Diary, 1928, of trips to Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, DC
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In afternoon the session was held at the High School. A.A. Allen on Forest Investigation Cleaves on N Stra Gulf St. Lawrence, Foxes Fish Husho etc. Stoddard on various birds of southern swamps Sivarth on Galapagos Pearson on Educational work of Nat. Assoc. And. So. He spoke last asking young people to Judge themselves as to Kill Birds. He thought that they should be taught to love birds as then they would be protected, and such numbers would result that there would be plenty for those who found themselves in shooting. The desire to kill had descended to us from our ancestors and he advocated giving a boy a gun and letting him to hunt