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valuable birds are to man, and will pro- 

 tect and spare them." 



Rather more formal than most, the 

 Junior Class at the Practice School of 

 the Agricultural College of Mississippi 

 may offer some suggestions to other clubs. 

 It is under the supervision of Miss Ada 

 Joyce Foster. 



"This society," Miss Foster writes, 

 "grew out of the daily studies in nature- 

 work, and the children have become very 



and in other good ways. The society, 

 as a whole, obligates itself to devote at 

 least one day in each month to the study 

 of bird-life, and discussions of their own 

 observations. Instead of this, they have 

 given ten or fifteen minutes each day in 

 the week, except Wednesday, on which 

 day we have an hour's lecture with the 

 picture-slides. 



"Through the study of birds, they have 

 learned much of insect-life; grouping 

 insects, as they do the birds, into 'the 

 good' and 'the bad.' Prof. R. N. Lob- 



much interested. They have learned to 

 recognize our native birds at sight; to 

 give the names, habits, and place and 

 method of nesting of those that frequent 

 the campus and the surrounding wood- 

 land. They have, from observation, 

 learned much of the kinds of food each 

 bird lives upon, and can tell the haunts 

 of each, and the loss per capita in dollars 

 and cents through failure to protect and 

 encourage birds. Each member of this 

 society pledged himself to do something 

 to encourage bird-life on the campus, 

 and upon their home premises. They 

 have made good this pledge by feeding 

 the birds through the winter months, 

 putting up bird-houses near their homes. 



dell, of Rosedale, Miss., the director of 

 the Department of Entomology at the 

 Mississippi Agricultural College, offered 

 to give the children of this school one 

 hour, each week, of illustrated lecture. 

 He is one of the few men who can present 

 to children dry facts in a fascinating way, 

 awakening not only interest but enthu- 

 siasm in the smallest tots. Consequently 

 Wednesday is a day watched for in 

 impatience." 



Hints Helpful to Teachers 



The next picture and letter disclose 

 what the Sisters of Notre Dame, at 



