Privileges of Members 139 



MEMBERSHIP 



The growth of our membership roll reflects the confidence 

 that the public at large has in the quality of the service 

 rendered by the institution to the world. In spite of the 

 abnormal financial conditions of the year, a greater number of 

 new Members has been enrolled than in any preceding year. 

 In all, 904 new names appear on our records and the total 

 membership now exceeds 5,000. This means that there -are 

 more than 5,000 friends who are actively interested in the 

 development of the Museum and the extension of its educa- 

 tional work, and the influence of these Members in interesting 

 others is one of the Museum's greatest assets. 



Members receive current copies of the magazine Natural 

 History, tickets to the various courses of lectures and the 

 privileges of the Members' Room. The name of The American 

 Museum Journal has been changed to Natural History, partly 

 to avoid confusion with other publications known as "Museum 

 Journals" and partly because the magazine for two years had 

 not been restricted to a consideration of the American 

 Museum's work and interests, but aimed to be a medium of 

 expression between authoritative science in America and the 

 people, a place for publication of readable articles on the 

 results of the scientific research and thought of the nation for 

 people who are not technically trained. 



Owing to conditions in the printing trade and the difficulties 

 of securing suitable material, there has been an extraordinary 

 delay in the regular issuing of the magazine during the latter 

 part of the year. To relieve the congestion, it was decided to 

 issue one large number 'of the magazine which would be the 

 equivalent of the October, November and December numbers 

 and would close the 1919 volume. Unfortunately, however, 

 delays prevented the issuing of this number before the close 

 of the year. Owing mainly to the increased cost of produc- 



