54 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The experiment, as a whole, proved intensely interesting. The 

 zeal and industry of the teachers were inspiring-, and the inter- 

 est of the pupils was everything that could be desired. The most 

 perfect discipline was maintained throughout. The members of 

 the Bronx Borough Teachers' Association, and especially Pro- 

 fessor Newman, deserve great credit for their tireless energy in 

 behalf of those lecture courses, and thereby giving their pupils 

 the benefit of a study of living animals in their regular school 

 work. 



The Zoological Society has received from the Board of Edu- 

 cation of this city an urgent request that steps be taken to pro- 

 vide, at the expense of the city, a permanent and commodious 

 lecture hall in the Zoological Park, capable of seating at least 

 1,200 pupils, in order that the schoof pupils of Manhattan Borough 

 may be enabled to share the advantages now enjoyed by the 

 schools of the Bronx. 



It is hoped that at no distant day this request may be met. 

 The disadvantages in the use of the Shelter Pavilion as a lecture 

 hall are serious. 



ATTENDANCE OF VISITORS. 



During the year 1907 the monthly, attendance of visitors, as 

 recorded by the entrance turnstiles, was as follows : 



January 39.469 



February 27,580 



March 67,258 



April 90,551 



May 161,486 



June 168,034 



July 187,875 



August 190,653 



September 126,520 



October 90,713 



November 65,179 



December 60,723 



Total for the year 1,276,041 



Largest daily attendance, June 16, (Sunday), 36,052. 



