28 ANNUAL MEETING 



No. Subject tlr; 



I Bees 7 



Date 



Date 



No. of 



Atten- 



begun 



ended 



Lectures 



dance 



ay 14 



June 



1 24 



2663 



SUMMER VACATION. 



II 



Birds 



7 



Nov. 20 



Feb. 



5 



47 



3208 



III 



Physiology 



9 



Dec. 14 



Jan. 



11 



13 



515 



IV 



Tropical Products 



6 



Feb. 5 



March 



8 



34 



4862 



V 



Coal and Iron 



5 



March 13 



April 



18 



30 



3914 



VI 



Physiology 



9 



April 29 



June 



14 



23 



1477 



VII 



Bees 



7 



May 13 



June 



14 



19 



3092 



Total number of lectures 190 Total attendance 19,731 



All of these lectures are illustrated by the materials in 

 our own Museum. In series I and VII a full hive with the 

 bees at work is used, as well as an empty hive showing the 

 frames, bee-cells, etc. and a series of lantern slides illustrating 

 the principal features of bee life as indicated by John Burrough's 

 stories about bees, used in the schools as a reader. 



In series II is used the fine set of lantern slides owned 

 by the Society, illustrating birds and their homes. 



The lectures on Physiology, series III and VI were tried 

 for the first time last year and have proven to be the most 

 popular in our courses. The State Regents require a certain 

 amount of practical experimental work before the classes and 

 as the Public Schools do not have adequate facilities for such 

 work, the ninth grade classes have come to us for it. All the 

 experiments required are given before these classes, the cir- 

 culation of the blood in the tissues is demonstrated and when 

 desired by the teacher, photo-micrographs illustrating normal 

 histology are thrown upon the screen and explained to the 

 pupils. The skeleton purchased last year has also been in 

 daily use. 



In series IV for the 6th grade the lectures are illustrated 

 by the specimens of tropical fruits displayed in the cases and by 

 numerous lantern slides of scenes in Jamaica and Mexico. 



The lectures on Coal and Iron (Series V) failed some- 

 what of their purpose as a portion of these fifth grade pupils 

 had not begun the study of United States Geography. 



The Schedules for these lectures are prepared by the 

 Department of Public Instruction and placed in the hands of the 



