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in the circumstances reaching into every home immediately or indirectly 

 associated with it. People generally have not felt at sufficient ease and 

 unconcern to visit places of the character of the Museum for pleasure, 

 pastime or study. At the same time the extent of the decrease in attend- 

 ance, even with these allowances fully made, is still unaccountable. 



President Field returned from his duties in France in September after 

 a year's service. Trustee Sprague, Major of Infantry, has received his 

 discharge from the Army and has returned to Chicago. Trustee Marshall 

 Field, Captain of Artillery, is still on duty in France. 



Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, Pastor of the Central Church and President 

 of Armour Institute, accepted election as a member of the Board of 

 Trustees of the Museum, filling the vacancy caused by the death of 

 Honorable George E. Adams. Mr. William Wrigley, Jr., prominent 

 manufacturer, has been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death 

 of Mr. Henry Field. 



The general staff of the Museum saw fit to recognize the Twenty- 

 fifth Anniversary of the Director's appointment by presenting him with 

 an engrossed Appreciation signed by the entire personnel ; an act which 

 was sincerely appreciated by its recipient. 



The Assistant Curator of Economic Botany with several laboratory 

 assistants transferred the activities of the Mrs. Stanley Field Plant Repro- 

 duction section to Miami, Florida, in October, where accommodations 

 were secured from the United States Agricultural Department in its 

 laboratory there, to carry on the work of reproducing the plants of that 

 section; the expedition expecting to be absent six months or more. Re- 

 ports from Assistant Curator Dahlgren reflect a gratifying outcome of 

 this enterprise. 



Acknowledgment is made of the contributions of funds from Mrs. T. B . 

 Blackstone and from Mr. Charles R. Crane, to defray the cost of a 

 publication in the Museum series by Curator Laufer of the Department 

 of Anthropology, entitled: "Sino-Iranica; Chinese Contributions to 

 the History of the Civilization of Ancient Iran." 



Somewhat extensive reference is made elsewhere in this report to the 

 Japanese painting presented to the Museum by Trustee Gunsaulus; 

 a most valuable gift from both an ethnologic and artistic standpoint. 



The Finance Committee of the Museum authorized an arrangement 

 to finance the subscriptions of the employes of the Institution to the 

 Third and Fourth Liberty Loan bond issues, under which arrangement a 

 most gratifying subscription resulted, both as to individuals and the 

 amounts taken. 



The Museum sustained a signal loss in the death of Mr. Odell Edward 

 Lansing, Jr., Keeper-of-the-Herbarium, Department of Botany. 



