THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



write to you about the Junior Audubon Class we had 

 at school this year. We all enjoyed it exceedingly, 

 and I am sure it did good in the hearts and lives of 

 the little people who were members and in the bird 

 world, too. A year ago I invited the children of 

 some of the other grades to join our Audubon Class 

 and we had over forty members. We had our meet- 

 ings on Friday afternoons after school. The class 

 was quite successful and we saw some direct results 

 of its success. Several nest-robbing boys gave up 

 that 'sport' altogether. One boy was instrumental 

 in bringing about the arrest of some men who had 

 been shooting song birds. This year I had the class 

 only in my own grade — the second. Almost every 

 child in the room joined, making twenty members. I 

 had daily periods for nature study and language, and 

 every other Friday we used these two periods for the 

 Audubon Class. The children were always anxious 

 for the Audubon Fridays to come. They used often 

 to ask, ' Is to-morrow Bird Day, Miss Beth?' and if 

 I answered in the affirmative, I heard 'Oh, goody,' 

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