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Radclyffe Dugmore for permission to make a series of prints 

 from his remarkable negatives of big game taken in British 

 East Africa. A similar courtesy has been extended by Mr. 

 Kermit Roosevelt in connection with the negatives taken by 

 him on his recent hunting trip with his father. Dr. Louis 

 L. Seaman, another African traveler, has given the Museum 

 permission to reproduce his photographs. 



Children's Room. — The Children's Room continues to 

 enjoy the popularity which was manifested at its inception. 

 While the main purpose of the room is recreative, an instructor 

 is always present to answer questions and to guide the interests 

 of the children in profitable channels. Owing to the limited 

 equipment and to the cramped quarters now occupied, it is 

 necessary to restrict the attendance, and many children have 

 to be turned away. It is hoped that a patron may be found 

 who will provide the necessary support for extending this work. 



Room for the Blind. — Through the bequest of the late 

 Phebe Anna Thorne and the generosity of her executors, a 

 sum of $25,000 has been provided as an endowment of the 

 Room for the Blind, the income from which will provide 

 ample funds for the development of this feature of the 

 Museum's activities. This sum was given as a memorial to 

 Mr. Jonathan Thorne, and a bas-relief tablet in bronze, exe- 

 cuted by Mr. Chester M. Beach, has been placed in the room. 



During the year, classes from the public schools and from 

 the Institute for the Blind, as well as single visitors, have made 

 use of this exhibit. Plans have also been made for supplying 

 the classes of blind children in the public schools with special 

 loan collections of nature study specimens. 



The services of the instructor have been in increasing 

 demand by teachers desiring to have their pupils guided 

 through the Museum, and many special lectures have been 

 given on request. 



MINERALS 

 L. P. Gratacap, Curator 



Department of Mineralogy. — The accessions for the 

 year, of noteworthy importance, have been almost entirely 

 confined to specimens procured through the interest of the 



