THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. 5 



Miss Emily Belle Adams has conducted a series of Bird Talks in the 

 museum. 



Scientific Societies. 



Both the Zoological Club and the Botanical Society have maintained 

 a valuable and interesting series of meetings. Outlines of topics and dates 

 of meetings are given in the appendix. The Geological Club has held no 

 meetings during the past year. 



Attendance. 



Number of classes from city fil 



Out of city 17 



Total 78 



Pupils in city classes, 926 



Pupils in out of city classes, - 210 



Total, 1,136 



These figures testify to a sustained interest in this line of work. Out- 

 side classes were from Enfield, Holyoke, Westfield, Hazard ville, Chicopee, 

 and Mittineague. 



The estimated total yearly attendance was 34,670. 



WILLIAM ORR, 



Curator. 



