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Annual Meeting This Spring 
THE ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY plans to hold its annual meeting this 
spring in Chicago on the week-end of May 17th. The Committee members, 
headed by Vice-President Paul Downing, are working earnestly to make 
this the biggest and best meeting the Society has ever had. So far, the 
following activities are in store: 
The meeting will begin with registration early Saturday afternoon, 
followed by a full business session. Members will vote for new Directors 
to fill seven or more vacancies, with nominations being made both from 
the floor and by nominating committee. The officers of the Society and 
the chairmen of various committees will make their reports. A question- 
and-answer period will be provided so that individual members will be 
able to bring up problems of policy or other affairs that may concern 
them. 
There will be an intermission during which the members can meet 
friends, pay dues, or examine the literature provided by the Society. Then 
one or more guest speakers will lecture on wildlife, conservation and bird 
study. There will be more questions and answers if time permits, and 
then will come dinner. 
In the evening there will be a showing of natural history slides and a 
talk by an outstanding naturalist. Sunday will be spent in an all-day 
field trip, beginning at. Illinois Beach State Park near Waukegan, Illinois. 
Downstate visitors will find this sand dunes region contains the most 
diversified types of plant and animal life to be found in the state. Since 
this will be the height of the spring migration, the trip will include all 
possible types of habitat — lake, swamp, prairie, ravine, farmland. There 
will be myriads of spring flowers, as well as birds, and competent nature 
leaders for the beginners. 
The Committee will arrange for dinner and hotel reservations, and also 
for transportation if members do not have automobiles for the field. trip. 
Members may bring interested friends from other Illinois bird groups if 
they wish. Full details, the price, and the exact time of the various 
events will be announced to the members in a special letter in about one 
month. Make a mental reservation now of the date! 
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Director Awarded A. O. U. Medal 
Dr. S. CHARLES KENDEIGH of Urbana, Illinois, a Director of the Illinois 
Audubon Society and professor at the University of Illinois, was awarded 
the Brewster Medal for 1951 by vote of the A. O. U. council. This honor 
was given to Dr. Kendeigh in recognition of his outstanding work in 
“fundamental research on temperature characteristics, metabolism and 
energy resources of birds.” The presentation was made at the 69th 
meeting of the American Ornithologist’s Union at Montreal, Canada, 
October 8 to 11, 1951. 
