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their surroundings. This club again submitted a play about the value of 

 birds, more ambitious in form and idea than the previous one and very 

 good too. Photographs were also taken of the play this time and inserted 

 in their record book. There were also some attempts at outdoor photogra- 

 phy of birds presented. They made a scrap book consisting of. clippings 

 from all sorts of papers and magazines, of bird articles or poems or current 

 news, which showed that the members of the club are alert to everything 

 of interest concerning birds that comes within reach. Another thing worthy 

 of mention is the fact that this club sent its report bound into attractive 

 book form with an effective cover design. Perhaps most noteworthy of all is 

 their modest report of missionary efforts on their part, not only with 

 individuals but in helping to form bird clubs in other schools. 



Honor is due to all the clubs that competed for the prizes. Their re- 

 ports show good work and prove most interesting. But the committee 

 regrets to announce that the interest created by the offer of the prizes has 

 not been sufficiently widespread to justify the expenditure in this direction 

 again, and it has been decided to discontinue the prizes. 



Bertha Traer Pattee. Secretary. 



Juvenilia 



Among the material submitted in the Prize Contest by the Roycemore 

 School Club, were the following compositions which seem worthy of repro- 

 duction here. Too long to print was a story "The Oriole" by Margaret 

 Kelley (age 8 years), remarkable for its imaginative quality and its com- 

 position. 



The Yellow Warbler's Nest. 



Pauline D. Rudolph. (Age 11 Years) 



On June 14. my brother brought home a yellow warbler nest with a cowbird's egg 

 in it and a yellow warbler's. He brought it home because the birds had gone away 

 from it and the eggs were cold. He was going to put it in his egg collection. In 

 doing so he squeezed it a little bit and he heard something crack. He took the nest 

 apart and found a layer of cowbirds eggs and yellow warbler eggs. Then another 

 layer of cowbird's eggs and yellow warbler eggs and then the bottom and that had 

 some cowbird's eggs and yellow warbler eggs. 



The statements in this account are confirmed by Mrs. Franklin 

 Rudolph who saw the nest with four layers of eggs. 



Roycemore School. Julia Henry. 



In the Evening 



By Betty Sargext. (Age 9 Years) 



At night the birds sing softly. 



To lull their babies to sleep, • 



And in their nests so lofty 



They sing, "Peep, peep, peep." 



The bluebird sings a lullaby 



Of flowers gay and bright. 

 The Robin in her nest so high 



Sings, "Sleep, it is now night." 



Each bird has a lullaby. 



And if you'll listen you'll see 

 That birds whether low or high. 



Sing, "Chee, chee, chee." 



