Report of the Secretary 



461 



State Classes Members 



Kansas 65 2,009 



Kentucky 29 851 



Louisiana 7 212 



Maine 37 856 



Maryland 46 1,421 



Massachusetts 329 8,210 



Michigan 196 5>099 



Minnesota 261 6,375 



Mississippi 16 484 



Missouri 100 2,658 



Montana 66 1,620 



Nebraska '78 i,995 



Nevada 3° 



New Hampshire 92 2,221 



New Jersey 174 4,885 



New Mexico 3 92 



New York 891 24,448 



North Carolina 48 1,245 



North Dakota 30 938 



State Classes Members 



Ohio 815 18,227 



Oklahoma 26 814 



Oregon 90 2,716 



Pennsylvania 460 14,169 



Rhode Island 19 548 



South Carolina 24 901 



South Dakota 33 889 



Tennessee 26 693 



Texas 45 1,269 



Utah 37 826 



Vermont 37 797 



Virginia 25 715 



Washington 214 5,339 



West Virginia 39 1,260 



Wisconsin 161 3,981 



Wyoming 5 147 



Canada ......... 381 8,763 



China i 15 



Totals 6,071 159,083 



Never in the history of our country have school children been called upon 

 to contribute to so many projects, and so continuously, as of late. The cam- 

 paign in the schools for War Savings Stamps, for membership in the Junior 

 Red Cross, seeds for war gardens, and other war activities, have been tre- 

 mendous. Giving continually to these most worthy causes has had a very 

 decided effect on the enrollment of the Junior Audubon members. Scores of 

 teachers have reported that they found it absolutely impossible to collect the 

 10 cents necessary for the Junior fees. 



In one large school building in the Middle West, a teacher who had asked 

 that the children in the various grades bring their Audubon fees to send in on 

 a certain date, found when she went to collect them that the children had 

 brought their money, but that at the last moment the principal of the school 

 had instructed them to give this money to the Red Cross. 



This is only one of many instances of a more or less similar character. As 

 a result of these causes, enrollment of the Junior members showed a marked 

 falling off from the year previous when the number reached the high-water 

 mark of 261,654. 



This work with the young people was made possible by the following con- 

 tributions: 



Unnamed Benefactor . $20,000 00 



Mrs. Russell Sage 2,500 00 



General Coleman duPont 1,000 00 



George Eastman 1,000 00 



Other Subscribers 1,580 00 



Total $26,080 00 



MISCELLANEOUS FACTS 



During the year we have issued four new Educational Leaflets, publishing 

 them first in Bird-Lore, and afterward separately. These were Leaflet No. 94, 



