128 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



Feb. 3 Through Northeastern Corea Mr. R. C. Andrews 40 



7 Indians of Yesterday and Today Miss M. D. Lee ... 25 



14 Early Days on Manhattan Island " ... 43 



21 Life of George Washington " ... 71 



28 Important Battles of the Revolution- 

 ary War " ... 155 



Mch. 7 Under Syrian Suns — the Land Rev. L. M. Greenman 56 



14 Life in Syria — the People Rev. L. M. Greenman 68 



Total for the courses .' 1,275 



The Monday afternoon High School lectures were discontinued after 

 the third lecture, owing to insufficient attendance. Summing up the re- 

 sults, the Friday lectures may be considered an established institution, at 

 which a fairly good attendance is always assured; that high school lec- 

 tures will hardly prove successful without the cooperation of the teachers 

 and of the Board of Education; and that the primary lectures should be 

 increased in number. The most effective extension of our lecture work 

 would be the giving of one or more courses in schools at remote points on 

 the island. With our present staff and income, however, this is hardly 

 practicable. 



House and Grounds 



The buildings are greatly in need of repainting, and I recommend that 

 the owner be officially requested to attend to this work during the summer 

 or fall. The front gate and adjacent masonry are also in bad condition. 



The garden was prepared for planting by the Boy Scouts of the museum 

 troop, to which reference has been made in my quarterly reports. An 

 appropriation of $5 was made by the Board for the purchase of flower 

 seeds, and the grounds are expected to present an attractive appearance 

 during the summer. 



The Museum Staff 



As stated in the annual report of the Board, Mr. George W. Elliott, who 

 had been acting museum guard since August 5, 1912, was given a perma- 

 nent appointment January i, 1913, on which date also Mr. George Pero 

 was appointed as the other museum guard. Mr. David M. Van Name 

 became Honorary Associate of the museum, and Mr. Skinner was advanced 

 to the curatorship of the Department of Anthropology and Archeology. 



The time of the curator-in-chief has been devoted almost wholly to 

 administrative and routine duties, including the preparation of budget, 

 accounts, inventories of the city property, etc. It has become evident that 

 with the increase in the clerical work of the Association, owing to its 

 many activities, the need for a salaried employee who shall act as a clerk 

 to the Secretary and the Board is more and more pressing. The employ- 

 ment of such a clerk would relieve the museum staff of a large amount 



