Such is the ideal. 



Mrs. Rea's paper closes with a statement of what small part 

 of its ideal the Museum was at that date, March, 1907, in posi- 

 tion to realize. Concretely this resolves itself into: 



1. A guide to the Museum collections. 



2. A demonstrator or lecturer for classes visiting the Mu- 

 seum. 



3. The use of a lecture room and specimens for teachers 

 visiting the Museum with classes. 



4. Free lecture courses if time and money be available at 

 the desired time. 



5. Opportunity for field work given through the medium 

 of the Natural History Society, the meetings of which 

 were open to the public but the trips available only to 

 paid-up members. 



6. The use of the Museum reference library then numbering 

 but a few hundred volumes and not provided with a 

 reading room. 



Five years ago the Museum gladly offered what it could. Let 

 us now see what enlargement of its powers of usefulness the in- 

 tervening years have brought. 



For the year 1913, the Charleston Museum announces that it 

 is prepared to co-operate with the schools of Charleston County, 

 public and private, by furnishing the following means of assist- 

 ance along the lines of natural history and allied subjects: 



1. A guide to the general collections, for classes visiting 

 the Museum. Requests should be made two days in 

 advance. 



2. A lecturer to give short talks upon particular exhibits 

 in the general collection to classes visiting the Museum. 

 Requests should be made two days in advance. 



3. Special lectures illustrative of subjects pursued in the 

 schools, to be given at the Museum to classes upon the 

 request of any teacher. Requests should be made one 

 week in advance. 



4. The use of a lecture room and specimens from the Muse- 

 um collections, for teachers with classes; a demonstrat- 

 or to be furnished if desired. Requests should be made 

 two days in advance. 



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