Prof. Daniel S. Martin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Honorary Cu- 

 rator of Minerals, Rocks and Invertebrate Fossils. 



Mr. Wm. G. Mazyck, of Charleston, S. C, Honorary Cura- 

 tor of Recent Shells. 



Mr. Arthur T. Wayne, of Mt. Pleasant, S. C, Honorary 

 Curator of Birds," 



To this list there were subsequently added the names of 

 Prof. N. W. Stephenson, Honorary Curator of Art, and 

 Messrs. F. W. Wamsley and Herbert R. Sass, Assistants to 

 the Director. Prof. Rea says: 



' 'This increase in the Museum staff is one of the gratifying- results of 

 the renewed activity of the Museum. Under former conditions work at 

 the Museum was altogether curatorial in its nature, and the one or two 

 departments in which the curator was most interested and learned pros- 

 pered at the expense of the others. Since the inauguration of the new 

 policy * * * it has become increasingly evident that the time and 

 energy of the curator could not possibly be extended to cover the neces- 

 sary accessioning and revision of each department, and provide for its 

 care and growth and also attend to the increasing opportunities for for- 

 warding the educational side of modern museum management. * * * 

 These and other manifold duties, both administrative and curatorial, have 

 made necessary the help and advice of associates. The title of the cu- 

 rator was accordingly changed to Director, and the advice and help of 

 experts enlisted by the appointment of honorary curators, specialists in 

 the departments which they serve. 



' 'Another reason for gratification in securing the interest and aid of 

 these scientists, lies in the hope, thus strengthened, that the College of 

 Charleston Museum may once more become the rallying point for scien- 

 tific men of the generation, and thus renew the brightness of its name, 

 which Shecut, Elliott, Holbrook, Audubon, Bachman, and Agassiz [Rav- 

 enel, Dickson, Holmes, Gibbes and McCrady] made famous." 



The crowning evidence, however, of Prof. Rea's energetic 

 work in behalf of his important charge is the successful re- 

 sult of his persistent effort to secure the spacious Thomson 

 Auditorium as its permanent home. 



The initial suggestion of this use of this building came 

 from Mr. George S. Holmes to President Randolph of the Col- 

 lege faculty, but it is due to Prof. Rea's activity and insis- 



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