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The school authorities sanctioned this request and granted permission 

 to make the exhibition and designated for that purpose a room used by 

 the principals and teachers as a committee room. Plans for dis- 

 playing them are being perfected. An exchange of cases will be made. 

 In compliance with the request of the president of the American 

 Association of Museimis to have an exhibit of the Museum extension 

 cases made at a meeting of the association held in Washington, D. C, 

 May 15-18, four cases were sent. In conjunction with the exhibition 

 of the cases, there was read a brief paper prepared by the Curator on 

 ''The Development of The N. W. Harris Public School Extension of 

 Field Museum of Natural History." Several cases containing birds 

 have been loaned for a brief period to the Chicago Art Institute for 

 the purpose of study by classes in nature study. A most pains- 

 taking and thorough investigation of the methods of instalHng the 

 cases and the system of recording and circulating them among the 

 schools, was made by Professor Yaezo Wado of the Department of 

 Natural Science, First National College, Tokio, Japan, with the view 

 of introducing the same or similar methods in Japan. The Public 

 Museum of Oakland, California has adopted for its extension work, 

 cases and methods similar to those of this Department. 



As an evidence of the value of the cooperation between The N. W. 

 Harris Public School Extension of Field Museum of Natural History 

 and the public schools of Chicago, the following letter from John D. 

 Shoop, superintendent of schools, to Director Frederick J. V. Skiff, is 

 offered : 



"I deem it a duty as well as I esteem it a privilege to write you in 

 testimony of the results that, in the past few years, have attended the 

 closer cooperation that has been established between the public schools 

 and the Museum. 



"The bequest made by Mr. N. W. Harris has proved of great value to 

 the schools. The exhibits that have been assembled under the direction 

 of Mr. Simms are valuable factors in intensifying and enlarging the 

 interest of the pupils in the spheres of industry and nature. I am cer- 

 tain that you will be pleased to know that the movement made possible 

 through the benevolence of Mr. Harris is eventuating in so much of 

 interest and profit to our public school system." 



PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATION. — Thc following is a tabulation of the 

 work performed in this section: 



