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THE
CHEM AW A AM ERICAN
spent in bounty on the English Sparrow by the various states in en
deavoring to get rid of this pest, but without avail. They have spread
from ocean to ocean, their increase has been so rapid. The sparrow has
had many opportunités to distinguish himself as an insect destroyer, but
he has not shown himself to be man’s friend.
The boys have shown themselves to be enemies of our birds at this
school. Lessons have been given them relative to their value as insect
destroyers. Not long ago the pupils of this school listened to a lecture
on “ Our Native Birds,’’ illustrated by views from the stereopticon. All
these efforts have not checked the destruction of the swallows’ nests.
They knock the nests down about as fast as the faithful little creatures
build them. I counted 83 destroyed nests. Only eleven nests remain,
and I fear those will not remain long, as boys continue to throw at them.
Sh—a—me! Shame on you! Commence now to be a protector of the
useful birds. Stay the hand ot the thoughtless bov that throws at swal
lows nests.
“Gentle swallow, thou we know
Every year dost come and go;
In the spring thy nest thou mak’st.
In the winter it forsak’st.
And divert’st thyself awhile
In the Southland, or by the Nile.”
B A N D CONCERT
I. S. Loos, Director
March—Tri-State Eagle
Overture—Orpheus
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The Tramp, an Idyl of th e road
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Selection from the Bohemian Oirl
H istory of Class of 1 9 1 3
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E mma S h e p a r d , M a r t in S ampson a n d C horts