Figures in the summary of Raymond Foundation activities for 

 1958 (see page 35) show an overall increase of more than 10,000 

 above the 1957 figures. It should be noted that all of this work 

 took place in the Museum. Extension services, which accounted 

 for more than 12,000 students in 1957, were discontinued because of 

 the increased demand for staff services within the Museum. 



In January an unusual request came from the Glencoe (Illinois) 

 Park District for a series of Saturday programs that would give their 

 group a background of information on the out-of-doors in prepara- 

 tion for field trips scheduled for spring. Five programs were given, 

 with an attendance of about 240 for the sessions (most of the stu- 

 dents attended all of the programs). For other organized groups 

 the Museum offered, in July and August, a film program "Trailside 

 Adventures," in which 13 groups with 555 children participated. 



The motion-picture programs for children continued on Saturday 

 mornings in March and April (8 programs with 8,312 present), on 

 Thursday mornings in July and August (12 programs with 10,401 

 present), and on Saturday mornings in October and November (9 

 programs with 3,529 present). At the spring and fall programs 

 our series of Museum Stories (see page 102) were distributed to the 

 children: "Bible Animals" (8 stories by Maryl Andre) and "Plants 

 the American Indians Used" (9 stories by Marie Svoboda). 



In connection with the spring series of motion pictures the 

 Museum inaugurated "Honor Days" for recognition of different 

 organizations of young people. On each Honor Day an appropriate 

 program was planned, following which the boys and girls were 

 directed to Museum exhibits related to the subject. For example, 

 on Cub Scout Day (March 8), when the subject was "Exploring 

 Alaska," approximately 900 Cub Scouts, along with 300 other boys 

 and girls, saw the movie and then explored our exhibits on Alaska. 



On Girl Scout Day (March 15, with approximately 1,100 Girl 

 Scouts present), a special skit was staged by Girl Scout Troop 

 No. 38 of Chicago. Brownie Scout Day (April 26) proved the need 

 for programs for these young Girl Scouts — the puppet show was 

 given three times to accommodate 3,200, and the Museum was a 

 sea of Httle Brownies who had come from as far as a hundred miles 

 to see our program (sometimes a program succeeds so well that it 

 presents difficulties: it did that day — there was not enough room 

 for the children in the lunchrooms or in the Theatre). On Camp Fire 

 Girl Day (March 22) approximately 430 Camp Fire Girls attended. 

 Other Honor Days were: Chicago Boys' Clubs Day (March 29), 

 with approximately 300 boys from the Chicago Boys' Clubs along 

 with more than 400 other boys and girls; Boy Scout Day (April 12), 



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