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of Trustee meetings on three successive months—April, May, and 
June, each meeting being given over to one of the three Depart- 
ments of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, each pro- 
gram being devoted to the work of the given Department. 
The meeting on April 9, was held, as usual, at the Brooklyn 
Academy of Music, and was devoted to a discussion of the history, 
activities, and status of the Department of Education (“The 
Institute at the Academy”), by Mr. Van Sinderen and Mr. Julius 
Bloom, director of that Department. The meeting of May 14, 
was held at the Brooklyn Museum, when the history, activities, 
and status of the Brooklyn Museum and of the Children’s Museum 
were presented by the Director, Mr. Laurance P. Roberts and by 
Mrs. William Lloyd Garrison, III, curator-in-chief of the Chil- 
dren’s Museum. The work of the two museums was illustrated by 
special exhibits, and curators of the Museum staffs were present to 
answer questions and explain the work of their several depart- 
ments. 
The Botanic Garden meeting was held on June 11. The his- 
tory, organization, and work of the Garden were presented by the 
director, with lantern-slide illustrations. The talk was followed 
by an inspection of the main floor of the Laboratory Building, 
including the Library and Herbarium, and a special exhibit to 
illustrate the various scientific and educational activities of the 
Garden, installed under the general supervision of a committee of 
the Staff, of which Dr. George M. Reed was chairman. 
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL INSPECTIONS 
At the suggestion of President Van Sinderen, arrangements 
were made for “behind-the-scenes” inspections of the Brooklyn 
Museum by the Botanic Garden personnel, and of the Garden by 
the Museum personnel. The inspection of the Garden took place 
on April 30, attended by about fifteen members of the Museum 
personnel, who were met at the Eastern Parkway Gate at 3:30 
p.m. by Botanic Garden guides, and inspected the Wall Garden, 
Horticultural Section, Local Flora Section, and Cherry Walk, on 
their way to the building. Special indoor exhibits were installed 
by the various departments of the Garden. The itinerary in- 
cluded the seed-room, where seed packets are prepared for the 
