Report of the President. 3 1 



March 1 — Life of a World. (An explanation of some important 



facts in geology) Jacques W. Redway 



8 — Industrial Regions of the United States. .Jacques W. Redway 

 " 15 — Man's Relation to Rivers and River Valleys. 



Richard E. Dodge 

 22 — Man's Relation to Mountains and Plains. .Richard E. Dodge 



" 29 — Life in the Deserts Richard E. Dodge 



April 5 — Great Ports of the World Cyrus C. Adams 



12 — How to Know the Common Trees John W. Moyer 



19 — Where Lumber Comes From John W. Moyer 



26 — Home Gardening Miss Louise Klein Miller 



Four lectures by Dr. Henry E. Crampton on "£ome Interesting 

 Aspects of Evolution." 



October 18 — The Problem of Evolution. 



25 — Interesting Facts showing Evolution. 

 November 1 — Interesting Facts showing the Method of Evolution. 

 8 — Method. (Conclusion and Summary.) 



15 — Earthquakes Cyrus C. Adams. 



22 — Volcanoes Dr. E. O. Hovey 



29 — Martinique George Donaldson 



December 6 — Ants and Bees W. T. Elsing 



13 — Snakes Wm. Harper Davis 



In concluding this my twenty-second report, I take pleasure 

 in assuring the members of this Board that the past year has 

 been one of achievement. The increase in the annual appro- 

 priation, the growing popularity of the lectures, the large 

 sums spent for laboratory research, the long list of publica- 

 tions, the opening of new exhibition halls, the appropriation 

 by the city of $200,000 for a new power house, the receipt of 

 large invoices of ethnological material from Siberia and China, 

 the conclusion of negotiations leading to the purchase of the 

 Cope Collection, and the departure of several exploring expe- 

 ditions are only a few of the indices of activity at the Museum, 

 of the generosity of our friends, and of appreciation on the 

 part of the City officers and the visiting public. 



The thirty-fourth year of the American Museum of Natural 

 History is now brought to a close. With thanks to you for 

 your cordial co-operation, I am, 



Very truly yours, 



Morris K. Jesup, 



President. 



