CIRCULATING LOAN COLLECTIONS 



the earnest request that the Museum continue the work the 

 coming year. 



The way in which the collections have been utilized in the 

 schools is shown by the following extracts from teachers' letters : 



"The birds were used for nature lessons and in connection with 

 oral language, writing dictation, color and drawing lessons." 



"I should say on the average looo children have observed and 

 examined the specimens. Miss O'Brien has been giving a short lec- 

 ture before the school on the different specimens and started with 

 the Crustacea. Her talk is given weekly and the specimens are put 

 right in the children's hands and are passed so each child can see 

 for itself. She talks to eleven assembled classes, making an average 

 of about 500 or 600 children. The teachers then have short com- 

 positions written in their class rooms upon Miss O'Brien's talk and 

 in the lower classes an oral review is made. She has lectured on 

 Crustacea, starfishes, sea urchins, sponges and corals." 



The birds and insects are in greatest demand, as the study 

 of them is required in several grades. There are forty collections 

 of the former, consisting of five birds each and representing 

 twenty species of our more common birds. The following is the 

 itinerary of Collection No. 8, consisting of the Blue Ja}^ Wood- 

 pecker, Crossbill, Junco and English Sparrow. 



RECORD OF CIRCULATING COLLECTION NO. 8. 

 BIRDS. 



Date 

 Received. 



Nov. 30 



Jan. 4 



Feb. 4 



Mar. 2 



Apt 7 



May 4 



June 2 



Length of Time 

 Retained. 



Weeks 



No. of Pupils 

 Studying. 



2.000 

 1,450 



550 

 1,050 



500 

 2,018 



950 



8.518 



School. 



P.S.M.- 25 

 P.S.M.-105 

 P.S.M.- 13 

 P.S.M.-174 

 P.S.M.-120 

 P.S.M.- 13 

 P.S.M.- 12 



Name of Principal 

 or Teacher. 



Matilda Skene. 

 Carrie W. Kearns. 

 Sarah A. Robinson. 

 Elizabeth I. Hoper. 

 E. Conway. 

 Sarah A. Robinson. 

 Teresa C. Burke. 



The popularity and usefulness of these circulating collections 

 were further attested by the demand for them in the Vacation 



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