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Officers and Directors of the Illinois Audubon Society 



President: MR. O. M. SCHANTZ, 10 S. La Salle St., Chicago. 

 Vice-President: MR. JESSE LOWE SMITH, Highland Park. 

 Treasurer: MISS AMALIE HANNIG, 800 S. Halsted St., Chicago. 

 Secretary: MRS. FREDERIC H. PATTEE, 2436 Prairie Ave., Evanston. 



Directors, Terms Expiring in 1918 

 JOHN M. BLAKELY, 19 S. La Salle St., Chicago. 

 MISS ESTHER A. CRAIGMILE, Hinsdale. 

 MRS. J. M. KAVENAGH, LaGrange. 

 MR. RAXSOX KEXXICOTT, Desplaines. 

 MISS CATHERIXE MITCHELL, Riverside. 

 REV. GEORGE B. PRATT, 1046 Lawrence Ave., Chicago. 

 MRS. C. E. RAYMOXD. Hinsdale. 



Directors, Terms Expiring in 1919 

 MRS. EMMA S. ADAMS, 1220 X. Dearborn St., Chicago. 

 MR. RUTHVEX DEAXE, 112 W. Adams St., Chicago. 

 MR. R. J. H. DeLOACH, 6605 Harvard Ave., Chicago. 

 MR. C. W. G. EIFRIG, River Forest. 

 MISS AMALIE HANNIG, 800 S. Halsted St., Chicago. 

 MRS. FREDERIC H. PATTEE, 2436 Prairie Ave., Evanston. 

 MR. FREDERIC H. PATTEE, 626 S. Clark St., Chicago. 



Directors, Terms Expiring in 1920 

 MR. WALLACE L. DeWOLF, 110 S. Dearborn St., Chicago. 

 MISS MARY DRUMMOXD, Lake Forest, 111. 

 MR. EVERETT MILLARD. 69 W. Washington St., Chicago. 

 MRS. A. B. PORTER, 1024 Lake Shore Drive, Evanston. 

 MR. PAUL B. RIIS. Rockford. 



MR. O. M. SCHAXTZ, 10 S. La Salle St., Chicago. 

 MR. JESSE LOWE SMITH, Highland Park. 



Those who have long been familiar with the work of the Illinois Audubon Society 

 will notice that in the list of Directors printed above there are some new names to- 

 gether with the names of several who promoted the earliest organization of the Society 

 and whose steadfast support of it during its many "lean years" has made possible its 

 present-day promise. Among these latter are the names of Miss Mary Drummond. so 

 long the devoted Secretary of the Society, Mr. Ruthven Deane, President of the Society 

 for many years, Mrs. Emma S. Adams, and Rev. George B. Pratt. The members of 

 the Society will be gratified to note their participation in the current work of the 

 Society. The new members of the Board of Directors are presented for introduction 

 in the paragraphs that follow. 



Mr. R. J. H. DeLoach is head of the Bureau of Agricultural Research 

 and Economics of Armour & Co. Upon learning of his transfer from 

 Atlanta to Chicago during the past year, Mr. T. G. Pearson, Secretary 

 of the National Association of Audubon Societies, wrote to the Illinois 

 Audubon Society, advising that Mr. DeLoach be enlisted in the work in 

 Illinois. Mr. Pearson regarded him as one of the most efficient workers 

 for bird conservation in this country. A graduate of the University of 

 Georgia, Mr. DeLoach has served in important educational positions, such 

 as Botanist of the Georgia Experimental Station, Professor of Cotton 

 Industry, Georgia State College of Agriculture, and Director of the Geor- 

 gia Experiment Station. He is the author of bulletins on plant breeding 

 and diseases, and of works such as "Rambles with John Burroughs," "Agri- 

 culture for Common Schools," etc. 



Prof. C. W. Gustave Eifrig, a member of various scientific organiza- 

 tions and President of the Chicago Ornithological Society, is the author 

 of numerous articles and notes for the "Auk," "The Ottawa Naturalist," 

 the "Wilson Bulletin" and other publications. Professor Eifrig was for- 

 merly a resident of Ottawa, Canada, from whence he came to River Forest 



