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or three kinds nesting there, as well as many of the water birds. 
A hunting club has had the privilege 
of shooting during the season for 
many years. It has been the wish of 
the bird-lovers that this spot might 
be saved or protected for the birds 
and their wish has been granted. A 
Golf club has ben organized, leasing 
160 acres from the estate of Mr. Ar- 
tnur Dixon, the lake lying in the cen- 
ter of the property. The young men 
organizing the club have named the 
lake “Ruth Lake” after one of their 
friends who died in France. The 
birds are to be protected on the en- 
tire property including the lake. 
Every such bit of wild landscape 
protected and made accessible for 
public enjoyment will be educative in 
its influence. When the beauty of a 
marsh and its significant revelation 

Photo By Calvin B-Cak of wild life become generally recog- 
nized, their preservation will become a matter of course. 
Normal 
Miss Alice Jean Patterson writes: 
We have had an unusual number of Golden-crowned King- 
lets in this locality all winter. They have been feeding around 
the clumps of shrubs on the campus. Cardinals also have been 
more numerous than usual. They have been singing continu- 
ally since the last of January. 
The Bohemian Waxwings were seen here the first week in 
January. A Red-breasted Nuthatch has been feeding in the 
yard of a neighbor all winter. 
The first Robin I saw was on February first. On the same 
day in Bloomington six were seen together in a yard. My first 
Bluebird was recorded the twenty-fourth. I have reports of 
several seen the twenty-fifth. A Song Sparrow was heard the 
eighteenth. 
The fifth and sixth grade children are starting on their 
bird houses. Some will be put up on the campus, some on home 
grounds. The seventh grade boys are planning a Martin box 
to be placed on the campus. 
The Boy Scouts of the vicinity of Bloomington and Normal 
are getting ready for a bird house contest. They hope to have 
several hundred houses to put up. 
We are much concerned about the problem of stray cats. 
Last spring we went to the mayor of the town to see if an ordi- 
nance could not be passed to legalize the killing of all cats found 
