46 Report of the President 



During the spring and again during the autumn, three series 

 of lectures of six each were given by members of the Museum 

 Lectures Staff ' ° n Monda y> Wednesday and Friday afternoons 

 to School at four °' clock - ° ne series was devoted to the 

 Children geography of foreign lands, another series to the 

 geography of the United States, and a third series 

 to American history, and all were planned to correlate with 

 the school curriculum. These lectures were fully illustrated 

 with lantern slides and motion pictures. On account of the 

 large number of requests for reservation of seats, several of 

 these lectures were repeated. The lecture on the Panama 

 Canal was given three times in the spring course, three times 

 in the autumn course, and twice to single schools. 



The number of pupils from the public schools who at- 

 tended the lectures in 19 13 was 39,352, an increase of 7,423 

 over 1912. 



Besides our regular course of lectures, several special lec- 

 tures were given by members of the Museum staff upon the 

 request of schools. 



Through the courtesy of the Gaumont Company, Limited, 

 of London, and Robert W. Priest, the lecture on the Antarctic 

 Regions, to the children of Members, on November 1, was 

 illustrated by the remarkable motion pictures of antarctic life 

 taken by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S., on the last expedi- 

 tion of Captain Scott. This lecture was given at the Museum 

 three times during the autumn: once to the children of Mem- 

 bers, once before the American Ornithologists' Union and 

 once in the course to public school children. 



Several courses of lectures on various subjects have been 

 given this year, and, as shown by the attendance, they have 

 been much appreciated. They have included a 

 spring and a fall course for Members on Thursday 

 evenings, a spring and a fall course for the children 

 of Members on Saturday mornings, the regular series given 

 under the auspices of the Board of Education, lectures in con- 

 junction with the American Scenic and Historic Preservation 

 Society, the Jesup course given in cooperation with Columbia 

 University, a course on the Principles of Healthy Living given 

 in connection with the Museum Department of Public Health, 



