present, and on Saturday mornings in October and November — 9 

 programs with 3,039 present. As in the past. Museum Stories were 

 prepared and distributed to the children who attended the spring 

 and fall Saturday-morning movies (the spring series was "From 

 Cave Man to City Dweller" by Edith Fleming and the fall series was 

 "Indian Neighbors of Our United States Settlers" by Harriet Smith). 

 Extension-lecture service for the Chicago public schools was contin- 

 ued in January, February, and March, with 39 lectures presented to 

 a total of 12,991 students. This service will be limited in the future 

 because of the increasing numbers of students visiting the Museum. 



A course on conservation was presented in April for Adult Girl 

 Scout Leaders. This program was requested to help the leaders 

 understand the meaning of conservation so that they in turn could 

 train their Girl Scouts. 



Raymond Foundation's activities for 1957 (see summary below) 

 totaled 121,475 persons in 2,367 groups, an increase of more than 

 8,000 persons over the 1956 figures. October was the month when 

 the greatest numbers of persons in groups were assisted by Raymond 

 Foundation; in fact, October broke all such records for any month, 

 with 8,958 children on school tours. Many organized groups of 

 students came to the Museum who did not need or were not able to 

 get the assistance of Raymond Foundation guides. During ten 

 months of 1957 there was a total of 215 groups (with an approximate 

 total of 7,682 students) on waiting lists for possible cancellations of 

 reservations for tours or programs. A summary of activities of Ray- 

 mond Foundation for the year, with attendance figures, follows : 



Activities within the Museum 



r or cnilaren Groups Attendance Groups Attendance 



Tours in Museum halls 1,339 50,395 



Lectures preceding tours 589 28,804 



Motion-picture programs .... 30 19,371 



Total 1,958 98,570 



For adults 



Tours in Museum halls 319 5,055 



Lectures preceding tours 9 285 



"Through These Doors" (film) 42 4,574 



Total 370 9,914 



Extension Activities 



Chicago PubHc Schools 39 12,991 



Total 39 12,991 



Total for Raymond Foundation Activities 2,367 121,475 



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