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During 1934 twenty-two courses of instruction for adults have 
been given at the Garden with a total enrollment of 927 men and 
women. If we were to report this after the more usual method 
of museums, the statement would be that 329 lectures were given. 
Broadcasting —During the year 46 radio talks were broadcast, 
as follows: 15 over station WOR; 31 over WNYC 
Juvenile and Children’s Work 
Eleven courses, announced in the Prospectus, for boys and 
girls of high school and elementary school age were given in 1934. 
The enrollment was 725. Again following the common museum 
practice, there were 319 lectures with a total attendance of 
46,383. In addition, 46 courses of six to eight sessions each were 
given by special arrangement with school principals, as announced 
in the Prospectus. Thus, more than 648 lectures have been given 
during the year. The total enrollment in courses was 1661. 
Fun with the Microscope-—One of the great advantages of 
museums, not afforded by schools, is the opportunity they give, 
especially to young people, to browse. In the bird room of a 
museum, for example, there are found within four walls, easily 
and quickly accessible, opportunities which nature affords only 
at the effort and cost of long and expensive journeys to foreign 
lands. The zoological park affords even better opportunities of 
a similar sort. The plantations and conservatories of a botanic 
garden enable one, within limits, of course, to see the macroscopic 
plant world without the time and expense of long journeys. 
One may thus follow his own interest and enthusiasms——may come 
again as often as he likes. This process has transformed many a 
boy and girl into an enthusiastic student or even a great scientist. 
It was looking through a street-corner telescope, at the price of a 
nickel, that transformed a certain small boy into the great as- 
tronomer, Simon Newcombe. 
It was with such thoughts in mind that we decided to offer 
an opportunity to older boys and girls to browse with the micro- 
scope. There is a whole world of life too small to be seen with 
the naked eye and, therefore, wholly unknown to most people. 
Moreover, the microscope makes fascinating revelations as to 
the finer details of structure of macroscopic objects—leaf hairs, 
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