Report of the Art Museum 



We have been much gratified by the increased attendance during the 

 past year, as it shows conclusively that the Museum is gradually assum- 

 ing its proper place in the community. 



Much time and attention have been given to bringing before the public 

 the vast resources of the Museum for study, as well as for aesthetic en- 

 joyment. The story hours for children which have been given for the 

 past two years by Miss Cordelia C. Sargent have been continued. This 

 year she has made a special effort to supplement the course in history 

 which has been given in the public schools. The first one on Dec. 4th 

 being entitled Pomegranate Seeds, or How King Hades gained a Queen. 



Dec. nth. The Tale of Troy, the World's Greatest Story. 



Dec. 18th. Legend of the Christmas Rose. 



Jan. 8th. Wanderings of Ulysses. 



Jan. 15th. Little People of Tanagra. 



Jan. 22nd. Making of an Emperor, a Story of Rome. 



Feb. 5th. City of Seven Hills. 



Feb. 12th. Justinian and Theodora; or How a Roman Emperor Built 

 a Christian Church. 



Feb. 19th. Roland and Oliver. Knights of Deathless Fame. 



Feb. 26th. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. 



Mar. 12th. Tale of a Great Crusade. 



Mar. 19th. The Field of the Cloth of Gold. 



Mar. 26th. The Wondrous Tale of a Venetian Traveler; and 



Apr. 2nd. The Ship of Adventure; the Founding of a New Nation; 

 a story of our own Pilgrims. 



After these stories the children were brought to the Museum and 

 shown particularly the things in connection with the country and times 

 of which they had been hearing. 



In addition, stories were told at the Barrows School to an audience 

 of over four hundred; to the Olivet Community House; and at the Indian 

 Orchard and Memorial Square branch libraries. 



We wish to express our thanks to the Springfield School Board, who 

 have generously furnished us a drawing teacher who has come to the 

 Museum Saturday afternoons to give instruction to children who have 

 evinced a special desire to draw. The results may be seen on the screens. 

 These pupils average eleven or twelve years of age. Twenty-two en- 

 rolled for the class, but as this was more than could be accommodated 

 we have several on a waiting list to be notified when there is a vacancy. 

 One boy of twelve years has spent twenty-seven of his Saturday after- 

 noons here, one of the girls twenty-five, while several have been twenty 

 or more times, which indicates that the interest has been well sustained 



