﻿20 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  

  

  have 
  been 
  supplied, 
  and 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  575,801 
  pupils 
  have 
  used 
  

   the 
  collections. 
  Besides 
  filling 
  the 
  requests 
  of 
  the 
  regular 
  

   schools, 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  vacation 
  schools 
  (27 
  in 
  number) 
  has 
  been 
  

   supplied 
  with 
  these 
  collections, 
  54,889 
  children 
  having 
  been 
  

   reached 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  Of 
  more 
  than 
  passing 
  interest 
  is 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  placing 
  

   small 
  but 
  attractive 
  collections 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  branch 
  

   libraries, 
  made 
  as 
  an 
  experiment 
  last 
  year 
  through 
  cooperation 
  

   with 
  Miss 
  Moore, 
  Supervisor 
  of 
  Children's 
  Libraries. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  are 
  designed 
  to 
  stimulate 
  the 
  reading 
  of 
  

   good 
  books 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  subjects 
  which 
  the 
  specimens 
  are 
  

   intended 
  to 
  illustrate. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  selected 
  with 
  due 
  

   regard 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   library 
  is 
  located. 
  The 
  results 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  have 
  been 
  

   most 
  striking. 
  An 
  Eskimo 
  exhibit 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  branch 
  

   library 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  West 
  Side. 
  In 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  weeks 
  the 
  

   calls 
  for 
  Arctic 
  books 
  increased 
  from 
  o 
  to 
  400. 
  We 
  desire 
  

   to 
  extend 
  this 
  work. 
  

  

  Increased 
  demands 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  upon 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  

   Instructor 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  Members 
  and 
  

   their 
  friends 
  has 
  visited 
  the 
  laboratories 
  and 
  work-rooms 
  

   under 
  her 
  guidance, 
  and 
  frequent 
  appointments 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  with 
  visiting 
  classes 
  to 
  examine 
  and 
  study 
  the 
  general 
  

   collections. 
  Special 
  lectures 
  on 
  zoology 
  and 
  botany 
  have 
  

   been 
  prepared 
  by 
  her 
  and 
  delivered 
  to 
  pupils 
  of 
  the 
  Normal 
  

   College 
  and 
  high 
  schools 
  of 
  the 
  City. 
  During 
  the 
  summer, 
  as 
  

   representative 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  Mrs. 
  Roesler 
  attended 
  the 
  con- 
  

   ference 
  of 
  the 
  Museums 
  Association 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  held 
  at 
  

   Ipswich, 
  England, 
  at 
  which 
  she 
  presented 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  "The 
  

   Work 
  of 
  an 
  Instructor 
  in 
  The 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History." 
  

  

  More 
  than 
  205 
  lectures 
  have 
  been 
  delivered 
  at 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   during 
  the 
  year. 
  These 
  include 
  (1) 
  a 
  spring 
  and 
  a 
  fall 
  course 
  

   to 
  Members; 
  (2) 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  Talks 
  to 
  Members; 
  (3) 
  a 
  spring 
  

   and 
  a 
  fall 
  course 
  for 
  the 
  pupils 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  schools; 
  (4) 
  free 
  

   lectures 
  on 
  public 
  holidays; 
  (5) 
  a 
  course 
  of 
  Jesup 
  Lectures, 
  

   given 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  Columbia 
  University, 
  and 
  (6) 
  three 
  

   courses 
  given 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Education 
  of 
  

   the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  