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REPOET OF NATIONAL, MUSEUM, 1923. 



their classes to the Museum and interpreted what had been explained 

 to them. The schedule of these talks was as follows : 



Date. 



Feb. 10 



Feb. 17 



Feb. 24 



Time. 



10:00 A. M. 



2.00 P. M. 

 10:45 A. M. 



2:45 P. M. 

 11:30 A.M. 



3:30 P. M. 

 10:00 A. M. 



2:00 P. M. 

 10:45 A. M. 



2:45 P. M. 

 11:30 A. M. 



3:30 P. M. 

 10:00 A. M. 



2:00 P. M. 

 10:45 A. M. 



2:45 P. M. 

 11:30 A. M. 



3:30 P. M. 



Subject. 



JThe Historical Collections 



VUtilization of some important commercial woods 



JFuels of the United St ates 



IThe Numismatic Collections 

 Cotton, the cotton gin and the manufacture of thread and 

 cloth. 



VNon-metalUc mineral industries 



>Silk, artificial sUk and wool 



[The metallic mineral industries 



JThe War Collections 



Staff member. 



Mr. Belote. 



Mr. Watkins. 



Mr. Mitman. 



Mr. Belote. 

 Mr. Lewton. 



Mr. Mitman. 

 Mr. Lewton. 

 Mr. Mitman. 

 Mr. Belote. 



Of great value also was a course of illustrated bird lectures for 

 teachers in the public schools of Washington given in the Museum 

 auditorium by the Audubon Society of the District of Columbia on 

 four successive Tuesday afternoons beginning February 13, as men- 

 tioned elsewhere in this report. 



In a number of instances members of the scientific staff personally 

 conducted groups of students through the exhibition halls, giving 

 talks on the various exhibits. Thus, Dr. Paul Bartsch, curator of 

 mollusks, who is a professor in the George Washington and Howard 

 Universities, has been regularly taking his classes through the 

 Museum. Dr. K. S. Bassler, curator of paleontology, who is pro- 

 fessor of geology and mineralogy at the former university, and Dr. 

 C. E. Kesser, associate curator of paleontology, who is his assistant 

 at the University, conducted classes of university students through 

 the Museum building. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical an- 

 thropology, who is also lecturer on anthropology at the American 

 University, brought his classes to the Museum for certain demon- 

 strations. 



Dr. I M. Casanowicz, curator of old world archeology, explained 

 the archeological and religious collections to the professors and 

 students of the Episcopal Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va., 

 who came to the Museum for that purpose. Classes from George 

 Washington University inspected the anthropological collections 

 guided by Mr. John L. Baer of the Museum staff. Wilson Normal 

 School students were given talks on the American Indians. Students 

 of the Friends School were conducted through the exhibition halls 

 by Dr. J. E. Benedict, assistant curator of biology, and Miss Doris 

 M. Cochran, aid in the division of reptiles and batrachians. Doctor 

 Bartsch took a group of scoutmasters of the Boy Scouts on a " nature 

 hike '■ through the Natural History Building. 



