Plans for Future Development 29 



It is also a 



pleasure to note that the fine spirit of cooperation that pervades the 

 Department has contributed in large measure to the success of the 

 year's work. The following diagram shows the organization and 

 functions of the Department. 



The calls upon staff members for service outside of Museum 



work are frequent, and it is impossible to answer them all. Dr. Fisher, 



however, has contributed generously of his time 



outside and experience. During his vacation, he con- 



activitdzs ducted, under the auspices of the National Asso- 



of staff ciation of Audubon Societies, the course in Bird 



Study at the University of Florida. Besides 



lecturing before a number of private schools, clubs, and educational 



organizations, he addressed the Teachers' College Alumni Association 



at Columbia; the New Jersey Science Teachers' Association at 



Trenton, and the General Science Club of New England at Boston, 



on ''The Use of Motion Pictures in Teaching Biology." He also 



participated in meetings of the Woodcraft League and has recently 



been elected to the Council of Guidance of the League. 



The Curator and Associate Curator have undertaken, jointly, the 

 preparation of the nature study section of the Girl Scouts Manual, 

 which is to be published early in 1920. The major part of this work 

 has been done by Dr. Fisher. 



YVe desire to express our appreciation of the practical assistance 

 which we have received from many sources. Motion picture films 

 have been loaned by the State Conservation Com- 

 ackxowl- mission, through Mr. Clinton G. Abbott; by the 



edgmelnts General Electric Company, through Mr. C. F. 



Bateholts; by Mr. Lee Keedick; by the American- 

 Scandinavian Foundation, and by Prizma, Inc. Photographic material 

 was generously furnished by Brown Brothers and by H. Martens 

 & Co., and a map for copy by H. J. Yunnan, Furrier. This friendly 

 cooperation has been very helpful in advancing the educational work 

 of the institution. 



IV. PLANS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT 



The experience of the past few years has pointed out three lines 

 of development of the Museum's school work which are of primary im- 

 portance. 

 local The first is the extension of the Local Lec- 



LECTiHr: ture Center plan. As already stated, for several 



centers years the Museum has been conducting lectures 



in three centers, of which that at the Washington 

 Irving High School approaches the ideal. Here is a centrally located 



