8 Contents 



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Zoology and Palaeontology 29 



Publications of the Congo Expedition . . 30 



Membership and Staff 30 



Trustees 30 



Choate Memorial Volume 31 



Scientific Staff 31 



Public Activities of the Staff 32 



Hospitality to Societies 35 



British Educational Mission 35 



Mission of French Scholars 36 



Special Gifts and Acknowledgments 37 



General Administration of the Museum 38 



Popular Publications 38 



Printing and Labeling 38 



Summary of Printing 39 



Attendance 39 



Statistics of Numbers Reached by the Museum and Its Extension 



Educational System 40 



Public Information Committee 41 



New Exhibits 42 



Special Exhibits 43 



Care of Building and Equipment 44 



Heating and Lighting 45 



Needs of the Museum 46 



Reports of the Curators 47 



Public Education in the Museum and in the Schools 47 



War Work of the Department 47 



Publication — "Free Education" 49 



Opinions of Foreign Educators 49 



Lending of Lantern Slides 49 



Nature Study Collections 51 



Lectures for School Children 52 



Cooperation with High Schools 53 



Docent Service to Schools 53 



Loan Collections for Public Libraries 54 



Educational Work with the Blind 54 



Photographic Work 54 



Acknowledgments 55 



Staff 55 



Geology, Geography and Past Life on the Earth 56 



Changes in Staff 5<> 



Expert Assistants 56 



Exhibition Hall 5$ 



