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30 to August 2. Two hours daily, for six days each week, was devoted to teach- 

 ing. Forty-six pupils, most of thern teaching in Georgia schools, were enrolled. 

 Free public lectures to the entire Summer School were delivered in the chapel. 

 Reading-courses on birds, for study in the University library, were made 

 out and systematically superintended. The publications of the National Asso- 

 ciation were distributed and studied and much personal work done with 

 teachers outside the classrooms. 



At the Emory University, in Georgia, the bird-work was conducted by 

 William H. LaPrade, Jr., who reports: "The classwork consisted of ten one- 

 hour periods, devoted largely to lectures on which the class took notes. The 

 topics covered in more or less detail were Classification of Birds; Birds of the 

 Southeast; Migration; Economic Value of Birds; Bird Conservation; and Audu- 

 bon Society Work. The lectures were supplemented by several hours' study of 

 specimens, with 1,600 skins, besides nests and eggs, and several bird- walks. 

 Besides the regularly enrolled class of twenty, there were a number who 

 attended lectures when there was no conflict with other classes. One general 

 bird-talk was given at night. Under an old regulation of the Atlanta public 

 school system, forbidding teachers to collect any money from pupils, the 

 Audubon Society has been unable to secure Junior Chapters in this city. The 

 director of nature-study in the Atlanta public schools was the most enthusiastic 

 member of our class, and steps are being taken to change the regulation in time 

 to organize Junior Societies in the spring." 



Miss Katharine H. Stuart, of Alexandria, Va., conducted a bird-course at 

 the University of Virginia. This consisted of classroom work and field excur- 

 sions. Miss Stuart states that in these early morning field-walks as many as 

 forty students would appear regularly. She also reports: "The field-work was 

 most enjoyed and included the study of about thirty species of birds — their 

 color, markings, nests and eggs, songs and habitat. Eighty-five species were 

 seen on these walks, in a radius of about a mile and a quarter. Our Audubon 

 Bird- and Nature-Study Exhibit attracted wide attention and was greatly 

 enjoyed by a large percentage of the student body and instructors, as well as 

 by many children of the neighborhood." 



The Association also supplied two lecturers at the Amston (Conn.) 

 Summer School. 



AUDUBON WARDEN WORK 



By a new Federal law, which went into effect on July i, 1919, no employee 

 of the Government may receive any additional compensation from organiza- 

 tions or individuals. This automatically brought to an end the long-standing 

 cooperation between the National Association and the Biological Survey in 

 the matter of joint payment of the salaries of wardens on some of the Govern- 

 ment bird-reservations. 



