30 Report of the President. 



Lectures. — Several lecture courses have been delivered 

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

 to Members, (2) a public course given on holidays, (3) a spring 

 course to pupils of the public schools, (4) a course in conjunc- 

 tion with the New York Academy of Sciences, (5) a course in 

 conjunction with the Linnsean Society of New York, and (6) a 

 course under the auspices of the Board of Education of the 

 City of New York, in cooperation with the Museum. 



Through the courtesy of the Members of the Peary Arctic 

 Club, arrangements were made with Commander Robert E. 

 Peary to give at the Museum, on December 8, the first pub- 

 lic account of his remarkable exploring expedition and of 

 the voyage of the " Roosevelt." The interest of the public in 

 the work of this intrepid explorer was evidenced by the un- 

 usual number who came to hear him. Fully 30,000 people 

 sought admission. 



Lectures to Members. 



Members of the scientific staff of the Museum delivered 

 the following lectures : 



February 15. — The Five American Nations: Conquerors of the Snow, Forest, 



Mist, Desert and Plain , Harlan I. Smith 



March 1. — Impressions of English Bird Life Frank M. Chapman 



8. — Travels in Patagonia Barnum Brown 



15. — Meteors and Comets — Their Mutual Relations, 



Prof. Robert W. Prentiss 

 22. — The Planets — Their Telescopic Appearance and Physical 



Condition Prof. Robert W. Prentiss 



November 8. — A Sketch of California Bird Life Frank M. Chapman 



" 15. — A Zoologist's Journey to the Society Islands, 



Henry E. Crampton 



" 22. — Iceland — Its Scenery and Inhabitants Louis P. Gratacap 



December 6. — Fragments of Other Worlds S. Alfred Mitchell 



" 13. — A Journey in Old Mexico Edmund Otis Hovey 



Public Lectures on Holidays. 



New Year's Day, January 1. — The Philippines — Manila, 



Prof. Albert S. Bickmore 

 Washington's Birthday, February 22. — The Philippines — Luzon, 



George H. Sherwood 



