The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31

medal by Kermit Roosevelt, presi- dent of the association, and Q sight seeing trip in New York. The sec- ond and third prizes for boys and girls will Do the same as second and third prizes for teachers, and there will be fifty additional prizes, of . years sustaining membership, including the magazine BIRD- LORE, for the young people.
 The prizes will be awarded on q point system, and points will be given, in the teachers and leaders competition, for essays on What our Junior Audubon Club Accom- plished this School Year.; photo- graphs of the club and individual members in action: and the forma- ton of Junior Audubon Clubs other than those headed by the compet- ing teacher.
 Points in the members contest will be given boys and girls for the best essay on the subpect. What I did as a member of my Junior Audubon Club this Year; the best poster of bird, mammal, or wild life slogan; the best bird house or feeding station built: and the best habit at group modelled.
 Five Million Enrolled.
 More than 6,000,000 children have been enrolled in Junior Audubon Clubs since the foundation of the movement, and have been supplied, at approximately half their cost, with colored pictures of birds, leaflets and other printed matter concerning them. Teachers who form clubs of twenty-five or more receive, free of charge, the maga- zine BIRD-LORE for ono year. The present contest was oroginated as n means of developing the functions of Junior Audubon Clubs, and ini- tiating projects beyond the maxi- mum use of the printed material supplied. Projects suggested for the contest include the establishment of wild life sanctuaries, the winter feding of birds, the taking of bird ccnsuses, keeping bird calendars both in the classr0m and as inc dividuals, bird Identification tests, building and maintaining bird houses and feeding stations, keep ing notebooks, modelling habit at groups, taking field trips, planting food for birds, etc, etc.
 The Audubon Nature Camp has been established In order that teachers interested In nature study may have instruction under out- standing experts who will provide definite, twelve-month programs Of projects In nature study. Recorgniz- ing that crowd curricula often make it difficult for teachers to keep In touch with important developments in various fields, programs of prov cd value, achieved after long experi- mentation, will be made available in as condensed Q form as possible in order that the individual teacher may return to his school thoroughly prepared to cope with any nature- study problem that may arise. In- Btructi0n will be concentrated on actual field observation, and the subjected to be given on the curri- culum include insects, birds, man. mals, flowers, marine life and geo- logy.
 Nature Camp In Maine.
 The Nature Camp is situated at the Todd Wild Life Sanctuary. near Damarlscotta, Mine, one of the most beautiful sections of the Maine coast, and the island on which the camp is located is rich in various forms of wild life. It is also ad- jacent to numerous sea bird col- onios where nesting gulls, terms, cider ducks, cormorants, guillemots and puffins may be seen in the proper season. The project is Q non- profit one, and expenses have been kept to q minimum. The camp has already had the esthusiastic en- dorsement Of such organizations as garden clubs and Parent-Teachers' association, some of which are giv- ing concrete evidence of their ap- proval by awarding scholarships to the camp for teachers, from their own communities, who are especial ly interested in nature study. Every effort will be made to give atten- dants at the camp pleasant vaca- ton as well as training.