36 Report of the President 



Sir Henry Jones, Professor of Moral Philosophy, University 

 of Glasgow; Dr. John Joly, Professor of Geology and Miner- 

 alogy, Trinity College, Dublin; Lieutenant Robert Nichols, 

 Oxford University; Captain H. A. Smith, Fellow of Mag- 

 dalen College, Oxford University; Miss Caroline Spurgeon, 

 Professor of English Literature, Bedford College, University 

 of London; Miss Rose Sidgwick, Lecturer on Ancient His- 

 tory, University of Birmingham. 



The Mission of French Scholars to the United States visited 

 the Museum on November 12, accompanied by Dr. William H. 



Carpenter, provost of Columbia University. The 

 Mission of Mission was received by Professor Henry Fair- 

 Scholars h&A Osborn and members of the scientific staff, 



and an inspection of the educational methods 

 employed by the Museum in handling its exhibits was made. 

 The members of the Mission included : Dr. Theodore Reinach, 

 of the Institut de France ; Professor Emmanuel de Martonne, 

 of the University of Paris; Professor Fernand Baldensperger 

 of the University of Paris ; Professor Charles Cazamian of the 

 University of Paris; Dr. Etienne Burnet of the Pasteur Insti- 

 tute (Paris) ; Mr. Charles Koechlin, composer and critic of 

 music ; and Mr. Seymour de Ricoli, art critic and secretary of 

 the Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 



Among the societies and organizations that visited or held 

 meetings at the Museum in 1918 were: 



American Association for the Advancement of Science, Section E 



American Ethnological Society 



American Nature Study Society 



American Ornithologists' Union 



American Red Cross 



American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society 



Angle School of Orthodontia, Eastern Association of Graduates 



Aquarium Society 



British Educational Mission to the United States 



Catherine Abbe Club 



Chautauqua Bird and Tree Club 



City History Club 



Columbia University, Classes 



Department of Education, New York City, free public lecture 



courses 

 Elsie Rutgers Club 

 DeWitt Clinton High School 



