302 Bird - Lore 



The Thursday evening meeting was held in the High School Auditorium 

 with addresses of welcome, for the city, by Judge Taylor; for the schools, by 

 the school superintendent and for the local Society by its president. Mrs. Gene 

 Stratton-Porter, the author of 'The Song of Cardinal ' and 'What I Have Done 

 with the Birds' gave an address on 'The Experiences of a Bird Woman' telling 

 of her work in getting photographs to illustrate her books. The music for this 

 as well as Friday evening was furnished by the Girls' Orchestra from the State 

 School. 



Friday morning, from 9 till 10 o'clock, was 'Bird Day' in the Fort Wayne 

 schools. Just a few of the schools had to wait for their "talks" until early 

 afternoon but at some time in the day every child in the Fort Wayne schools 

 heard about the birds. 



About 10.30, there was a conference of Audubon workers in the Museum 

 Room of the Carnegie Library, the regular meeting place of the local Society. 

 A history of the local Society was given by its president, a paper on bird anatomy 

 by C. A. Stockridge, the economic value of birds by W. W. Woollen. Professor 

 Mead, principal of the school in the Institute for Feeble Minded Youth, read 

 a paper telling 'What Birds Have Done for Defective Children, ' which presented 

 a phase of Audubon work not familiar to the ordinary bird student. For this 

 reason Professor Mead's paper was of unusual interest and if I had not started 

 out to tell the Romans how we do our annual meetings, I certainly should tell of 

 the marvelous results obtained with these children through bird- and nature- 

 study. 



Friday afternoon the schools were dismissed earlier than usual to give teachers 

 and older pupils an opportunity to hear Dr. Dennis. Dr. Dennis is very popular 

 not only with his old students at Earlham College but with Indiana people in 

 general and the hall was filled to listen to his talk on 'How to Attract Birds to 

 Our Home and School Grounds.' 



This year, for the first time, we had the pleasure and inspiration of the pres- 

 ence of one of the officers of the National Association, the secretary, Mr. T. 

 Gilbert Pearson, who not only filled his assigned place on the program, but 

 helped out in the morning bird talks in the schools. As usual at all our meetings, 

 the interest increased with every session and at the evening session of Friday 

 the High School Auditorium was crowded to hear Mr. Pearson tell of the 'Work 

 of the Audubon Societies of America.' The audience was deeply interested in 

 the lecture and more than delighted with the stereopticon illustrations. Miss 

 Florence A. Howe, Secretary. 



Iowa. — The following is a partial report of work done in 1908: 



During the spring months, ten-minute talks were given the pupils of different 



grades in the Waterloo Public Schools, aggregating 1,100 children, thus arousing 



new interest in the study and protection of birds and resulting in the securing 



of the names of several adult and nearlv one hundred junior members for the 



