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hated all forms of vice as did Captain 

 Davis, or who fought them with more 

 skill and perseverance. A great and 

 powerful friend of America's wild life 

 has fallen asleep. — T. G. P. 



Junior Audubon Work in the South 



The work of organizing Junior Audu- 

 bon classes in the southern schools the 

 past year has again proven a marked 

 success. In Virginia, we were much aided 

 in bringing the matter before the attention 

 of the teachers by the active cooperation 

 of the State Audubon Society. Aside 

 from this, all the correspondence and the 

 distribution of literature was carried on 

 from the home office with the exception 

 of the service performed by the field 

 agents, Capt. M. B. Davis, of Texas, 

 Miss Katherine H. Stuart, of Virginia, 

 and Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., of South 

 Carolina. From the large number of 

 enthusaistic letters received from teachers 

 in all parts of the country, there is no 

 indication of a lack of continued interest, 

 and the campaign in the southern schools 

 will be pushed the coming season with 

 renewed vigor — thanks to the generous 

 contributions of Mrs. Russell Sage. The 

 following statement shows the states in 

 which Audubon classes were organized 

 during the past school year, also the 

 number of classes in each state and the 

 number of pupils enrolled. Each child 

 paid a fee of ten cents and received in 

 return ten of the Association's Educational 

 Leaflets, outline drawings, and colored 

 plates; also an Audubon button. To 

 each teacher forming a class was sent a 

 number of leaflets containing suggestions 

 in regard to teaching about birds. Teach- 

 ers also received a free subscription to 

 Bird-Lore. 



No. of No. of 



State Classes Members 



Alabama 32 632 



Arkansas 3 45 



Florida 5 100 



Georgia 26 417 



Kentucky 1 23 2,086 



Louisiana 19 280 



Carried forward 208 3-S6o 



No. of 

 State Classes 



Brought forward 208 



Maryland ^3 



Mississippi 6 



North Carolina 37 



South Carolina 26 



Oklahoma 4 



Tennessee 60 



Texas 6 



Virginia 131 



West Virginia 21 



Totals 532 



No. of 



Members 



3,S6o 



477 



84 



820 



502 



46 



1,445 



131 



2,560 



379 



10,004 



Junior Audubon Classes in the 

 Northern Schools 



Impressed with the work done in the 

 southern schools in the matter of forming 

 Junior Audubon classes last year, a friend 

 of the Association contributed $5,000 for 

 inaugurating a similar movement in the 

 schools of the Northern States. We were 

 not in position to begin activites until 

 after January i, 191 2. The State Audubon 

 Societies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio, 

 cooperated with the National Association 

 in this undertaking. The plan which 

 had proved so successful in the South was 

 adopted for our work in the North. The 

 success which attended this movement 

 is best shown by the tabulated statement 

 given below. We are glad to announce 

 to the readers of Bird-Lore that our 

 benefactor, upon receiving recently the 

 report of results accomplished, immedi- 

 ately contributed $5,000 to carry forward 

 the work for the school year 1912-1913, 

 and has promised to do the same the 

 succeeding year. A circular setting forth 

 the details for organizing Audubon classes 

 under this plan will be mailed upon 

 request to any teacher, or other interested 

 person, who is not already familiar with 



it. 



No. of No. of 



State Classes Members 



Colorado i 18 



Connecticut 3 S^ 



Delaware 2 36 



Illinois 17 388 



Indiana 11 256 



Iowa 4 74 



Maine 29 539 



Carried forward 67 1,363 



