Educational Use of Darwin Hall J$ 



exhibit is based on the researches of Professor Crampton in 

 the South Pacific Islands, and was installed under his direction. 

 Considerable progress has been made on the new Sound Bot- 

 tom Group, which will show the Crustacea of Vineyard Sound, 

 at Gay Head, Massachusetts. Work on the proposed Rotifer 

 Group, which will represent, highly magnified, the interesting 

 "wheel-animalcules" of fresh water, has progressed satisfac- 

 torily. This work is being carried out by Mr. Miner, with the 

 cooperation of Mr. Frank J. Myers, who has placed his detailed 

 and expert studies on rotifers at the service of the Museum, 

 and has freely and materially assisted in many other ways 

 toward the success of the group. Two beautiful models of 

 highly magnified radiolarians have been executed in glass by 

 Mr. Herman Mueller and added to the protozoan series. Sev- 

 eral other individual items are in progress. The remodeling 

 of the museum cases has gone forward, ten being completed, 

 and it is planned to include the rest of this work in a compre- 

 hensive scheme embracing the entire east end of the Hall. 



During the year 1920, there has been a striking increase in 

 the use of the Darwin Hall by schools and higher educational 



institutions of New York and its vicinity. A 

 Educational total of 17,622 pupils studied the exhibits in this 

 Darwin Hall ^ a ^> under the direction of their teachers, in 519 



classes from 253 institutions. Of these, 182 are 

 public institutions, 51 private, 14 parochial, and 6 are colleges; 

 151 are located in New York, and 102 are out of town. Many 

 of the New York schools have included the study of the 

 Darwin Hall exhibits in their regular curriculum. 



Very satisfactory progress has been made on the study col- 

 lections of invertebrates. Dr. Van Name has devoted several 

 months to the identification and rearrangement 

 General of the Echinoderm collections, which have 



Collection ** g reatr y increased during recent years. This im- 

 portant work has been done with great care and 

 faithfulness. The Echinoidea have been completed, and good 

 progress has been made with the Asteroidea. Mr. Frank J. 

 Myers has liberally contributed his expert work to the rotifer 



