CORDIAL RECOGNITION OF THE MUSEUM'S WORK 



I. Mlsklm and High School umtkd fok IIkai.th and K( (x\(jmic 



Welfare 



Bij George IT. Ilunicr 



Teacher of Biology in the De Witt Clinton Hi^h School 



AS ii hifjh school toaclier of l)iology I cannot si)cak with sufFicicnt i)rai.se 

 of the work of coojx'ratioii ah'cady in force between tiie Aineiican 

 Museum and New ^'ork ("ity high schools. Our courses in hifjjogy 

 have decidedly a civic trend, biology being applied in its relation tohninan 

 welfare and especially to the welfare of the citizen of New ^'ork. The 

 collections then which bear on the health and economic welfare of the nation 

 are the collections which we as high school teachers most use. 



The value of the Museum to us is threefohl: hrst, in om- study of collec- 

 tions at the Museum; .second, in attendance on lectiucs whicli fit into our 

 course, and third, in the use of loan collections. 



Under the first heading the De Witt Clinton High School plans se\eral 

 trips during the year; one for the general survey of the Animal Kingdom — 

 for this purjjose the synoptic collection in the Darwin Hall is used; then a 

 trij) to the insect collections for the economic relation of insects, the mostjuito 

 motlels in the Darwin Hall being used for this also. A third very important 

 trip has been worked out for the bird groups which are used to teach the 

 meaning of adaptation. 



To a less extent we use the collections of mammals of New York State, 

 the fishes and the Jesup Collection of Woods. One of the greatest aids 

 will come when the new dej)artnient of hygiene prepares its exhibits. Last 

 year, for examjjie, we visited the Sewerage Commission Exhibit and listened 

 to an admirable lecture on .sewage disposal. That kind of cooperation counts 

 much for the making of citizens. 



n. TilK MrSKl.M IXCKKASINGLV HkLI'ML FOR TeX YeARS 



By LUlictu Bdle Siuje 

 Teacher of IJiolofry in the Washiiimon Irving' Hi^'h School 



SINCE my connection with the New York City schools in February 

 1902, we have in various ways used the Museum witli relation to 

 the biology work. For two years we arranged a regular course of 

 lectures at the Museum, the Museum authorities giving us the use of the 

 lantern, someone to run it, and the use of some room. So popular did the 

 lectures become that a third year we joined the other high schools of the 



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