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Leaflets—not in their old form, which had become outmoded, 
but in a new, attractive dress, well supplied with illustrations 
and figures. 
These are by no means the only desiderata in this department, 
but the three points outlined represent the most urgent needs 
from the standpoint of public service. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ARTHUR HARMOUNT GRAVES, 
Curator of Public Instruction. 
REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF ELEMENTARY 
INSTRUCTION FOR 1937 
Dr. C. STUART GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
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Sir: I hereby present the annual report of the Department of 
Elementary Instruction for the year 1937. 
Personnel.—Early in the spring, Miss Natalie Hettger, a 
teacher from Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., studying at Columbia 
University, came to us twice a week for experience in greenhouse 
work. Edward Johnson was appointed as an assistant in our 
outdoor garden for the months of July and August in a regular 
teaching position. On October 1, Miss Frances M. Miner was 
given a year’s leave of absence to work with the National Recrea- 
tion Association on a survey of children’s garden work in this 
country. Miss Michalena L. Carroll stayed on as her substitute. 
Because of heavy registration in our fall classes, four of our 
former students became paid assistants on Saturday mornings. 
They were Edward Johnson, Mary McArdle, Patricia Spollen, 
and Sidney Wiesner. 
The various phases of our work have gone on as usual. 
Visiting Classes.—Our visiting classes have increased in the 
number of sessions, but the attendance figure has remained prac- 
tically the same. ‘This is due to the fact that we have worked 
with smaller groups as far as possible. There have been two 
unusually interesting features of our visiting class work this year. 
One was the W. P. A. educational project of the Staten Island 
schools through which classes have been brought over here by 
bus. These have been among our most satisfactory groups, in 
