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Annual Reports of Academy of 
The Ludwick Public Lectures 
By its free public lectures the Academy brings nature and the 
great outdoors to many who have no opportunity to study them 
first hand. The courses, moreover, draw many visitors to the 
museum and serve to increase their interest in the exhibits. 
The usual courses under the auspices of the Ludwick Institute 
were given during the winter and early spring months; and we were 
fortunate in securing the services of several prominent naturalists 
from other institutions to augment the Academy’s staff. All of 
the lectures were illustrated by colored lantern slides, many of 
them showing the results of held work by Academy naturalists, 
and one was illustrated by motion pictures. 
About 2600 persons attended the Monday evening course; 1700 
the Sunday afternoon lectures; and 1900 the school lectures on 
Friday afternoon. A course was also provided on local natural 
history, especially for the Boy Scouts, but little advantage was 
taken of it. 
The Sunday lectures were particularly appreciated and the at¬ 
tendance was large. The lecturers and topics were as follows: 
Monday Evenings January 9—April 24. 
“With the ‘Albatross’ in the Philippines,” Dr. Paul Bartsch. 
“Wild Bird Life on Our New Jersey Coast,” Dr. Witmer Stone. 
“Upland Fishes,” Henry W. Fowler. 
“Wayside Blooms,” J. Fletcher Street. 
“The Way of the Sperm Whaler,” Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy. 
“Backboned Animals,” Dr. Spencer Trotter. 
“Problems of Insect Life,” James A. G. Rehn. 
“The Life of a Lake,” Dr. Henry A. Pilsbry. 
“Cretaceous Dinosaurs,” Dr. W. D. Matthew. 
“The Southern Alleghanies, ” Dr. Witmer Stone. 
“The Aristocrats of the Plant World,” Dr. Francis W. Pennell. 
“Lowland Fishes,” Henry W. Fowler. 
“Bees and Beekeeping,” Dr. E. F. Phillips. 
“The Economic Aspect of Entomology,” James A. G. Rehn. 
“The Domesticated Animals,” Dr. Spencer Trotter. 
“Useful and Injurious Mollusks and Shells, ”Dr. Henry A. Pilsbry. 
Sunday Afternoons February 5— March 26. 
“Some Days in Japan,” Dr. William E. Hughes. 
“The Migration of Birds,” Dr. Witmer Stone. 
“Rare, Strange and Beautiful Shells,” Dr. Henry A. Pillsbry. 
“ Radium, its Sources and a brief Summary of its Characteristics, ” F. Lynwood 
Garrison. 
“Southern Arizona,” James A. G. Rehn. 
