JAMES NELSON AND ANNA LOUISE RAYMOND 

 FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL AND 

 CHILDREN'S LECTURES 



The educational program of Raymond Foundation for 1956 showed 

 definitely the trend that is evident in most museums in the United 

 States — school groups are using the museums more and more as 

 a part of their regular school-work. The museum has become 

 accepted by school administrators as a classroom for all types of 

 students and for groups of students. The excellence of the Museum's 

 offerings has been widely commended. 



Of particular importance and interest is the response of teachers 

 to programs offered by subject and grade-level in the Museum at the 

 time needed. These programs are of various kinds: (1) suggested 

 tours (worked out following the course of study) ; (2) special school- 

 programs (introduction for groups of approximately 100 students 

 in a Museum meeting-room, followed by individual-student work 

 in a hall or halls closed to other visitors — 106 programs with 

 total attendance of 8,803); (3) workshop in rocks and minerals 

 (32 programs with total attendance of 1,379); and (4) special pro- 

 gram about Eskimos for fourth-graders (51 programs with total 

 attendance of 1,767). 



In addition to programs for school groups, Raymond Foundation 

 prepared programs for Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Cub Scouts, 

 and YMCA groups. Three Girl Scout programs, "Helps on Nature- 

 Proficiency Badges," were given in February, with a total attendance 

 of 1,413. Expeditions for Brownie Scouts continued with the spring 

 expedition "Bible Plants" (434 participating) and the fall expedition 

 "Dinosaur Land" (1,185 participating). The Camp Fire Girls were 

 offered similar expeditions, with 508 participating in the spring 

 expedition "Bible Plants" and 61 in the fall expedition "Dinosaur 

 Land." "Buffalo Hunt," a special summer-program for young YMCA 

 members, was given to 24 groups with a total of 1,043 attending. 



Museum Journeys continued to be offered to individual children 

 and to groups. Four Journeys, each available for two months, were 

 offered during the year: Winter (December-January), Spring 

 (March-April), Summer (July-August), and Fall (October-Novem- 

 ber). The Winter Journey (No. 4) of 1955-56, "Toys," carried 

 over into 1956 with a total of 135 Journeys completed; the Spring 

 Journey (No. 5), "Bible Plants," totaled 264 completed; the Summer 

 Journey (No. 6), "Postage-Stamp Safari," totaled 74 completed; 

 the Fall Journey (No. 7), "Dinosaur Land," totaled 469 completed; 

 and the Winter Journey (No. 8), "Holiday- Animal Hunt," which 



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