MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



^tatett Jslano ABBnnalton of Arts ana BnmaB 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD, CURATOR-IN-CHIEF 



No. 53. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N.Y. DECEMBER, 1912. 



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THE NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



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will be held in the assembly hall of the museum, 154 Stuyvesant Place, St. 

 George, on Saturday evening, December 21, 1912, at 8:15 o'clock. Dr. J. Q. 

 Adams, of the Municipal Art Commission, will deliver an illustrated lecture 

 on " Franz Hals, Rembrandt, and other guild painters of Holland." 



A loan exhibit of photographic and other reproductions of famous paint- 

 ings by the Dutch masters referred to in the lecture will be placed in the 

 hall, and will be open to inspection on the evening of the meeting and for a 

 period of ten days thereafter. 



J. Q. ADAMS, 



Acting Secretary. 



The trustees have elected to active membership Miss Bessie E. Davis 

 and Mr. Courtlandt V. Anable, New Brighton ; Mr. Henry A. Tabb, Arro- 

 char ; and Mrs. Percival S. Ullman, Huguenot Park. 



The last lecture in the present course of Friday afternoon children's 

 lectures will be given on December 20. There will be an intermission dur- 

 ing the holiday season, and on December 27 Mr. Cleaves will hold an exami- 

 nation for the benefit of children wishing to compete for the prize which he 

 is offering for the best paper on the two courses of bird talks. The lectures 

 will be resumed in January, the third course, also given by Mr. Cleaves, 

 being as follows: January 10, Volcanoes and earthquakes; January 17, 

 Rocks and their products ; January 24, Rivers and their work ; January 31, 

 Shore lines and wave action. 



In January Miss Pollard will begin a course for the primary grades, be- 

 low 4a and 4b ; these talks will be given on Monday afternoons at 4 o'clock, 

 alternating with the high school lectures. The dates and subjects are as 

 follows : January 13, Trees of Staten Island ; January 27, Arctic animals ; 

 February 10, Animals of the jungle ; February 24, Wonders of the sea. 



On December 28, at 8.15 o'clock, a special lecture, to which all members 

 of the Association and their friends are invited, will be given in the assem- 

 bly hall of the museum by Miss Helen E. Cleaves, Assistant Supervisor of 

 drawing in the Boston Public Schools. 



In conformity with our general policy of extending the activities of the 

 museum along beneficial lines, a troop of Boy Scouts has recently been or- 

 ganized, of which Mr. Pollard is the scout master, and which is known offi- 

 cially as the First St. George Troop. At present it consists of one patrol of 

 eight boys, but will probably be increased to two or three more patrols dur- 

 the winter. The trustees have granted permission to the troop to hold its 

 indoor meetings in the museum and to use the museum workshop under 

 supervision. In return the boys will promote the interests of the museum 

 among their friends and will assist in its work whenever possible. During 

 the spring the troop will probably arrange for an exhibition of scoutcraft 

 for the benefit of the Association. 



Entered as second-class matter in the Postoffice at New Brighton, N. Y., under Act of Congress of July 16. 1894. 



