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Mr. Van Cleve while he will work primarily with the children will not 

 neglect the adult. Committees of interested citizens will be formed to co-oper- 

 ate with the city officials, the police, and park departments, the Commerce 

 Club and all other agencies needing suggestion or assistance in the conservation 

 and enhancing of Toledo's wealth of natural beauty. 



REACHING THE CHILD 



Toledo children are not sent to the Museum by their parents or by the public 

 school authorities. Any plan to bring a child to a museum is of course a good 

 plan, but the best attendance is when the children come of their own volition 

 as they do in Toledo. As a consequence their interest is spontaneous, natural 

 and healthful. 



Short visits do not suffice them for many children bring their lunches and 

 remain all day, especially on Saturdays, when several hundred picnic in the 

 lower galleries where tables and benches are provided. While some seventy 

 thousand children passed through the turnstiles during the year, there were 

 many Museum activities outside of the building, reaching into the home and 

 school life of the child. 



Following is a summary of the various 191 8 activities with the number of 

 children taking a part in each: 



Children's Concerts 2,000 



Story Hours 6,500 



■ Bird Conservation 15,000 



Nature Classes i ,500 



Educational Movies 18,300 



Flower Gardens 4,000 



Burroughs Celebration 20,000 



Patriotic Poster Exhibits 13,000 



Design Classes 600 



Extension Exhibits 3,ooo 



Belgian Orphan Rehef 1,200 



Patriotic Play Week 1,000 



This makes a total of over 86,000 constructive contacts with the child life of 

 the community during a single year. 



THE GARDEN MOVEMENT 



For a number of years the Museum has conducted garden campaigns, and by 

 offering prizes and giving practical instruction some three thousand gardens 

 have annually contributed to the beauty of our home surroundings. Last year 

 the efficient garden organization of the Museum was merged into the general 

 war garden movement and Toledo stood well at the head with over 27,000 

 gardens to its credit. This year with the co-operation of various civic, patriotic, 

 and social organizations the movement should achieve still greater proportions. 



RHODE ISLAND 



Providence. The various clubs and museums of Rhode Island have cer- 

 tainly not permitted any interference with their meetings and general enthu- 

 siasm during the past season. The winter meetings of the Rhode Island Field 

 Natiu-alists' Club hear witness to this fact. They are apparently as interesting 

 as the Field Greetings — the kind that make you wish you lived there and 



