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ments for children both at the Museum and in the schools. Despite 

 the continuance of such a counter attraction as A Century of Progress 

 exposition, a larger number of school groups came for instruction in 

 the exhibition halls than in the preceding year, and the popularity 

 of the extension lectures continued to gain. 



entertainments for children 



Two series of free motion picture entertainments were presented, 

 one in the spring and the other in the autumn. The programs, 

 given on Saturday mornings in the James Simpson Theatre, were as 

 follows: 



Spring Course 

 March 3 — The Alligator Family; Mexico. 



March 10 — Beach and Sea Animals; The Making of Maple Sugar; The Triumph 

 of the Century. 



March 17 — The Strange Maoris of New Zealand. 



March 24 — Who's Who in the Zoo; Little Visitors from Foreign Lands; The 

 Story of Tea. 



March 31 — Sloths and Anteaters; Musko and Musme, the Japanese Wrestlers; 

 Quaint Boats on the Inland Sea; Japanese Children. 



April 7 — The Settlement of Jamestown.* 



April 14 — The Elephant and Its Child; The Romance of Life; Across the 

 Seven Seas; Thrills of Lumbering. 



April 21 — The Collision of the Icebergs; Hunting Whales; A Mother Bear 

 Fights for Her Cub. 



April 28 — Neighbors of Simba, the Lion; Plants That Trap Visitors; By the 

 Blue Mediterranean. 



Autumn Course 



October 6 — Views of Our New Zoo; The Journeys of the Seeds; In the Land 

 of Yaks; Two Cities of Old Cathay. 



October 13 — Snake Myths; Columbus Sails West.* 



October 20 — In Sunny Guatemala; A Beaver Pet; The Story of Cofifee. 



October 27 — Feeding Time for the Hippos; Rollin' Down to Rio; Under the 

 Southern Cross; Me and My Dog. 



November 3— By Dog-train and Snowshoes; In Canada's Fiords; The Bella 

 Coola Indians; The Romance of Rubber. 



November 10 — From Trails to Rails; The Octopus and Its Cousins; In a Cave- 

 man's Home. 



November 17 — Our Animal Neighbors; The Cement Gnomes; Women Workers of 

 Ceylon. 



November 24 — An Arctic Visitor; The Story of the Pilgrims.* 



December 1 — The Fall Winds Blow; The Woodchuck Sleeps; A Friend to All 

 the World; Winter Fun. 



* Gift to the Museum from the late Chauncey Keep. 



In addition to the two regular series of entertainments, two 

 special programs were offered in February as follows: 



February 12 — Lincoln's Birthday Program: Abe Holds Court; Native State. 

 February 22 — Washington's Birthday Program: Washington and His Times. 



