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ried on during the year through the Jonathan Thorne Memorial 



Fund. For the adult blind, two lectures were given. On 



March 17, Mr. George K. Cherrie told of his 



Educational Work adventures in a talk entitled "With Colonel 

 for the Blind _. 



Roosevelt on the River of Doubt, and on 



May 26 Mr. Charles Crawford Gorst spoke on "Bird Music/' 



For the blind children of the public schools, talks were given 

 at the Museum during school hours, and collections of birds, 

 mammals and insects and large relief globes of the world were 

 sent to the class rooms. Ten new and improved globes have 

 been added to the number already in circulation, and schools 

 in Brooklyn, as well as in Manhattan, have been supplied. The 

 talks were always carefully illustrated by objects which the 

 children could handle. Each teacher selected five subjects 

 especially suited to her class-room work, and, visiting the Mu- 

 seum at a time most convenient to her, received a lesson 

 adapted to the needs of her pupils. The classes were always 

 small, giving the opportunity, so necessary in helping blind 

 children, for individual attention. 



The Jonathan Thorne Memorial Fund covers not only the 



expense incurred in providing for the lectures and talks, but 



it also refunds, whenever necessary, the car 



Jonathan Thorne fares of the bl j nd a( j u lts and children and their 

 Memorial Fund . 



guides. In this way, many who could not 



otherwise afford to do so can take advantage of the opportu- 

 nities opened to them by the Museum. Moreover, for the 

 adults who have no friends or relatives upon whom they can 

 depend for guidance to the evening lectures, the Boy Scouts 

 make provision, calling for them before the lecture and guiding 

 them to their homes at the conclusion of the entertainment. 

 We desire to express our appreciation for this courtesy to 

 Mr. Lorillard Spencer, Jr., Scout Commissioner of Manhattan, 

 Mr. W. B. Holcombe, Scout Commissioner of Brooklyn, and 

 Mr. C. Elmore Smith, Scout Commissioner of Richmond. 



The general lectures have included two series of Science 

 Stories for the Children of Members given on Saturday morn- 



