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as well, but the seats were all taken, a great many parents coming with the 

 children. 



At Poughkeepsie the Superintendent of Schools was not especially inter- 

 ested at first, but allowed me to speak in the high school, with the result that 

 I was asked for a second lecture at one of the new schools, had a large and 

 appreciative audience, and the superintendent was very complimentary in his 

 introduction. 



While I always try to see the District Superintendent, I am not always 

 able to do this, so I went to Dr. Finegan, Commissioner of Elementary Edu- 

 cation, and he gave me permission to go into all the schools, saying "I wish 

 you could, and would, go into every school in the state." Dr. Finegan is greatly 

 interested in this work, and has offered to help in any way he can. Dr. A. W. 

 Abrams, Director of Visual Instruction, is also interested, and while it is not 

 customary to loan a stereopticon, he has done so when the school has not been 

 equipped with the necessary apparatus, and the principal has asked to have 

 my slides shown. In the country schools, where there is no opportunity to 

 show the slides, the leaflets are used, a great many mothers come, and I can 

 speak directly to them, which is not always possible when the audience is 

 large. At the National Education Association meeting held in New York, in 

 July, I met a number of teachers from different parts of the state and have 

 been asked to go to their schools. 



I feel greatly encouraged about the work, as I am welcome wherever I go; 

 and while classes may not be formed in every school, the work is certainly 

 gaining, and interest and enthusiasm are increasing. 



BIRDS KILLED IN FEBRUARY BY AN OKLAHOMA TRAPPER. ANOTHER EVIDENCE 



OF NEED FOR FUNDS TO ENFORCE THE FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD LAW 



Photographed bv F S. Barde 



