, but since I 

 learned the sad story of the Aigrettes the 

 thought of that hat has been a painful 011c, 



and the word Aigrette always brings to mind 

 my own offense. 



"I paid $5 for thatAigrette. Inclosed find 

 the same amount. I hope it may save an 

 Aigrette and at the same time ease a con- 

 science that haslongbeen troubled." — (Signed) 

 Mrs. Hiram Towns, Milwaukee, Wis. 



