He also took a leading part in the educational 
movement, preparing the resolution which led the 
way to the delivery of the first Four Lectures to 
Teachers by Professor Albert S. Bickmore, in 1881. 
This was the first direct contact between the Mu- 
seum and the Public Schools. In 1886, with Pro- 
fessor Bickmore, he prepared a draft of an Act and 
a form of contract with the State for securing a 
more permanent support to carry on the Lectures 
to Teachers. This led to an annual appropriation, 
varying in amount from $18,000 to $38,000, to 
extend the educational influence of the Museum 
not only throughout the City but throughout the 
State, until the year 1904, when the Legislature 
failed to renew the Enactment. In his later years 
Mr. Choate was a frequent attendant at the lectures 
specially designed for the children of Members. 
Into every act connected with his service to the 
Museum, he entered with a spirit of intelligence and 
of enthusiasm, lightened invariably by a delight- 
ful humor. On the occasion of his delivery of the 
Memorial Address to President Jesup on February 
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