School Service Building 19 



Percentages 

 of Increase 



Circulating Nature Study Collections 



Number of schools served 16% 



Number of pupils studying collections 36% 



Lectures to School Children 



Number of lectures 29% 



Attendance of pupils 50% 



Lending oe Lantern Slides 



Number of schools served 67% 



Number of loans to schools 87% 



Number of slides circulated in schools 100% 



Circulating Collections for Libraries 



Number of libraries supplied 20% 



Number using collections 30% 



Education eor the Blind 



Number of talks for blind children 333% 



Attendance 457 % 



Total Number Reached by Museum Extension 36% 



It is proposed to arrange this building especially for school in- 

 struction in all the branches of natural history which this 

 Museum touches. Partly to prepare for this, Curator C.-E. A. 

 Winslow has been sent abroad to study what is being done in 

 foreign cities along these lines, especially in the field of public 

 health. The Museum is honored by his selection as General 

 Medical Director of the League of Red Cross Societies at 

 Geneva. 



In alcoves surrounding the main hall of the SCHOOL SER- 

 VICE BUILDING will be placed a complete exhibit of the 

 natural history of man, from which may be drawn standard 

 material for distribution to the schools, and in these alcoves 

 space will be provided for classes of school children. This 

 adds one section to the Museum building program, which now 

 stands, in order of importance, as follows: 



Section Space Estimated 



number cu. ft. cost 



9. Asiatic Hall, Southeast Wing 1,181,000 $ 944,800 



10. Oceanic Hall, Southeast Court 1,027,000 770,250 



11. School Service Building, Southwest 



Court 1,000,600 650,000 



12. Roosevelt African Hall, East Cen- 



tral Wing 1,035,720 673,218 



13. Roosevelt Memorial Hall, East 



Central Pavilion 3,057,600 1,987,440 



14. Astronomic Hall, Central Pavilion 2,281,000 1,482,650 



15. Aztec Hall, West Central Pavilion 1,046,000 679,900 



16. South American Hall, Central 



West Wing 2,577,000 1,675,050 



17. Auditorium, Lecture Hall, Ca- 



pacity 3,000 1,541,800 



$10,405,108 



