Number 161 
THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 
Published Quarterly by the 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Ill. 60605 
Keeping Young at 75. 
One activity of the Illinois Audubon Society that keeps us 
youthful at the venerable age of seventy-five is our daily 
contact with boys and girls. 
Every day our office at Downers Grove receives requests 
for information and literature from all over the state. Also, we 
have school and scouting groups paying visits. We're fortunate 
in having our secretary, Jean Dewalt—a knowledgeable per- 
son about the outdoor world and the need to protect it—the 
gift of infectious enthusiasm. Who knows but that some future 
conservation leader will credit his early contact with |.A.S. as 
the force which aroused his continuing interest. 
At a recent meeting of the Lake-Cook Chapter the pro- 
gram was devoted to featuring the special interests of its 
members. Almost half of the participants were boys and girls 
who showed their collections and described them. Their in- 
terests ranged from bird nests, butterfly banding, painting, 
fossils and so on. The audience wondered if there was a 
personal reference in the title of one presentation, “How the 
Young View Old Fossils.” 
The initial force that brought about organization of the 
Lake-Cook Chapter was a mutual interests in birds. A young 
person or a child rarely came to the meetings. Now the scope 
has been widened and the age range extended so that at 
every meeting youth is well represented. Other chapters must 
be reporting the same experience. 
There are a number of educators, active and retired, on 
our Board of Directors who provide the leadership for main- 
taining our contact with the young. We are trying to avoid the 
generation gap. 
—Charles Lappen, President 
Spring 1972 
