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Continuing the policy of recent years, the Museum has given 

 lectures in four lecture centers and in several of the schools. 



The most satisfactory center has been maintained 

 Local in the Washington Irving High School, in coop- 



Centers eration with Miss Florence Slater. This center 



approaches the ideal. The classes from the ele- 

 mentary schools within easy walking distance come to the 

 auditorium of this high school and the Museum lecturers meet 

 them there. In this way the Museum is brought to children 

 who cannot afford the carfare to go to the Museum. Series 

 of lectures were also given in Public School No. 64, Manhat- 

 tan, Mr. Louis A. Marks, Principal; in Public School No. 42, 

 Bronx, Mr. Eugene B. Gartlan, Principal ; and in Public School 

 No. 30, Bronx, Miss Mary A. Conlon, Principal. 



A new line of contact with the schools which bids fair to 

 be the most important of all has been developed through a 



series of lectures given by the Museum staff in 

 the Training tne New York Training School for Teachers. 

 School for In this school alone several hundred young 



women are in intensive training for teachers. 

 The great majority of them enter the New York City System. 

 It is of importance, therefore, for them to become acquainted 

 with the Museum and its educational resources before they 

 take up their profession. The lectures have a twofold pur- 

 pose: To give the student teachers greater breadth of vision, 

 and to demonstrate how they can use Museum material. A 

 good beginning has been made and we hope and expect that 

 very practical results will follow. 



In addition to these regular lecture courses, a considerable 

 number of special lectures have been given at the Museum or 

 in the schools. During Regents' Week in Janu- 

 General aiy and in June, large numbers of high school 



Summary"* pupils visited the Museum for lectures and labo- 

 ratory work. In the regular courses of lectures 

 for Members and Children of Members, 16 lectures have been 

 given, with a total attendance of 12,029. The lectures to 



