members have made very interesting collections of their own 

 which have been brought to the Museum for identification. 



The Arctic motion pictures taken by the Carnegie Museum 

 Alaskan-Siberian expedition were recently shown in Charleston 

 and gave an unusual opportunity to observe the habits of the 

 polar bear, walrus, Steller's sea-lion, seal and other Arctic animals. 

 Nearly all of the species appearing in the pictures are represented 

 by specimens in the Museum. 



During the summer two fire extinguishers were put in the 

 Museum as the gift of Mr. Henry P. Williams of the Board of 

 Fire Masters. These safeguards against fire have long been 

 needed, and may sometime be the means of preventing serious 

 loss. 



A new roof has been put over the laboratory, where the leaks 

 have been so bad during the fall that classes have had to be sus- 

 pended in rainy weather. It will soon be necessary to renew the 

 roof over the library and storage collections. The roof of the 

 building was in bad condition when the Museum obtained pos- 

 session, and has been patched until it can no longer be kept even 

 approximately tight. The maintenance appropriation of the 

 Museum is not sufficient to cover these roof repairs in addition to 

 the regular expenses of maintenance and funds for this purpose 

 have necessarily been taken from the General Account which is 

 usually applied to permanent improvements only. 



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