Arthur Dougherty Rees

              1924
PUBLIC LECTURE SERVICE
BOARD OF EDUCATION

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CITY OF NEW YORK

FREE TO ALL

October, November and December, 1924


ALDERMANIC CHAMBER
CITY HALL, NEW YORK CITY SATURDAYS, 1:30 P. M., OCT. 11-DEC. 13

GREAT HALL OF COOPER INSTITUTE 4TH AVENUE AND 8TH STREET

WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS 8:15 P. M., Nov. 5-Dec. 13

School Children Admitted, when Accompanied by Parents or Teachers





All TREND OF THE TIMES lectures by Mr. Arthur D. Rees.
Oct. 11, Aldermanic, 1:30—Col. H. Edmund Bullis, BORNEO.  Stereopticon views.
Oct. 18, Aldermanic, 1:30—Miss June Mullin.  VOCAL AND PIANO RECITAL.  Assisted by Mr. Theodore Saidenberg.
Oct. 25, Aldermanic, 1:30—Mr. Francis P. Bent, A TRIP THROUGH MEXICO.  Stereopticon views.
Nov. 1, Aldermanic, 1:30—Mrs. Aurelia Gardiner.  GREAT MOMENTS IN FRENCH OPERA.  Songs.
Nov. 5, Cooper Inst., 8:15—Dr. Frank J. Monaghan.  Health Commissioner. WHY NEW YORK HAS THE LOWEST DEATH RATE OF ANY GREAT CITY.
Nov. 8, Aldermanic, 1:30—Commissioner Francis D. Gallatin. THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
Nov. 8, Cooper Inst., 8:15—TREND OF THE TIMES.
Nov. 12—Cooper Inst., 8:15—Mme. Elly Ney.  PIANO RECITAL.  Steinway piano used.
Nov. 15, Aldermanic, 1:30—Brooklyn Chamber Music Society String Quartet, Mr. Frank L. Woelber, Director.  HAYDN, FATHER OF CHAMBER MUSIC.
Nov. 15, Cooper Inst., 8:15—TREND OF THE TIMES.
Nov. 19, Cooper Inst., 8:15—Hon. Murray Hulbert THE NEW POWERS AND RESPONSI-BILITIES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Nov. 22, Aldermanic, 1:30—Mr. Ernest L. Crandall.  DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION.
Nov. 22, Cooper Inst., 8:15—TREND OF THE TIMES.
Nov. 26, Cooper Inst., 8:15—G. Clyde Fisher, Ph. D. WITH JOHN BURROUGHS IN HIS FAVORITE HAUNTS.  Stereopticon views.
Nov. 29, Aldermanic, 1:30—Miss Gertrude Evelyn.  ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SINGERS.  Songs.
Nov. 29, Cooper Inst., 8:15—TREND OF THE TIMES.
Dec. 3, Cooper Inst., 8:15—Hon. Bird S. Coler.  PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CHARITIES.
Dec. 6, Aldermanic, 1:30—Hon. Francis P. Bent.  HOW OUR CITY IS GOVERNED.
Dec. 6, Cooper Inst., 8:15—TREND OF THE TIMES.
Dec. 10, Cooper Inst., 8:15—Mme. Elly Ney.  PIANO PIANO RECITAL.  Steinway piano used.
Dec. 13, Aldermanic, 1:30—Miss Esther Benson.  AN AFTERNOON OF ITALIAN SONGS.  Miss Edith Benson at the piano.
Dec. 13, Cooper Inst., 8:15—TREND OF THE TIMES.
Miss Marguerite Potter will give a series of Operalogues at Aeolian Hall, at 12:15 noon, on Thursdays, Nov. 13 and 20 and Dec. 4 and 11. Free.
Lectures in Yiddish will be given at P. S. 62, Hester st., Thursdays, 8:15 p. m., beginning Oct. 30.




BOARD OF EDUCATION LECTURE BUREAU 500 PARK AVENUE

GEORGE J. RYAN, President
M. SAMUEL STERN, Vice-President
JOHN A. FERGUSON, M.D.
MRS. MARGARET McALEENAN
RALPH R. McKEE
ARTHUR S. SOMERS
WILLIAM J. WEBER
WILLIAM J. O'SHEA, Superintendent of Schools
EDWARD W. STITT, Superintendent of Extension Activities
ERNEST L. CRANDALL, Director of Lectures
WENDELL M. THOMAS, Assistant Director of Lectures