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relating to radium and its applications, made in connection with 

 the visit of Mme. Curie. 



There were several exhibitions of posters illustrating the 

 cooperation of the Museum with schools and the use made of its 

 collections. One of these was a competitive exhibit of designs 

 for a cover for Natural History, by the Art Classes of Wash- 

 ington Irving High School, and another a set of posters for an 

 exhibition of Indian Art by second-year pupils of the New 

 York School of Fine and Applied Arts. The younger pupils 

 were represented, as on previous occasions, by posters teaching 

 kindness to animals, prepared under the auspices of the Humane 

 Education Committee of the New York Women's League for 

 Animals. 



In Memorial Hall and the Eastern Woodlands Hall, on 

 September 30 and October 1 and 2, an exhibit was held, planned 

 by the New York Association of Biology Teachers, to increase 

 interest in nature study among pupils and to give the public 

 an opportunity to see what the schools had accomplished in 

 practical nature study work. 



There was a total of 595 accessions during the year, 442 of 

 which were by gift. There were received or for- 

 Accessions warded through the shipping department 8,742 

 Shi shipments, and while some of these were of course 



small, a careful record kept for three months 

 showed that the average weight of material handled daily was 

 4,500 pounds. 



After many years of waiting, it has been possible to replace 

 one third of the window shades, and for the first time shades 

 have been used whose color bore some relation to 

 Building that of the building. The balance of the shades 



should be replaced, as, aside from those recently 

 put up, there is not an entire shade in the building; lack of 

 funds, high prices, and poor material have deferred the purchase 

 of shades for some years past until their condition has become 

 as tattered and torn as that of the lover in the nursery rhyme. 



Repairs on the roof are practically continuous, gutters, roof- 

 ing, capping, and leaders calling for incessant renewal. 



The changes in the Mineral Hall have naturally led to others, 

 the transfer of wall cases from the Hall of the Age of Man 



