THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 



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THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 



THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW 

 YOKE STATE EDUCATION 

 BUILDING 

 The New York State Education 

 Building was dedicated on October 14, 

 with ceremonies commensurate with the 

 magnificence of the building and the 

 importance of the educational work of 

 the state which it represents. The 

 principal address was made by the 

 commissioner of education, Dr. Andrew 

 S. Draper, to whose efforts the building 

 is in large measure due, and there was ! 

 a program extending over three days, 

 with a number of important addresses. 



These included one by Dr. William H. 

 Maxwell, superintendent of the schools 

 of New York, on behalf of elementary 

 education, one by Dr. J. C. Schwab, 

 librarian of Yale University, on behalf 

 of the state library, one by Dr. Henry 

 Fairfield Osborn, president of the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 

 on behalf of the state museum, and 

 one by Dr. Van Hise, president of the 

 University of Wisconsin, representing 

 the work in educational extension for 

 which that university has accomplished 

 so much. Ambassador Whitelaw Eeid, 

 chancellor of the University of the 



Loggia, behind the South Colonnade. 



