134 Staten Island Association of Auts and Sciences 



One more item of attendance during the year remains to be noted, viz, 

 the private view of the collection of daguerreotypes installed by the art 

 loan committee on November 5, 1914, at which the attendance was 50. 



Records in Connection with Lectures for Children, Season of 1914-1915 



Date Subject Lecturer Attendance 



1914 



Oct. .23 Autumn Flowers of Staten Island Doctor Hollick 56 



30 Cotton Mr. Cleaves 86 



Nov. 6 Fossil Plants of Staten Island ..' Doctor Hollick 76 



13 Tobacco Mr. Cleaves 83 



20 Plants that Make Coal Doctor Hollick 87 



27 Corn and Wheat Mr. Cleaves 27 



Dec. 4 Explorers and Founders of America . . Miss Mary D. Lee 84 



11 The Early History of New York Miss Mary D. Lee 100 



18 George Washington Miss Mary D. Lee 118 



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Jan. 8 Attracting Birds in Winter Mr. Cleaves 105 



15 Bird Life in the Land of Southern 



Snows Mr. R. C. Murphy no 



22 Life Among the Indians Mr. A. Skinner 125 



29 Indian Fairy Tales Mr. A. Skinner iiS 



31 A Canoe Trip Down the Yukon River, 



Alaska Doctor Hollick 31 



Feb. 19 A Bird Trip to South Carolina Mr. Cleaves 84 



26 Fairy Folk Mr. McMahon 112 



Mar. 5 Some Spring Flowers of Staten Island. . Doctor Hollick 87 



12 Attracting Birds in Summer Mr. Cleaves 125 



19 Frogs and Toads Mr. D. Franklin 92 



Total attendance 1,703 

 Total number of lectures 19. Average attendance 89 -f- 



The Museum as a Meeting Place 



The following meetings have been held in the museum assembly hall or 

 trustees' room during the year by various committees and organizations, 

 in addition to the general meetings of the Association and its sections, 

 and the meetings of the Board of Trustees and its standing committees : 

 Richmond Branch of the Visiting Committee of the State Charities 



Aid Association 9 



Staten Island Bird Lovers' Club 8 



Executive Board of the Richmond Borough Women Teachers' Asso- 

 ciation 10 



Pcrine House Committee 8 



Troop 138, New York City Council, Boy Scouts of America 3 



Scoutmasters' Council 2 



New York City Council, Board of Scout Examiners i 



Legislative Committee, Staten Island Civic League i 



