47C Bird - Lore 



"At Grand View, Tennessee, on the Cumberland Plateau, is located a 

 school for mountain children, run by the American Missionary Society and 

 by private subscription. There were enrolled in this past session 463 boys 

 and girls, sons and daughters of farmers who are receiving an education of 

 an agricultural nature. I visited this school after their closing exercises were 

 under way, met their Superintendent of Agriculture, explained our work, 

 and received from him a most urgent invitation for this Society to organize 

 his entire school and to furnish them such literature as will enable them to 

 <:ontinue the study of bird life in connection with their field work. This is 

 -an opportunity that should not be lost, and some arrangement should be 

 made to care for it. I have furnished them with literature, but have not been 

 able to make a return visit. 



"So far, I have worked in the following counties: Knox, Louden, Monroe, 

 Sevier, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Green, Grainger, Roan, Rhea, Morgan, 

 Scott, Blount, and Cocke Counties, and, while I have not been able to cover 

 them all in a thorough manner, I have pretty thoroughly covered three of 

 them. 



"In conclusion, will say that, with the very great assistance received from 

 -our fine exhibit at the National Conservation Exposition, and a continuation 

 of the distribution of literature along with our newspaper articles, we should, 

 within the next year, see great results from our work." — Magnolia Wood- 

 ward, Corresponding Secretary. 



West Virginia.— Throughout the past year, this Society has steadily 

 pursued its educational policy, and, while greatly hampered by lack of funds, 

 the work has been pushed forward with much success. 



Through the generosity of "The Sentinel," an afternoon local paper, 

 ^-we have been able to continue the weekly "Audubon Bird Notes;" under which 

 •lieading the endeavor has been to give to the public important and interesting 

 ■information concerning bird life and interests. Other articles, contributed 

 by our press agent, have been published by several of our agricultural and 

 educational journals. The State Superintendent of Schools has given us per- 

 mission to furnish the material for the bird section of the Arbor and Bird 

 Day Manual. 



Many plans and suggestions presented themselves in consideration of 

 the most effective way to interest the teachers of West Virginia in bird-study 

 in the schools, but at every point the question of expense arose. However, 

 through the cordial cooperation of educational interests, we have been able 

 to bring the subject before the teachers in several ways. 



Dr. Eugene Swope, Field Agent for Ohio, was procured to speak before 

 'the State Education Association which met here in June, and addressed the 

 Association at an afternoon session and at an evening general assembly on 

 rlhe subject of bird-study in the schools. In line with this, our Vice-President 



