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Publicity is given the lectures by means of printed programs and 
accounts in the newspapers. Editorials regarding the lectures have also 
appeared in the papers from time to time. To attract school children, 
copies of the program are mailed to the school principals for distribution 
to the teachers. No other efforts to increase the attendance of school 
children are being made, because the audiences now almost fill the lecture 
hall. The lecture course has the full support of the School Inspectors 
and Principals and there is little doubt that double the present attendance 
could and would be secured if the lecture hall were large enough. The 
average attendance at the Saturday morning lectures of the autumn course 
of 1930 was 796. The seating capacity of the lecture hall is 406 or 812 for 
two lectures and hence only 8 more than the average attendance. 
The average attendance at the Wednesday evening lectures for adults 
for the wdnter course of 1929-30 was 246 and for the autumn course of 
1930-31, it was 269. Though the attendance has been gratifyingly large 
experience indicates that it can be considerably increased. In 1917 copies 
of the program were mailed to about 1,500 persons selected from the 
membership registers of the Ottawa Field Naturalist Club, the Woman's 
Canadian Club, and other organizations, with the result that the average 
attendance at the lectures was nearly doubled. It seems certain, there- 
fore, that with the experience gained in selecting speakers, with the steady 
improvement in educational motion pictures, and by making use of a 
larger mailing list for the programs, the full capacity of the lecture hall 
will eventually be attained for most of the Wednesday evening lectures. 
The following classified list of lectures delivered during the years 
1922-1931 shows the scope of the work: 
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Flying in Canada, by J. A. Wilson, Jan. 7-11, 1928. 
Airplanes and How They Fly, by A. Ferrier, Dec. 15-19, 1929. 
Agriculture 
The Making of Honey, C. B. Gooderham, Jan. 24-28, 1925. 
How We Make a New Wheat, by L. H. Newman, Dec. 26-30, 1925. 
How W T e Make a New Apple, by W. T. Macoun, Feb. 27-Mar. 3, 1926. 
Poultry Keeping for Young People, by Fred. C, Elford, Mar. 27-31, 1926. 
The Story of Good Seed, by F. T. Wahlen, Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 1927. 
The Fruit Industry of Canada, by C. E. Macintosh, Mar. 5-9, 1927. 
How Fruit is Marketed, by A. Fulton, Dec. 17-21, 1927. 
The Importance of the Tobacco Industry to Canada, by R. J. Haslan, Jan. 19-23, 1929. 
Arch ecology 
The Beginnings of Handicrafts, by Harlan I. Smith, Jan. 5-9, 1923-24. 
Anthropology 
The Iroquois, as Warrior, Agriculturist, and Hunter, by F. W. Waugh, Dec. 23-27, 1922. 
The Objibwa, a Typical Migratory Hunting Tribe, by F. W. Waugh, Feb. 24-28, 1923. 
Folk Songs of Canada, by C. M. Barbeau, Mar. 3-7, 1923. 
Indians of Vancouver Island, by E. Sapir, Dec. 8-12, 1923. 
Indian Wisdom, by C. M. Barbeau, Feb. 16, 1924. 
Our Neighbours — Yellow, Red, and: Black, by E. Sapir, Feb. 7-11, 1925. 
How Some of the Indians Lived, by Douglas Leeehman, Dec. 5-9, 1925. 
Indian Masks and Totem Poles, by C. M. Barbeau, Mar. 6-10, 1926. 
Who Are the Indians, by D. Jenness, Dec. 18-22, 1926. 
Indian Songs and Dances, by Marius Barbeau, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 1928. 
Glimpses of Native Life in Far-off New Guinea, by D. Jenness, Dec. 1-5, 1928. 
Indian Whale Hunters of Vancouver Island, by Douglas Leeehman, Dec. 14-18, 1929. 
Indian Drums, Rattles, and Whistles, by Douglas Leeehman, Nov. 8-12, 1930. 
French Canada, by Marius Barbeau, Jan. 10-14, 1931. 
