THE FRO GUESS OF SCIENCE 



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in scientific research, Imt rather to 

 ally with the association all who are 

 interested in scientific progress. Those 

 who might like to become members of 

 the association and attend the Wash- 

 ington meeting, should communicate 

 with Dr. L. O. Howard, permanent 

 secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C. The third object 

 of the association is to imite those 

 engaged in scientific research and those 

 interested in science in an organization 

 that will advance the interests of sci- 

 ence and of scientific men. Fortu- 

 nately these interests are coterminous 

 with the interests of all the people, as 

 the greater the advance of science the 

 greater the benefit to all. i 



THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL 

 MUSEUM 

 Washington is in many Avays an 

 admirable place for a large scientific 

 meeting. There is much of interest in 

 the city, both in its scientific establish- 

 ments and in other directions. It is 

 within reach of the chief centers of the 

 ■country, and the climate is compara- 



tively i)lcasant at this time of the year. 

 But there are no places for the meet- 

 ings so satisfactory as are offered by 

 our larger universities. Within the last 

 year there has, however, been a great 

 advance in this direction by the com- 

 pletion of the new building of the 

 United States National Museum. It 

 possesses one good-sized lecture room 

 in which the opening exercises and 

 public lectures may be held, and the 

 collections are a great attraction. 



When the Smithsonian Institution 

 was organized in 1846 congress en- 

 trusted to it the care of t»he national 

 collections, and later imdertook to pro- 

 vide for the maintenance of the mu- 

 seum and of the library. An adequate 

 building for the National Library was 

 built some years ago, and the new 

 building for the National Museum has 

 this year been completed, and the col- 

 lections have been installed. The mu- 

 seum building covers a greater area 

 than any other government structure 

 in Washington, except the Capitol, and 

 it is satisfactory that two of the most 

 beautiful and well-arranged buildings 



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GiiOuxD Plan op the National Museum. 



