EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions, to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. 



William Butcher, President 

 Frederic A. Lucas, Acting President T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary 



Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President Jonathan Dvvight, Jr., Treasurer 

 Samuel T. Carter, Jr., Attorney 



Any person, club, school or company in sympathy with the objects of this Association may become 

 a member, and all are welcome. 



Classes of Membership in the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild 

 Birds and Animals: 



$5.00 annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 $100.00 paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership 

 $1,000.00 constitutes a person a Patron 

 $5,000.00 constitutes a person a Founder 

 $25,000.00 constitutes a person a Benefactor 



$20,000 FOR BIRD-STUDY 



The growth of the Junior Audubon 

 Class movement in the schools through- 

 out the northern states and Canada has 

 encouraged the patron of this work to 

 increase still further the extent of his sup- 

 port. Note how this phase of the Audubon 

 movement has developed, as the result 

 of the growing support this great friend 

 of the birds and the children has provided 

 in the northern and western states and 

 Canada! During the school-year ending 

 June 15, 191 2, 19,365 children joined the 

 classes. In 1913 the number was 40,342; 

 while the year which closed on June 10, 

 1914, saw 95,918 pupils in this territory 

 wearing Audubon buttons and obtaining 

 instruction in bird-study and bird-pro- 

 tection. 



As every member receives in return for 

 a ten-cent fee ten expensive colored bird- 

 pictures, each with its accompanying 

 leaflet, an outline drawing, and an Audu- 

 bon button, and as the teacher forming 

 the group receives much valuable printed 

 information and instruction, it will 

 readily be seen that the ten-cent fees by 

 no means cover the cost of the material; 

 not to mention the clerical work, office- 

 rent, postage and expressage bills, which 

 must be paid. To meet the deficit, there- 

 fore, our good patron, who still insists on 

 withholding his name from public men- 



tion, contributed in 191 2, $5,000; in 1913, 

 $7,000; for the school-year just past, the 

 magnificent sum of $14,000; and now, for 

 1915, he has subscribed $20,000! 



Final Reports 



The Junior Class enrollment in the 

 southern states has also been larger during 

 the past year than ever before. This is a 

 splendid indication of increasing appre- 

 ciation of this work, which Mrs. Russell 

 Sage enabled us to establish and continue 

 up to the present time. 



Although Junior clubs are formed in 

 small numbers during all the summer 

 months, the greater amount of the activity 

 comes to an end with the conclusion of 

 the school year. This naturally follows 

 from the fact that the greater number of 

 clubs consist of pupils in schools, who are 

 naturally grouped in their work, and are 

 easily organized. Yet many classes exist 

 outside of schools, and are likely to con- 

 tinue active throughout the summer. 



On the next following page is given a 

 full report by states of the number of 

 Junior Classes formed, and number of 

 Junior members enrolled, in the various 

 states of the Union. For the South, the 

 accounts closed on June i; and for the 

 northern states and Canada, on June 10. 



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