Monthly Bulletin 3 



RECEPTION TO LOCAL SECRETARIES. 



On Friday, November 23, the Directors gave a luncheon and reception 

 to the Local Secretaries of the Society. The office was tastefully decorated 

 with flowers and evergreens, and a salad luncheon was served from one to 

 two. Mr. Forbush, President of the Society, spoke a word of greeting and 

 gave a very brief but effective address on methods of teaching bird-study. 

 The Secretary then called for a word from each one present, and the time 

 until adjournment at four o'clock was taken by these most informative 

 talks and the discussions which they suggested. Other things had been 

 planned for the afternoon, but the "experience meeting" was found so 

 interesting and instructive that there was no time for anything else. It has 

 already borne fruit in increased activities on the part of many of those pres- 

 ent. Nineteen Local Secretaries, four special guests, and six Directors were 

 present, as follows: 



Edward Howe Forbush, President; Winthrop Packard, Secretary-Treas- 

 urer; Mrs. Hemenway, Miss Hall, Miss Richards, Mr. Bent, Directors; Dr. 

 Mary F. Hobart (Needham), Rev. R. F. Cheney (Southboro), Miss Annie 

 W. Cobb (Arlington), Mrs. George W. Kaan (Brookline), guests; and Rev. 

 Albert E. Hylan (Medfield), Mrs. James A. Stiles (Gardner), Mrs. J. L. 

 Sanborn (Haverhill), Miss Alexina Burgess (Wareham), Miss Sarah E. 

 Lakeman (Ipswich), Miss Amie Sumner (Canton), Mrs. F. B. Goode 

 (Sharon), Miss Cora E. Dike (Stoneham), Miss Mary L. Garfield (Fitch- 

 burg), Miss Mabel A. Tilton (Vineyard Haven), Miss Clara Eaton (North 

 Middleboro), Mrs. J. F. Stevens (Wollaston), Mr. A. W. Morse (Hudson), 

 Dr. H. L. Babcock (Dedham), Mrs. A. W. Higgins (Sandwich), Mrs. 

 Frank L. Hayden (Holbrook), Miss M. M. Hunt (Weymouth), Mrs. Ira G. 

 Dudley (Berlin), Miss Genenia Kimball (North Wilmington), all Local 

 Secretaries. 



Much of the success of the meeting was due to the effective planning 

 and arrangements of the Committee in charge, Miss Hall and Miss Richards. 



THE A. 0. U. MEETING. 



Many members of our Society attended the open meetings of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union held in the University Museum, Cambridge, 

 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, November 13th, 14th and 15th. There 

 were morning and afternoon sessions, many of the papers presented were 

 accompanied by lantern-slides or motion-pictures, and all were found thor- 

 oughly enjoyable and instructive. Speaking broadly, the bird-protection 

 and bird-study societies so numerous throughout the country today all had 

 their origin either directly in the membership of the A. 0. U. or in ideas that 

 emanated from it, and it is therefore the godfather of us all. Its work 

 today touches all phases of bird life and it is a power for good in science 

 and economics. 



