are duplicated in the other envelopes, and also 

 eleven pictures peculiar to that envelope, making 

 a total of 204 pictures comprising 89 subjects. 

 Each envelope further contains four blue prints 

 illustrating the foliage of trees studied during the 

 autumn months. 

 Iron and steel production. Exhibit No. 23. This 

 excellent exhibit was prepared several years ago 

 and has been used by pupils in the higher grades 

 and preparatory schools. It illustrates with speci- 

 mens, diagrams and photographs various processes 

 in the manufacture of iron and steel, showing each 

 stage from the mine to the finished product. 

 12. Printed lists of exhibits and other matters of interest 

 to teachers will be distributed from time to time. An- 

 nouncements of lectures, field trips, and special exhib- 

 its will be made in the Bulletin of the Charleston 

 Museum and in the columns of the daily papers. 

 A comparison of what the Museum has to offer in 1913 with 

 what it was able to offer in 1907 leaves no room to doubt the great 

 advance which has been made. Not merely has the number of 

 lines of usefulness increased; greater efficiency along all lines has 

 become possible, owing to the improved working facilities of the 

 new building, the organization of the school work under one de- 

 partment and the hearty co-operation of the schools themselves. 

 None of the work to be done this coming year is new, but rather 

 the natural development of the past year's effort. Additional 

 travelling exhibits accompanying the extension of the Charles- 

 ton Nature Study Course and the systematizing of irregular lines 

 of work mark the step from 1912 to 1913. Classes, lectures, 

 field trips, all have had their place in 1912. The work of 1913 

 will be to reach the large numbers who are just coming to realize 

 the advantages which accrue to them through co-operation with 

 the Museum. The schools are now seeking Museum aid where 

 formerly all too frequently the Museum had to solicit the op- 

 portunity to be useful. 



So much for the realities of present and past. In conclusion let 

 us go back to the ideal of 1907. A comparison of the points Mrs. 



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