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Instruction for Teachers —The course for teachers of ee 
ing for children has grown from a class of seven in 1914, 
present membership of forty. On December fourth the ie 
ing four young women received certificates. Miss Johanna 
Becker, head of department, P. S. 36; Mrs. Engerie McCord, of 
Brooklyn; Miss Maud Snedeker, P. S. 109, Brooklyn; and Miss 
Elsa Wolf, of Indianapolis. On this occasion, Miss Alice Fitts, 
Director of the Kindergarten Department of Pratt Institute, 
spoke on “ Gardening in relation to the Chil 
Two short courses for teachers have been added this past year ; 
one in greenhouse work, the other in nature study in relation to 
the work laid-down in the present city syllabus. ‘These courses 
were planned for those who did not feel that they could take the 
longer or year’s course. An outgrowth from this long course is 
the summer school work, to be put into operation in the summer 
of 1916; all the courses leading to the certificate for children’s 
gardening will be condensed into a six weeks’ summer course 
from July 5 to August 15. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Epcar W. OLIVE, 
Curator of Public Instruction. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1915 
Dr. C. Stuart GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit my report as librarian for the 
year ending December 31, IQI5. 
When I took up the work of reorganizing the library, on 
January 4, 1915, there had been a lapse of six months without an 
administrative officer for this department, and hence the duties of 
the present year, in addition to the care of incoming books, have 
had to cover the accumulated material received between March 
and December, 1914, most of which was still stored in packing 
boxes. The preparation of a statistical report for 1914 on unre- 
corded accessions required the personal examination of between 
three and four thousand books and pamphlets to secure tabular 
data for publication, and it was not until after the completion of 
