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Dr. Carl Lumholtz, who has recently returned from a two-years' 

 expedition in liorneo, has brought his collection to the Museum and is 

 husily enf>;aged in unpacking it for the examination of the Museum 

 authorities. He plans an expedition to New Guinea for the near future. 



Dr. Crampton, Mr. Anthony and Mr. Cherrie are expected back at 

 the Museum in February. 



Mr. Palmer, of the Construction Department, has been confined 

 to his home for the last few w^eeks by a severe attack of inflammatory 

 rheumatism. 



Miss Martha Miller recently made an aeroplane flight from Mitchell 

 Field. The trip was enlivened by a loop and tail spin. 



Miss" Evant is back at work after an illness of almost three weeks. 



On Wednesday afternoon, January 19th, from 3:00 to 5:00 o'clock, 

 the teaching staff and the graduating class of the New York Training 

 School for Teachers were entertained at the Museum. The visit was 

 arranged in order that the graduates of the Training School might have 

 an opportunity to personally inspect the w^ays and means by which the 

 American Museum is prepared to assist them in their profession, and 

 might become acquainted with the members of the Museum's staff — 

 especially those in our Department of Public Education, with whom they 

 will later come in contact. 



The guests, of whom there were about a hundred and fifty, gathered 

 in the large Auditorium at 3 o'clock, where slides and motion pictures 

 were shown. A short tour of the JNIuseum was then made under the 

 guidance of cooperating members of the ]\Iuseum stafi", and exhibits of 

 special interest to teachers were pointed out. Tea was served in the 

 Hallof the Ageof Man. 



That the afternoon was a success was shown by the enthusiasm of the 

 teachers and the appreciative letters which have since been received 

 from a number of them. 



It is })lanne(l to make the entertainment in this manner of newly 

 graduating teachers a regular feature of Museum service, to the end 

 that in time the city's entire teaching staff may be thoroughly familiar 



