242 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 

 1917 



Jan, 5 Training for the Trades Mr. Morris E. Siegel 46 



12 Tile People of the Nile* Capt. F. D. Murphy 176 



19 Uncle Sam's Navy*- Mr. John C. Welsh 230 



26 Lighthouses* Mr. Guy B. Skinner 215 



Feb. I Three Months in Alaska Dr. Arthur Hollick 82 



9 Wild Animals Near Home Mr. G. Clyde Fisher no 



16 Manhattan Island and the Palisades. Mr. R. S. Corwin 108 



23 Travels through the West Miss Mabel G. Burdick. . 115 



Mar. 2 The Dance Mr. J. Blake Hillyer 120 



8 Ireland Capt. F. D. Murphy 116 



16 The Philippines : a Land of Promise. Mr. James H. Tate no 



2'i The Haunts of Nature Dr. Edward F. Bigelow.. 80 



30 A Journey into Birdland Mr. Howard H. Cleaves. 82 



Average at each lecture, 120-}- Total attendance 2,655 



* The lectures starred (*) were repeated because of the large number of 

 children in attendance. , 



On December 15 the lecture was omitted on account of a heavy snow- 

 storm, which kept away all but three courageous children who appeared, 

 expecting to hear a lecture as usual. 



On March 23 the lecture originally scheduled, on Historical Battlefields 

 of New York State, by Mr. J. W. Wiseman, was not delivered, because 

 of Mr. Wiseman's illness. Dr. E. F. Bigelow, on only a few hours' notice, 

 kindly substituted in Mr. Wiseman's place. 



During the year, in the interests of bird-life conservation and for edu- 

 cational extension in regard to bird life in general, it was my privilege to 

 deliver a total of twenty-two lectures, to audiences that aggregated ap- 

 proximately 4,589. Six of the lectures were given on Staten Island, — one 

 before the Association, one in the course of the children's lectures, one 

 before the Staten Island Academy Bird Club, one before the Scoutmasters' 

 School, and two at public-school assemblies. No compensation was re- 

 ceived in connection with the majority of the lectures delivered. 



On Saturday June 3, in company with Mr. R. M. Gunnison, of the 

 Brooklyn Eagle, it was my privilege to act as official judge in Suffolk 

 County, of the birdhouses constructed by school children in connection 

 with the Eagle's birdhouse prize contest on Long Island, on which occa- 

 sion a tour of the county was made by automobile, with stops at the three 

 judging centers — Port Jefferson, Riverhead, and Patchogue. The contest 

 also included the schools in Nassau, Queens, and Brooklyn, where the 

 awards were made by other parties. A full account, with illustrations, 

 may be found in the Sunday, June 4, edition of the Brooklyn Eagle. 



It is of interest to note that the Staten Island Bird Club (formerly the 

 Bird Lovers' Club) held seven meetings in the Museum, and also that our 



