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papers which were designed to call attention to the biological 

 facts which the installation of the collections demonstrate. 

 The exercises of the day were concluded with an informal 

 reception in the South Sea Islands Hall and Philippine Hall. 

 On Teachers' Day were issued a General Guide to the Ex- 

 hibition Halls and the November number of the Museum 

 Journal, which was devoted to an exposition of the educational 

 work of the Museum. Copies of each of these and of the 

 educational map mentioned above were given to each delegate. 

 In the preparation of the program for Teachers' Day, the 

 members of the department staff were assisted by the follow- 

 ing teachers: 



Teresa E. Bernholz, Public School Number 9 

 Anna M. Clark, New York Training School for 



Teachers 

 James E. Peabody, Morris High School 

 John F. Reigart, Public School Number 166 

 Lillian Belle Sage, Washington Irving High School 

 Richard W. Sharpe, DeWitt Clinton High School 



whose valuable suggestions and advice contributed in no small 

 degree to the success of the occasion. 



Museum Extension to the Schools and Libraries. — The 

 circulating collections continue to hold their popularity with 

 the teachers, which is a criterion of their practical use. This 

 branch of the work of the department has been more extensive 

 than in any preceding year. These collections have been 

 regularly supplied to 486 schools, or to more than three-fourths 

 of all the public schools of the City, and the statistics furnished 

 by the teachers show that they have been studied by 1,253,435 

 pupils, the largest number yet recorded by the department. 

 The distribution and circulation of these collections have 

 occupied the entire time of two messengers. 



