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them informed of all Museum activities, and they may have 



upon request the services of an instructor to explain the 



exhibits. 



Besides the eight or ten regular lectures for Members, given 



annually on Thursday evenings in the spring and autumn, which 



this year included the great lectures by Colonel Roosevelt and 



Mr. Tames Barnes, we now give two series on 

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Saturday mornings for the children of Members. 



These are adapted to children and are designed to give them 



a genuine interest in out-door life. They have been attended 



by large numbers of children. 



Usually from four to eight special lectures are given annu- 

 ally to which Members are invited. In May, Members had an 

 opportunity to hear Sir Francis Younghusband on "Tibet and 

 the Entrance to Lhasa." The first exhibition in this country 

 of the second series of African big game motion pictures taken 

 by Mr. Paul. J. Rainey was given to Members of the Museum. 

 Other special lectures to which Members were invited were, 

 "The Scenery of the Atlantic Coast and Its Answer to the 

 Question: Is the Coast Sinking?" by Dr. Douglas Wilson 

 Johnson, given by the Museum in conjunction with the Ameri- 

 can Scenic and Historic Preservation Society; " Forestry and 

 the Forests of New York," by Dr. Hugh P. Baker, Dean of 

 the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse Uni- 

 versity, in conjunction with the Tree Planting Association of 

 New York; "Problems of Volcanic Action," by Professor 

 Reginald A. Daly, under the auspices of the Museum and the 

 New York Academy of Sciences; "The Musical Genius of 

 Birds," by Mr. William L. Finley, given in connection with 

 the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies; "Exploration and Ascent of the Hispar Glacier, 

 Karakoram," given by the noted explorers Dr. and Mrs. 

 Workman, in conjunction with the American Alpine Club; 

 "Picturesque Panama and the Canal" were explained to 

 Members by Dr. Frederic Poole. 



Including the various lectures for children, for a contribu- 

 tion of ten dollars Members have been entitled to attend more 

 than seventy-five lectures, several of which were by eminent 

 people. 



