Annual Meeting.] 
254 
[May 1, 
Everett 
10 
Melrose 6 
Readville 
1 
Framingham 
2 
Milton 2 
Roslindale 
5 
Hingham 
4 
Needham 2 
Salem 
5 
Hyde Park 
1 
Neponset 1 
Somerville 
38 
Malden 
39 
Newton 7 
W atertown 
1 
Medford 
1 
Quincy 5 
Wellesley 
2 
Total 
613 
Complimentary 
137 
Miscellaneous 
130 
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Private Schools 
21 
901 
The above were 
given under the auspices 
of the Trustee 
of the 
Lowell Institute, but the following were paid for by the pupils 
themselves : — 
A special course in mineralogy beginning in November and con- 
tinuing through the winter was given by Mr. George H. Barton, 
instructor in geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
The instruction consisted of twenty-one lessons accompanied by 
the use of specimens placed in the hands of the members of the 
class. They became familiar with about one hundred and sixty 
species and a large number of varieties. The total number of ap- 
plicants for this course was sixteen and ten was the average of at- 
tendance. This work was in part an indoor continuation of the 
work of the class reported in the Annual Report for May, 1888, as 
having been begun by a series of geological excursions in April of 
that year. This was a very successful course, and some of the mem- 
bers requested that it should be continued by laboratory work dur- 
ing the winter months. 
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Laboratory. 
In addition to the class of teachers in zoology, mentioned above, 
the laboratory has been used by a class in zoology from the Boston 
University under the charge of the Curator and Mr. Van Vleck, one 
in botany and another in zoologj 7 from the same institution under 
the sole charge of Mr. Van Vleck. A class in botany raised under 
the auspices of the Woman’s Educational Association, and taught 
by Dr. R. W. Greenleaf, has also used this room and the micro- 
scopes. 
