Evening star., 1928-04-15
ATTENDANCE MARK
HIGH IN BIRD CLASS
Perfect Record Made by At
Pupils in After. School Ma
ture Study Work.

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pupils of the elementary schools Of
divisions i-9. were announced yester-
day by the Audubon Society OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia as having earned per-
feet attendance records at the society's
weekly after school lessons In ornitho!-
ogy, which were concluded for the sea-
son last week.
These pupils, many of whom are out
standingly able students OF bird lie:
represent approximately one-third OF
the total number of children who
availed themselves of the opportunity
to study their feathered friends OF the
District and vicinity under the guild
ance of some of Washington's leading
ornithologists. Begun March 5, by Dr.
H. Barret Learned, member OF the
Board OF Education and member OF
the Audubon Society, lessons In bird
life were held once each week Tor nVc
consecutive weeks at the Thomson
School Despite the fact that 1t repre-
sented extra work for them--the classes
were held at $3.50 o'clock and indC-
pendent of regular school curriculum.
The average attendance throughout the
five lectures was $50.
Review and Test.
At the concluding lesson, last week,
200 youngsters were present, anxious TO
learn final secrets for attracting birds
TO the neighborhoods of their own
homes. Mrs. James II. AlburtiS. teacher
of nature study and gardens at tho
w" on Normal School, gave a review
and test Of the work which the chill
dren had covered, using lantern slides
to picture the various birds for identi-
fication by the children.
Next year the Audubon Society Is
anxious to accommodate larger num-
Der of children In Its series OF weekly
bird lessons. The members Of its bird
class committee include Mrs. Florence
Merriam Bailey, chairman: Miss Emma
Strider. vice chairman: Mrs. Alburtis,
Miss Katherine Baird. Miss Mary r.
Brickenstein, Miss Helen p. Childs, Miss
MAY r. Cooke, Mrs. Robert M. Reese,
Miss Esther W. Scott and Miss Mary
d. Suter.
Other members of the society who
instructed the children are Mrs. j. M.
Aldrich, Mrs w. E. Burleigh. Mrs. z.
B. Crandall, NJ. r. Donoilo, Capt. and
Mrs Leo D. Miner. Miss Aletta Fisher.
Miss Helen Hastings. Mrs. B. T. Hay
den. Miss Eleanor Hayden. Mrs. B. Fos-
ter Hewett, Mrs. Ernest Knoebel. Mrs.
Joseph Mcguire, Mrs. Harry Oberhol-
ser. Mrs. Edmund Plat. Miss Mary
Riley, Miss Dorothy Roth. Clarence
Shoemaker. Mrs. Chester Snow. Mrs.
William j. whiting. Mrs. Frank VIII
kins. Mrs. Herbert Wood. Mrs. lie Roy
Vernon, Mrs. James Egan, Miss Arleen
Dufour. Mrs. Truman Able. Mrs. 9. r.
Bachus. Mrs. Theodore Knappen, Miss
May r. Cooke. Miss Mary Suter. Miss
Katherine B. Baird and Mrs. Paul H.
OehSer.
Perfect Records.
The ~ pupils who earned perfect at
tendance records during the course of
the lesson series, with their respective
schools and grades. are:
Adams School-Norman Billups. 6B;
Elsie Weaver. 6B. and Francis Smith,
6B.
Addison School-Herbert Britten, 5B
Bancroft School-John White. 3A
who is only Q years old: John Yeomans.
6B: Hugh Clagett. 6B, and John Rich
ards. 6B.
e. v. Brown School Shepherd Fuller.
7B: Anne Bradley. 7B. and Robert
Stevenson. 7B.
John Burroughs School Richard
Lynt. "a.
Congress Heights school-Marie Pos
ton cB.
Il. b. Cooke sehool-Ruth Ander-
son. IA Mary Alice Murtha. IA, and
Betty Bryant. IA.
John Eaton School-Richard Hutch
irson. 6B. Stockton Strong. IA, and
Alfred Zimmerman. Ga
Fillmore School-Harry Humphrey,
ir.. 8B
Force School--Mona Laurent. 6B.
Henry School--Gertrude Hayman. 5B:
Mary Jane Clouser 5A, and Francis
Newman, SB.
Kingsman School~Edward Embrey,
George Baker and Robert Gilbert, all
OF class IA.
Oyster School--Katherine Kelly. 6B.
and Carleton Calver. ga.
Peabody School-Cecil Yates, ga.
Petworth School--Earl Eisenhart, GA,
and Benjamin Waldo. GA.
Pierce School-~Maurice Love. 7B. and
Louis Evry. IA.
Takoma School--Ralph Ciockler. 6B !.
Carol Sheel. IA; Carol hutchinson. 7B;
Crawford Johnson. IA: Robert Wilson.
6B. and Urlin Whitman. 7B,
Wallach School--Joseph GalaSso 6B.
Webb School--Helen Harvey. 6B;
George Miller. 6B, and Sylvia Abra-
ham. .6B.
Wheatley Sehool-~tohn Vasco, TB.
Whittier School--Margaret Carroll. 6B