containing trays of uniform size aggregating more than 1500 

 square feet of storage space. These trays contain much mate- 

 rial ready for exhibition as well as the reserve collections in- 

 tended for study purposes. It is in these trays that all the 

 smaller specimens were transferred from the old building and 

 in this room they will be prepared for exhibition. 



Returning to the main exhibition hall one sees a large doorway 

 at the west end, opening into a hallway leading to the rear en- 

 trance of the building. Here freight is received and unpacked 

 in the carpenter shop and lumber room adjoining, where crating 

 can be stored, cases built, and other construction carried on 

 without interference with other activities of the Museum. 



Across the hall from the carpenter-shop is the lecture room, 

 purposely placed at the rear of the building in order that attend- 

 ants upon lectures must pass through the exhibition hall and 

 gain some impression of the scope of the collections. 



The lecture room is provided with rising tiers of seats ac- 

 commodating 200 people, a lecture platform and long counter 

 for demonstration of specimens, and a blackboard which can 

 be depressed to allow the projection of lantern sHdes upon the 

 wall. The room is wainscoted with sheathing stained a dark 

 forest green. Above this the walls are left in white plaster, 

 and the steel ceiling is also white. Especial care has been 

 taken with the ventilation and lighting of this room. Swinging 

 sashes in four large windows on the south side, transoms over 

 the doors, and ventilating apertures in the ceiling provide for 

 the circulation of fresh air, while the cluster lights depending 

 from the ceiling are carefully shaded from the eyes of the audi- 

 ence. The location of the main entrance near the front of the 

 room defends the lecturer from the usual disheartening row of 

 empty front seats, while a second entrance leads late comers 

 unobtrusively to the vacant seats at the rear. 



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