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  8 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  appropriation, 
  the 
  contract 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  let. 
  The 
  need 
  of 
  this 
  roadway 
  is 
  imperative 
  and 
  it 
  

   should 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  piece 
  of 
  new 
  construction 
  undertaken, 
  as, 
  

   under 
  present 
  conditions, 
  the 
  delivery 
  of 
  our 
  coal 
  an& 
  heavy 
  

   freight 
  is 
  both 
  difficult 
  and 
  expensive. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  better 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  buildings 
  and 
  collections, 
  

   two 
  fire 
  alarm 
  boxes, 
  giving 
  direct 
  connection 
  with 
  Fire 
  Head- 
  

   quarters, 
  have 
  been 
  installed, 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Informa- 
  

   tion, 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  Lecture 
  Hall, 
  and 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  night- 
  

   watchmen's 
  telephones 
  has 
  been 
  put 
  in 
  operation. 
  Telephones 
  

   have 
  been 
  installed 
  in 
  remote 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  and 
  at 
  all 
  

   important 
  intermediate 
  centers. 
  The 
  watchmen 
  in 
  their 
  

   rounds 
  are 
  required 
  to 
  report 
  by 
  telephone 
  to 
  the 
  Central 
  

   Office 
  according 
  to 
  a 
  definite 
  schedule. 
  

  

  PUBLIC 
  EDUCATION 
  

  

  Attendance. 
  — 
  For 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  the 
  attendance 
  has 
  exceeded 
  the 
  million 
  mark, 
  

   1,043,582 
  visitors 
  having 
  been 
  recorded 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  While 
  

   the 
  International 
  Tuberculosis 
  Exhibition, 
  held 
  during 
  Decem- 
  

   ber, 
  was 
  largely 
  responsible 
  for 
  this 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  attendance, 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  visitors 
  that 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  for 
  other 
  

   purposes 
  was 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  preceding 
  year 
  and 
  indicates 
  

   a 
  steady 
  growth 
  of 
  popular 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  institution. 
  

  

  Public 
  Lectures. 
  — 
  The 
  Lectures 
  given 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  

   of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Education, 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  

   and 
  Affiliated 
  Societies 
  and 
  other 
  organizations 
  were 
  attended 
  

   by 
  82,718; 
  the 
  pupils 
  attending 
  the 
  special 
  talks 
  given 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  

   Roesler 
  numbered 
  3,576. 
  

  

  The 
  attendance 
  at 
  the 
  two 
  courses 
  of 
  regular 
  lectures 
  for 
  

   school 
  children 
  was 
  22,931 
  pupils. 
  

  

  The 
  teachers 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  and 
  private 
  schools 
  are 
  utilizing 
  

   more 
  and 
  more 
  the 
  general 
  exhibition 
  collections 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   illustrate 
  their 
  lessons 
  in 
  history, 
  geography 
  and 
  science. 
  

   The 
  records 
  show 
  that 
  10,387 
  pupils 
  visited 
  the 
  Museum 
  in 
  

   this 
  connection. 
  

  

  Astronomic 
  Exhibits. 
  — 
  In 
  a 
  previous 
  report 
  mention 
  was 
  

   made 
  of 
  an 
  installation 
  in 
  the 
  Foyer 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  repre- 
  

   senting 
  the 
  Solar 
  System. 
  This 
  exhibit 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  modified 
  

  

  