8 Contents 



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Building and Equipment 42 



Case Construction and Equipment 42 



Special Gifts and Acknowledgments 42 



General Administration of the Museum 45 



Popular Publications 45 



Practical Use of Exhibits 45 



New Exhibits 46 



Printing and Labeling 47 



Summary of Printing 47 



Care of Building and Equipment 48 



Attendance 48 



Statistics of Numbers Reached by the Museum and Its Extension 



Educational System . 49 



Reports of the Curators SI 



Public Education in the Museum and in the Schools 51 



Y. M. C. A. War Work 52 



Circulating Collections 53 



Public Health Charts 54 



Comparative Statistics Relating to the Circulating Collections for the 



Past Seven Years 54 



The Museum and the Public Libraries 55 



Lending of Lantern Slides 55 



Lectures to School Children 56 



Cooperation with High Schools and Teachers 56 



Education for the Blind 57 



Docent Service 57 



Cooperation with Barnard College 58 



Photographic Work 58 



Reference File of Negatives and Photographs 58 



Changes in Staff 59 



Acknowledgments 59 



Geology, Geography and Past Life on the Earth 59 



Work in the Arctic • 59 



Development of the Department 60 



Plan of Arrangement of Exhibits 60 



Exhibition Hall . 60 



Expert Service 61 



Grand Canyon Model 61 



Card Catalogue 61 



Meteorite Collection 61 



Important Accessions 62 



Fifth Floor Extension 62 



