358 NATURE STUDY REVIEW [16:8— Nov., 1920 



There are people in every country in the world who respect this ancient race 

 who look forward to the day when they can pilgrimage to worship at the feet of 

 these, our Earth's last race of giants. They know that coming generations of 

 men innumerable should be able to find rest and relaxation along the rivers and 

 in the mountains under these monarchs. There is one thing that they do not 

 know — that some of the finest and most accessible groves of these trees are 

 being cut down to make grape stakes and railroad ties. 



The Humboldt County State Highway extension traverses some of the most 

 representative redwood groves. These, though neither so old nor so large as the 

 Sierran Big Tree, are still the princes, if not the kings, of trees. Lumber com- 

 panies own these groves. Thousands of automobile parties will soon know the 

 way to this wonderland. They should be enjoyed by our grandchildren's 

 grandchildren. 



It is our generation's job to save them for posterity. There is being aroused, 

 therefore, a nation-wide feeling of responsibility. The "Save the Redwoods 

 League" has asked the California Nature Study League to tell this story to its 

 thousands of correspondent centers. Additional information may be secured 

 from its headquarters. Address "Save the Redwood League Library Bldg., 

 University of California, Berkeley, California." 



PENNSYLVANIA 



Erie. Miss Flora Hallinan, teacher of nature-study in the grades at the 

 Perry School, has original ideas in visualizing nature-study and in creating 

 interest in observation and reading. Her pupils give illustrated little talks on 

 birds, wild flowers, and animals. For this they make their own slides for the 

 picture machine. Their equipment consists of the card board backs of paper 

 tablets, scissors, paste and pictures cut from Audubon Leaflets, magazines, and 

 catalogues. The pupils vie with one another in bringing pictures and reading 

 matter, and in getting up the best talk with illustrations. One worked up a 

 very interesting account of Poison Ivy and the Virginia Creeper. After a les- 

 son on birds in which the Victrola gives imitations of bird songs, and their own 

 beloved pictures float across the screen, it is not very hard to maintain a lively 

 interest in birds. This was recently shown by their eagerness to become mem- 

 bers of the National Audubon society. Of the 714 pupils in the school 610 are 

 anxious members. 



Erie. A nature-study department was added last winter to the many depart- 

 ments of the Woman's Club of Erie. It had already been organized, when Dr. 

 Schmucker's lecture on "The Spirit of the Nature-Lover" gave great impetus to 

 its beginning. Now there seem to be a large number of club women who are 

 anxious to know birds and wild flowers, trees and stars. They come faithfully 

 to meetings at 3 f. m. and go on excursions in small groups. Many of them are 

 reading Mrs. Comstock's Handbook of Nature-Study with diligence and all are 

 looking forward to a delightful year. 



RHODE ISLAND 



Providence. At the Rhode Island Normal School a conference on Nature- 

 Study was held, Saturday, May 1st. Professor William G. Vinal was in charge 

 and the program consisted of the Report of the Rhode Island Committee on 

 Nature Study preceded by an address by Mrs. Comstock on the subject "What 

 nature- study should do for the child and for the teacher." 



