1885.] 



233 



[Anunal Meeting. 



As a natural consequence of this plan the class succeeded in 

 studying less than one-half of the whole number of types formerly 

 used in the precisely similar course given in 1879. The results, 

 however, we believe were more satisfactory than those attained 

 during that course, though the attendance was considerably smaller. 



The average attendance was 179. 



Number of applications received 750. 



Number of tickets distributed. Zoological course. 



Zoology 837 To teachers, 



Mineralogy 75 To private addresses 



complimentary, etc. 



912 



587 



250 



837 







LIST BY 



TOWNS. 







Andover 



1 



Everett 



2 



Salem 



1 



Belmont 



4 



Hingham 



3 



Somerville 



9 



Brookline 



4 



Hyde Park 



26 



Stoneham 



5 



Cambridge 



72 



Lawrence 



1 



Wakefield 



16 



Canton 



1 



Maiden 



5 



Woburn 



12 



Chelsea 



11 



Medford 



5 



Boston 



343 



Cohasset 



1 



Melrose 



9 



Complimentary 



140 



Concord 



1 



Newton 



41 



Private addresses 



110 



Dedham 



1 



Quincy 



13 







837 



Twenty-three towns in the neighborhood of Boston. 



GRADE OF TEACHERS. 



Boston Public Schools. 



Superintendent, 1 



Masters 16 



Sub-Masters 12 



Junior " 1 



Assistants 314 



Out-of-town Schools. 

 Superintendents 2 



Masters and Principals 45 

 Sub-Masters 2 



Assistants 195 



The course of ten lectures on Zoology were succeeded by a course 

 of ten laboratory lessons in Elementary Mineralogy by Prof. W* 

 O. Crosby. These lessons followed the plan indicated in Mrs. 

 Ellen H. Richards' " First Lessons in Minerals," in Science Guide, 



