84 



FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



The end of the biennial period found the attendance at lectures aver- 

 aging about 12,000 persons per month. The wideness of the field of 

 activity is indicated by the following summary : 



Attendance Record of Lectures, Bureau of Education 



July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1928 



Number of 

 Organization Lectures Attendance 



High schools 100 53,914 



Grammar schools 100 26,410 



Universities and colleges 6 1,531 



Civic and public 19 2,809 



Service clubs 30 3,012 



Masonic and other lodges 16 2,195 



Fish and game protective associations 50 13,782 



Boy scouts, campfire girls, etc 17 1,031 



Radio 3 



Miscellaneous 48 5,057 



Totals 389 109,741 



Fig. 25. Learning conservation methods first hand. A nature guide party in 

 Yosemite receiving instructions from a nature guide, summer of 1928. Photograph 

 by J. V. Lloyd. 



SUMMER RESORT EDUCATIONAL WORK 



Educational activities during the summer season have been concen- 

 trated in Yosemite National Park where thousands of summer vacation- 

 ists were given conservation messages and a chance to study natural 

 conditions first hand. The cooperative arrangement of former years 

 has continued, the National Park Service employing a staff of eight in 

 order to carry out an extensive program of lectures and field trips. 

 Beginning in the summer of 1927, the added duty of acquainting the 

 public with fish propagation was undertaken at the new Yosemite 



