tions throughout the country. The work with the schools will 

 be discussed in connection with the department of Public In- 

 struction. 



The Director was invited to address the Manufacturers, 

 Bankers, and Jobbers Association at its annual banquet, 

 with the result that a committee was appointed toco-operate 

 with him in introducing economic exhibits in the Museum. 



At the invitation of the Rural School Improvement As- 

 sociation, the Director also attended the educational con- 

 vention at Columbia, S. C, in December. At this meeting 

 one of the travelling exhibits was demonstrated and it is 

 hoped that the interest aroused by this exhibit will lead to 

 co-operation which will enable the Museum to extend a help- 

 ful influence to the people throughout the State. 



The Museum still retains the distinction of being the only 

 Southern member of the American Association of Museums 

 and at the second annual meeting at Pittsburg, in May, the 

 Museum was honored by the election of its Director as Sec- 

 retary of the Association. At this meeting the Director also 

 read a paper on "Museum Records." 



The supreme importance of creating a permanent endow- 

 ment in the near future has been discussed (supra) . The 

 imperative necessity of providing for the employment of a 

 trained librarian has also been mentioned and will be dis- 

 cussed in detail under Library. 



The preparation of labels for the exhibition collections in 



the new building will be an enormous undertaking and can 



be economically accomplished only by means of a printing 

 outfit in the Museum. For this purpose $350 will be required 

 and since a considerable amount of copy is already prepared, 

 arrangements for printing should be made at once. 



Staff 



The Museum staff has been greatly strengthened this 

 year by the addition of two salaried assistants. Previous to 

 1906, the entire care of the Museum was appended to the 



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