THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 
SPRING 1922 
Published by the 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
(For the protection of wild birds) 
The President of the Illinois Audubon Society writes: 
This time the theme is increasing the membership of the so- 
ciety and the more frequent issue of the Bulletin. 
For several years the Illinois Audubon Bulletin has been dis- 
tributed without cost to the members and friends of the society. 
It has made for itself a place among bird publications which is 
gratifying to all concerned. It has had recognition from in- 
fluential sources in various parts of the country. It can still 
be improved and its influence widened. It is very desirable that 
it be issued more frequently. It has cost the society nothing 
but the actual printing expenses. All contributions and illus- 
trations have been secured free of charge, and the work of 
putting the Bulletin together has been done gratis. 
The problem of increasing the efficiency of the Bulletin and 
of its more frequent issue, together with certain proposed ac- 
tivities of the Illinois Audubon Society, have influenced the 
directors to plan a campaign for larger membership. After 
careful consideration it was decided to change the dues of active 
members to two dollars a year, and to create a new membership 
called associate for which the dues will be one dollar a_ year. 
All members now classed as active will remain so until the end 
of 1922, at which time they will be given the choice of joining 
the ranks of active members and paying the dues of two dollars 
or becoming associate members and continuing to pay dues of 
one dollar. All new members after this announcement will be 
classed under the new arrangement. 
The directors of the society are planning a definite cam- 
paign among the schools. An effort will be made to enlist every 
schoolroom in the state in active membership in the society. 
Each room will be entitled to copies of the Bulletin and whatever 
_ literature is issued to members of the society. It is hoped by 
this means not only to increase the interest in bird conservation, 
_ but also to add to the available funds for education throughout 
the state. 
ORPHEUS MOYER SCHANTZ, President. 
