The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-06
MRS. WASHINGTON, PRINCIPAL OF
SECOND WARD SCHOOL, DELIVERS
ADDRESS AT DURANT TEACHERS MEET

hordes Of insects, and it is being borne
in ON our minds, that it Is the duty OF
every one to do all IN his power To
protect bird life.
II know Of no better way 10 get
this before children and parents than
by organizing Junior Audubon socie.
ties and 50 become n unit In great
national movement for bird study and
bird protection. Explain It's obpect and
discuss the pledge ana then let them
elect their officers, Each child that
pays ten cents receives six or more
leaflets giving accurate and interesting
information about as many birds in its
environment. an audubon button.
this year it is red.headed wood .
peckerD. and If 20 or more join the
Bird Lore magazine will be sent to
that society for year.
Make Original Notes
As soon as the society is organized /,
have the children keep notebooks. /
containing original notes, made from
their observations and study at home,
to and from school and on field eX.
peditions
ing vocabulary for use in descrip.
tions have some child bring a pet
hen to school and with this accommo-
dating bird before them show and eX-
plain the primaries. secondares tail
coverts greater wing coverts, lesser
coverts, rump, back, neck, crown
lores. throat
/ Every time the teacher can make
/ field trip for observation two or three
boys or girls should be invited and
armed with field glasses and pocket
manual and bird guide, a new world
/ will be opened up to these children
and soon they will be leading others to
observe One day last December two
of the boys in our audubon society ac.
| companied me on a two hour field trip.
/ We observed and identified IS differ
! ent species and ere that trip was end.
ed those boys knew a downy from a
hairy wood-pecker, tree sparrow from
q full sparrow, and gold finch in his
winter livery from a chirping sparrow
or wren and so on through the list.
Exquisite Pleasure OF Winter Day
One glorious red letter day stands
out in my memory. A friend, a lover
of birds and three girls Of one of our
Audubon societies, spent a day in q
wooded dell--early in February. We
observed and identified 2G different
species and one girl exclaimed as she
neared home 81 never dreamed that a
winters day could hold such exquisite
pleasure"
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help in our work has come to us in
the sympathy, advice and books from
our city librarian. She is ever ready
and anxious to do everything possible
TO increase the childrens interest in
the books along this line of work
Encourage them to make a bird
house, to put up feeding tables, to put
out bird baths in convenient places
As the migration season comes on they
will have more than one glorious
vision" in the almost human.like traits
displayed in the home.making and
care of their families. They will rea.
, lie more fully what q God given ally
and friend to man this feathered ten.
.. ant is.
"As he goes on to higher insti.
. tutions of learning and out into life
/ cultivating these growing powers Of
/ observation, with a greater love for
the out-of.doors with its riches in sub.
/ iects and health. with increasing sym.
pathy-for all life and the keen enjoy.
ment of simple pleasures he may be
able TO say.
t Better than riches, better than gold.
Than rank or title hundred fold.
r Is a healthy body and n mind - care,
$ And simple pleasures that always
please,
-. "a heart that can feel for a ncighbor S
woe,
' And share in his joys with a friend.
I ly glow,
: With sympathies large enough to
g cnfold
"a An men as brothers, is better than
3 gold"