170 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



The "Creed" of the Society is as follows : 



"Our American Institutions are man-made; 

 Our natural resources are God-given. 

 The perpetuation of the former depends upon the 

 the conservation of the latter." 



The objects of the Society are well stated in its 



CAMPAIGN PLATFORM 



1. In view of the manifold dangers now threatening the very- 

 existence of our wild life and forests, it now becomes the duty of 

 all educators to enter actively and permanently into the practical 

 work of wild life and forest protection and increase. 



2. Speed is a factor of prime importance; and practical results 

 are urgently needed. 



3. Practical results are to be sought through educating teach- 

 ers, school pupils and students into the necessity of conservation, 

 and the methods by which conservation results may best and most 

 quickly be secured. 



4. Natural history teaching in the class-room is of great im- 

 portance and value; but the teacher must now seek to carry the 

 work afield, into the haunts of wild life and wild life destroyers, 

 into legislative halls and even into the courts. 



5. Legitimate sport with the gun and rod is to be commended; 

 but such sport is legitimate only when it conforms to the code of 

 ethics that now must be enforced to prevent the extermination of 

 species. 



6. The ethics of wild life protection, and the legitimate pursuit 

 of game should be taught by every teacher in America; because 

 through faulty ethics, or none at all, millions of game birds and 

 thousands of game mammals have been and now are being killed 

 contrary to the principles that should govern all sport with the shot- 

 gun and rifle. 



7. The enormous value of the insectivorous birds to agricul- 

 ture, horticulture and forestry must be taught in every school, col- 

 lege and university in America, and every nature study teacher 

 should accept this duty as one of paramount importance. 



8. Inasmuch as it is impossible to carry on conservation work 

 on a large scale without the expenditure of money, the necessity 

 for funds in the treasury must be recognized, and the effort to fur- 

 nish them must be universal and continuous. 



9. The following are the lines of activity in which this associa- 

 tion will engage: 



a. Secure perpetual close seasons for all species of wild 

 life that are threatened with extinction from our fauna. 



