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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 Dutcher, President 

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



Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President Jonathan Dwight, 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: 



S5.00 annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 Sioo.oo paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership 

 Si, 000.00 constitutes a person a Patron 

 $5,000.00 constitutes a person a Founder 

 $25,000.00 constitutes a person a Benefactor 



MR. DUTCHER HONORED 



Mr. William Dutcher, President of the 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties, was recently awarded the gold medal 

 of the Camp-Fire Club of America. The 

 presentation was made at his home in 

 Plainfield, New Jersey, on January 21, 

 1914, with a simple but most impressive 

 ceremony. On the medal was engraved, 

 "To William Dutcher, Founder of the 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties, for his work in preserving American 

 birds." The Committee of the Camp-Fire 

 Club, which journeyed to Plainfield to 

 perform this pleasant duty, consisted of 

 Mr. William E. Cofl&n, President; Mr. 

 Edmund Seymour, Treasurer; and Dr. 

 William T. Hornaday. By invitation, the 

 Secretary of the Association also accom- 

 panied them. Mr. Seymour read to Mr. 

 Dutcher and to the friends assembled 

 warm letters of appreciation from Mr. 

 Ernest Seton, Mr. Rex Beach, and Mr. 

 Irving Bacheller. In giving Mr. Dutcher 

 the medal. Dr. Hornaday, speaking for 

 the Camp-Fire Club, thus concluded his 

 address: "With this token, the Club sends 

 congratulations to you for the great work 

 you have done and the place you have 

 won in the hearts of your countrymen, 

 and its prayers for your complete restora- 

 tion to health." Mr. Samuel T. Carter, 

 Jr., replied with an address of thanks in 

 behalf of Mr. Dutcher.— T. G. P. 



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MEDAL AWARDED TO MR. WILLIAM 

 DUTCHER 



