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There are 27 prepared lectures, and as several of these have 

 been duplicated to meet the needs of teachers, the total num- 

 ber of sets in circulation is 39. 



The number of separate loans was 1,470, while the total 

 number of slides circulated was 80,468. 



Work for the Blind, supported by the Jonathan Thorne 

 Memorial Fund, has included science talks for the sight con- 

 servation classes of the public schools, an even- 

 for the ing lecture for the adult blind, and loans to 



BllIuI classes of natural history specimens and of 



relief globes. 



Although the talks for the sight conservation classes were 

 planned for both spring and fall, the spring course was sus- 

 pended on account of the absence of Miss Thomas. This fall 

 the work was taken up by Miss Ruth E. Crosby and in consul- 

 tation with Miss Moscrip, Inspector of Classes for the Blind 

 in the Public Schools, a course of ten subjects was arranged, 

 including: 



The Narrative of the World War Miss Fisher 



The Sources of War Materials Dr. Fisher 



How the Eskimo Live Miss Crosby 



Hiawatha's People Miss Crosby 



The Earth and Neighbor Worlds Dr. Fisher 



The Change of Seasons Dr. Fisher 



The Three Forms of Water Miss Fisher 



The Story of the Seashore Miss Crosby 



Where Furs Come From Dr. Fisher 



How Seeds Are Scattered Miss Crosby 



From this list, each teacher chose the subjects she wished her 

 class to hear and the date on which she could most conveniently 

 visit the Museum. Each class was instructed separately and 

 the carfares of the pupils and guides were refunded when de- 

 sired. The chief aim in giving these talks is to provide the 

 pupils with adequate material which they can "see with their 

 hands." In this way they gain a clear impression of many 

 things which are difficult to describe and which are often 

 wrongly conceived. For instance, the talk on the World War 

 is illustrated by a large relief model showing the trenches and 

 dugouts of a modern battlefield. A class of wide-awake high 

 school girls, when shown this model, was amazed to find that 

 a trench was hollowed from the ground. Without exception, 



