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  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Pi-esident 
  

  

  originally 
  given 
  in 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  occupied 
  five 
  of 
  our 
  

   large 
  halls, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  most 
  complete 
  exposition 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  

   of 
  checking 
  the 
  great 
  white 
  plague. 
  The 
  opening 
  exercises 
  

   were 
  held 
  November 
  30, 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  Mayor, 
  Commissioner 
  

   Darlington 
  and 
  others 
  spoke, 
  and 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  till 
  January 
  

   17, 
  1909, 
  the 
  exhibit 
  was 
  open 
  to 
  the 
  public. 
  The 
  widespread 
  

   interest 
  in 
  this 
  exhibit 
  was 
  phenomenal. 
  The 
  total 
  attendance 
  

   for 
  the 
  seven 
  weeks 
  was 
  753,954, 
  and 
  the 
  largest 
  attendance 
  

   in 
  any 
  one 
  day 
  was 
  63,256. 
  

  

  It 
  speaks 
  well 
  for 
  the 
  efficiency 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   that 
  these 
  enormous 
  crowds 
  were 
  handled 
  without 
  a 
  single 
  

   case 
  of 
  disorder. 
  During 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  weeks 
  of 
  the 
  exhibition, 
  

   by 
  special 
  arrangement 
  with 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Schools, 
  

   pupils 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  schools 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  40,000 
  were 
  

   brought 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  and 
  every 
  effort 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  render 
  

   their 
  visit 
  profitable. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  societies 
  and 
  organizations 
  were 
  guests 
  of 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  in 
  1908: 
  

  

  American 
  Bison 
  Society 
  

  

  American 
  Ethnological 
  Society 
  

  

  American 
  Institute 
  of 
  Mining 
  Engineers 
  

  

  American 
  Nature 
  Study 
  Society, 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  Section 
  

  

  American 
  Psychological 
  Association, 
  New 
  York 
  Branch 
  

  

  Audubon 
  Society 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Charity 
  Organization 
  Society 
  

  

  Committee 
  on 
  Congestion 
  of 
  Population 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  

  

  Concilium 
  Bibliographicum 
  

  

  Eastern 
  Art 
  Teachers 
  Association 
  

  

  Fourth 
  International 
  Fishery 
  Congress 
  

  

  Horticultural 
  Society 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Linnsean 
  Society 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  National 
  Association 
  of 
  Audubon 
  Societies 
  for 
  the 
  Protection 
  of 
  Wild 
  

   Birds 
  and 
  Animals 
  

  

  Natural 
  Science 
  Committee 
  of 
  the 
  Associate 
  Alumnse 
  of 
  the 
  Normal 
  

   College 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Microscopical 
  Society 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Mineralogical 
  Club 
  

  

  Playground 
  Association 
  of 
  America 
  

  

  School 
  Garden 
  Association 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Torrey 
  Botanical 
  Club 
  

  

  West 
  Side 
  Natural 
  History 
  Society 
  

  

  