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5. A Journey in South America 



6. The Wonderful Work of Water 



7. Care of the Teeth 



8. Minor Industries of New York State 



9. Farming in the Middle West, or Some Sources of Our 



Food Supply 



10. Mexico 



11. Longfellow 



12. Washington Irving's England 



13. "The Meadow People" 



14. Japan, the Island Empire 



15. Implements of Modern Warfare— The Aeroplane - 



16. Implements of Modern Warfare— The Submarine 



17. France: Paris 



18. The French Riviera 



19. Our National Heroes 



20. The State Reservation at Saratoga Springs. 



The following comparative statistics indicate the growth of 

 the work: 



tvt„ ~t t ~o„» No. of Slides 



No. of Loans circulated 



146 H,929 



491 38,912 



935 63,111 



992 72,287 



In addition to supplying the public schools, it has been found 

 possible to render similar service to several other schools and 

 institutions in or near the city. 



The marked growth in the use of slides is in no small meas- 

 ure due to the intelligent appreciation of the needs of teachers 

 and the efficient direction of the work by the slide librarian, 

 Miss Virginia B. McGivney. 



For nearly fifteen years, the Museum has been supplying 

 traveling collections of Nature Study specimens to the schools, 

 delivering them free of charge to any public 

 Nature school in Greater New York. So well established 



Collections 1S tms f° rm of assistance that teachers feel 

 slighted if these collections are not available for 

 their use at the beginning of the school term. This service has 





No. of Schools 





borrowing 



1915 



35 



1916 



63 



1917 



84 



1918 



102 



