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THE JUNIOR COMPETITION 

 A\VARD OF PRIZES TO SUCCESSFUL CLUBS 



Early in the spring, the Secretary of 

 the National Association sent out to all 

 teachers and leaders of Junior Audubon 

 Classes the circular letter quoted below: 



"Will you not send us a brief, concise 

 letter of just what you have been able to 

 do, and what you think of this plan of 

 work? The result of your efforts will be 

 interesting to other people, and will 

 probably encourage our friends to con- 

 tinue to make contributions for this 

 special work in future. Can you send 

 me a photograph of your class? You 

 might arrange the children to show them 

 tying suet and crumbs to limbs, or scat- 

 tering seed on the ground for the birds. 

 If any of the children are making bird- 

 boxes, let them hold these up on the pic- 

 ture. 



"For the teacher sending in the most 

 interesting photograph of her class, and 

 a brief account of the work done, we will 

 give a prize of $10. The two next best 

 will each receive Chapman's 'Handbook 

 of Birds of Eastern North America,' 

 and to each of the seven next best, we 

 will give a copy of 'Reed's Guide'." 



The result of this appeal was the 

 receipt of a large quantity of photographs 

 and many letters detailing methods and 

 accomplishments, from which a selection 

 of winners has been made, as follows: 



List of Prize-Winners 



First Prize. — Albany Junior Audubon 

 Class, Albany, Indiana. Miss Edna 

 Stafford, Teacher. 



Second Prize. — Sutton Junior Audubon 

 Class, Sutton, West Virginia. Miss Ida 

 S. Gieven, Teacher. 



Third Prize. — Stevenson School Junior 

 Audubon Class, New York City. Miss 

 Ida Ullrich, Teacher. 



Fourth Prize. — Wm. McGuffey Audubon 

 Class, Oxford, Ohio. Miss Anna E. 

 Wilson, Teacher. 



Fifth Prize. — Ashland Junior Audubon 

 Class, Ashland, Ohio. Ralph D. Rich- 

 ards, Teacher. 



Sixth Prize. — Albuquerque Junior Audu- 

 bon Class, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

 Miss E. Mrytle Plant, Teacher. 



Seventh Prize. — Mississippi Agricultural 

 Model School Junior Audubon Class. 

 Miss Ada Joyce Foster, Teacher. 



Eighth Prize. — Fourth -Grade Junior 

 Audubon Class, Manchester-by-the- 

 Sea, Massachusetts. Miss Eliza G. 

 Goldsmith, Teacher. 



Ninth Prize. — Second-Grade Junior Audu- 

 bon Class, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Miss 

 Marie Kugler, Teacher. 

 Tenth Prize. — Fifth-Grade Junior Audu- 

 bon Class, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 

 The photographs awarded the first and 

 the second prizes, and some of the others 

 in the list, will be found reproduced in the 

 present number. The others have been 

 reserved for future publication. Of the 

 essays sent in, several will be found 

 printed in this number, in whole or in 

 part, and will furnish many helpful sug- 

 gestions to other workers in this broad 

 and fertile field, whose cultivation is not 

 yet fully understood. The letters show 

 that thousands of bright little minds are 

 busy in bird-study; but they show also 

 that bright minds among the teachers are 

 earnestly solving the problems that rise 

 in conducting these eager Juniors. 



The National Association of Audubon 

 Societies offers its sincere thanks and 

 compliments to all who have so promptly 

 responded to its circular of invitation. 



LOOKING UP A SUBJECT, AT SOUTH 

 WINDHAM, MAINE 



