1961-1962 - American Museum of Natural History

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any, entomology, herpetology, ichthyology, malacology, mammalogy, and ornithology. In addition, astronomers of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium surveyed a possible site at the station for the installation of a research telescope. A total of 86 students or organized groups visited the station to study the local flora and fauna. This included a large group of wildlife management officials from Arizona and New Mexico. The total number of residents during the year, including families of visiting investigators and volunteers, was 204. Dr. Mont A. Cazier, who was primarily responsible for the present balanced installation with its excellent equipment for basic research in many fields, resigned as Resident Director on May 1. His research activities during the year included collaboration with other investigators on nearly one hundred projects, in addition to his own continuing studies in entomology. Improvement of the physical facilities included the installation of a new pressure tank which provides constant, high pressure for the entire water system of the station. Maintenance activities were unusually heavy because of the record low January temperatures which caused considerable damage. However, the energetic efforts of the foreman and several volunteer workers put the station in excellent condition. The importance of the Southwestern Research Station is further reflected by the increasing number of published papers resulting from studies carried out there. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION John R. Saunders, Chairman The Department of Education began several new activities last year, in addition to maintaining most of the programs of previous years. The "Weekend Natural Science Bus Trip for Adults" was one of the most popular of the new programs. Messrs. Kenneth A. Chambers and Christopher J. Schuberth led the group, which visited the region of the Delaware Water 52
Gap to study geology, and then traveled to Brigantine, New Jersey, to study shore birds. Similar trips are being planned for the coming year. The staff of the Department of Education, in cooperation with the New York Biology Teachers Association, prepared and distributed a student study guide to the Hall of the Biology of Man. Five hundred master copies were distributed to the New York City high schools, which then reproduced the guide for individual student use. It is conservatively estimated that 5000 students have visited the Museum during the spring semester to use the study guide. Another new activity was the presentation of a series of fourteen lectures, illustrated by slides, for adults on Monday afternoons supplementary to the regular Monday gallery talks. More than 125 natural science kits, containing material for students and manuals for teachers, were used by approximately 45,000 children to supplement their studies in science. While the kits have formerly been used chiefly by junior high schools, this year a large number went to elementary schools as well. Several training programs for individual students were reorganized by Miss Lois J. Hussey, Assistant Chairman, with the help of the Department of Animal Behavior and its Chairman, Dr. Lester R. Aronson. Thirty-six students participated in the programs last year; there were seventeen undergraduates, two graduates, sixteen high school students, and one elementary school student. A survey of the adult education program of the department over the past ten years, conducted by Mr. Saunders, revealed that activities at this level increased considerably. In the year 1952-1953, the teaching program for adults represented 3.2 per cent of the total student hours of instruction provided for all age levels. Each succeeding year, with one exception, showed a steady increase in this percentage. In the year just completed, the percentage of student hours of instruction provided for adults at the Museum reached 16.3 per cent of the total. This 53
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