or topics will be complied with, if time and money for expen- 

 ses incurred are available at the moment. 



The library and card catalogue are now in condition for use 

 by teachers, and aid in looking up material will cheerfully 

 be granted. The advantages of library and reading 

 room to both teachers and pupils will be greatly enhanced 

 upon removal to^ the new building, where a librarian will be 

 in constant attendance. Opportunity for field work and sup- 

 plementary nature study is now given through the Natural 

 History Society. On the first Thursday afternoon of each 

 month at five o'clock, the Society meets in Manigault Hall 

 for discussion of some topic relating to the bird-life of our 

 coast region. This discussion is not technical, and all teachers 

 and children interested in birds are cordially invited to attend. 

 Membership in the Society involves no obligations of any sort 

 but the payment of an initiation fee of fifty cents and semi- 

 annual dues of twenty-five cents and is open to all. It in- 

 cludes the privilege of calling upon the Museum to furnish 

 a guide on field excursions for bird-study and of receiving 

 the monthly issue of the Bulletin. 



When the preparation-rooms and work-rooms of the new 

 building are ready for use, substantial aid in the collection, 

 preservation and preparation of material for class-room use 

 can be given to the school or teachers desiring it. ^ 



Finally in addition to these suggestions on the part of the 

 Museum the Director will welcome any and all suggestions 

 coming from the schools — from commissioners, ■•principals, 

 and teachers as individuals or as collective units. Co-opera- 

 tion must be the key-note of the relation of our Museum 

 to our schools and a staten'Hent of the need oi the teacher or 

 of the school, followed by consultation between the interested 

 parties will be productive of some good results, even though 

 the Museum is able only, at present, to approximate its ideal 

 of helpfulness. 



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