36 Report of the President 



II. PROGRESS OF THE DEPARTMENTS 



PUBLIC EDUCATION 

 George H. Sherwood, Curator 



Department of Public Education. — Expansion has been 

 the key-note of the work of this department during the year. 

 While the routine work has progressed as usual, special atten- 

 tion has been given to devising further means of acquainting 

 teachers with the facilities that the Museum is ready to extend 

 to them. 



The difficulties of transportation have deterred many 

 teachers from making frequent use of the Museum. As an 

 aid in this connection, in cooperation with the 



Metropolitan Museum of Art 



American Geographical Society 



Hispanic Society of America 



New York Zoological Society 



New York Botanical Garden 



Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 



New York Public Library 



the Museum has prepared and published in colors a map of 

 New York City showing the free educational institutions and 

 the main transportation lines by which they can be reached. 

 Copies of this map have been distributed with the compliments 

 of the subscribing institutions to all the public schools in the 

 City, and copies have been posted in all the libraries and in 

 other public places. The total number of maps distributed 



is i,579- 



Another feature of the year's work was the Second Annual 

 Teachers' Day, which was held at the Museum November it. 

 All the public schools were invited to send delegates, and 870 

 teachers assembled in the auditorium to listen to addresses by 

 President Osborn and Director Lucas. The teachers were 

 then invited to visit the exhibition halls and examine critically 

 the specimens and collections. To make the examination 

 more practical each teacher was given a set of suggestion 



