Bird lore - Project Puffin

Reports of Field Agents 441
as well, but the seats were all taken, a great many parents coming with the
children.
At Poughkeepsie the Superintendent of Schools was not especially inter-
ested at first, but allowed me to speak in the high school, with the result that
I was asked for a second lecture at one of the new schools, had a large and
appreciative audience, and the superintendent was very complimentary in his
introduction.
While I always try to see the District Superintendent, I am not always
able to do this, so I went to Dr. Finegan, Commissioner of Elementary Edu-
cation, and he gave me permission to go into all the schools, saying "I wish
you could, and would, go into every school in the state." Dr. Finegan is greatly
interested in this work, and has offered to help in any way he can. Dr. A. W.
Abrams, Director of Visual Instruction, is also interested, and while it is not
customary to loan a stereopticon, he has done so when the school has not been
equipped with the necessary apparatus, and the principal has asked to have
my slides shown. In the country schools, where there is no opportunity to
show the slides, the leaflets are used, a great many mothers come, and I can
speak directly to them, which is not always possible when the audience is
large. At the National Education Association meeting held in New York, in
July, I met a number of teachers from different parts of the state and have
been asked to go to their schools.
I feel greatly encouraged about the work, as I am welcome wherever I go;
and while classes may not be formed in every school, the work is certainly
gaining, and interest and enthusiasm are increasing.
BIRDS KILLED IN lEBRUAkV HV AX OKLAHOMA TRArrER. ANOTHER EVIDENCE
OF NEED FOR FUNDS TO ENFORCE THE FEDERAL MIGR.\TORY BIRD LAW
Photographed bv F. S. Barde