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Hospitality to Societies 36 



Special Exhibitions 37 



Gifts and Special Courtesies 39 



General Administration 41 



Practical Use of Exhibits 41 



Popular Publications 42 



New Exhibits 43 



Printing and Labeling 44 



Summary of Printing 44 



Care of Building and Equipment 44 



Attendance 45 



Building Needs 46 



Flagpoles 46 



Reports of the Departments 47 



Public Education — Department of Public Education 47 



Summary of Statistics 48 



Circulation of Lantern Slides 48 



Lectures for School Children in the Museum 49 



Local Lecture Centers 49 



Cooperation with Teachers 50 



Docent Service 51 



Cooperation with Barnard College 51 



Regents' Week 51 



Educational Work for the Blind 52 



Jonathan Thome Memorial Fund 52 



General Lectures S3 



Circulating Nature Study Collections S3 



Comparative Statistics Relating to the Circulating Collections for the 



Past Seven Years 53 



Library Loan Exhibitions 54 



Photographic Work 54 



Reference Photographs and Negatives 55 



Library of Motion Pictures 55 



Staff 56 



Acknowledgments 56 



Geology and Extinct Invertebrates — Department of Geology and Inverte- 

 brate Palaeontology 56 



Crocker Land Expedition 57 



Staff 58 



Revision of Exhibits 58 



Segregation of Types 58 



Models and Maps 59 



Seismograph 60 



Research 60 



Accessions 61 



Publications 61 



