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then. The present scholar, Mr. Lester Levine, enrolled on Oc- 
tober 30, 1937. The scholarship was held by Mr. Philip Shapiro 
during the spring of 1937. 
Brooklyn College Campus.—In early November Dr. Earl A. 
Martin, Chairman of the Building Committee of Brooklyn 
College, asked if we would make a comparative study of the 
Planting Lists for their new campus, submitted by different 
landscape architects. Mr. Caparn and Mr. Free have been co- 
operating in this, and the present indications are that our services 
will save Brooklyn College a considerable sum of money, and will 
also save them from including in their planting numerous kinds of 
trees and shrubs not likely to do well in that location. Mr. 
Caparn has been retained to prepare the landscape plans for 
the campus. 
The Biology Alumni of Brooklyn College held two evening 
meetings at the Garden—on June 22, with an attendance of 65, 
and again on September 20, with an attendance of 52. 
Department of Parks 
1. Repair of the Economic House—In 1936 the Board of Es- 
timate was requested to make an appropriation to meet the 
estimated cost of repairing the Economic House, the largest of our 
conservatory range, and completed in May, 1914. This is built 
on filled ground, and for the second time since its construction it 
was found to be settling unevenly. Four steel columns were 
added in the late fall of 1914 to help support the superstructure. 
After the appropriation was granted the Park Department en- 
gineers decided that the repairs must be more extensive than was 
at first contemplated. We are indebted to the Park Department 
for the preparation of the necessary plans and specifications, for 
securing the additional appropriation, and for supervising the 
work. Bids were advertised in the City Record for December 19, 
1936. The time allowed for full performance of the contract 
was 80 consecutive working days. The contract was awarded to 
the Balaban-Gorden Co., 1457 Broadway, Manhattan, the low 
bidder in the sum of $6000. Work began on January 25 and was 
completed on April 26. The four steel uprights were replaced 
with four on each side. This work necessitated the closing of the 
Conservatories to the public from January 1 to about September 
