SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 



Edited by ALICE HALL WALTER 



Address all communications relative to the work of this depart- 

 ment to the Editor, 67 Oriole Avenue, Providence, R. I. 



We regret that, on account of serious illness, Mrs. Walter has been unable 

 to prepare the editorial matter which she had ])laiine(l for this issue of the 

 School Department.^ — J. T. N. 



FOR AND FROM ADULT AND YOUNG 

 OBSERVERS 



THE MUSEUM BIRD CLUB OF TOLEDO, OHIO 



For years the Toledo Museum of Art has maintained a Bird Club for chil- 

 dren, of which there are 20,000 members. Each one of these children has 

 signed a pledge card promising to protect wild birds. The Museum has now 

 on its staff an instructor in nature-study. We feel that the study and apprecia- 

 tion of nature is within the province of an art museum, and we are fortunate 

 in having a mayor who is interested in and furthers every progressive move- 

 ment in the city of Toledo. 



I enclose April 2 newspaper clippings of a proclamation by Mayor Cornell 

 Schreiber, of Toledo, which may be of interest to you. — Mrs. George W. 

 Stevens. 



[We quote the following sentences from the Mayor's proclamation: 



"Toledo's parks and boulevards are hereby declared to be permanent bird 

 sanctuaries. ... I hereby appoint the boys and girls of Toledo as guardians 

 of the birds, to work with the city administration for their protection."] 



ROBIN REDBREAST, WAR GARDENER 

 A TRUE STORY 



One day last summer Grandma Mack left the pies she was making and 

 Grandpa Mack and little James, who was visiting from the city, came out of 

 the garden to see what the birds were making such a fuss about. They found 

 two old Robins flying around, crying and scolding dreadfully. On the ground 

 was a little bird. It was still covered with down and was so young and helpless 

 it could not even hop. Grandpa picked the little Robin up and climbed into 

 the cherry tree which grew beside the house, and under which the little bird 

 lay, but he was unable to fmd the nest from which the little bird had fallen. 



"Well, James," he said, "I guess we will have to take care of this little 

 Robin." 



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