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people declare that their numbers yearly increase. The cartoonist of the 

 Columbus Dispatch tells this story tersely. "The experiment has succeeded 

 so far," said a Cleveland Audubon member, "and the peeved pessimists are 

 awfully disappointed." 



Ohio educators have taken earnest notice of the nation-wide question, 

 "What's wrong with our schools?" Many have answered, "Too many frills and 

 fads, for one thing, are being forced upon the attention of the children." 

 Some educators did not distinguish between the helpful and the useless sup- 

 plementary subjects, and moved to rule out about everything not in their 

 curriculum. This move discouraged progress in our Junior work last year, but 

 it will gradually become nonactive and our work will advance. 



Here is one outstanding fact about Ohioans and birds: Ever since the 

 National Association of Audubon Societies began giving its generous aid to 

 the cause of bird welfare in the state, the people's interest in birds has steadily 

 and pretty generally grown. In many communities, interest had to be developed 



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