of all research as well as all permanent improvements, from this 

 account, in order that the City appropriation may be devoted to 

 the maintenance of the Museum and its utilization for the rec- 

 reation and instruction of the people. 



A paper on the Functions of Museums was read by the director 

 at the meeting of the American Association of Museums in June 

 and was published in the Proceedings of the Association. A paper 

 on the classification of books on fine arts, by Miss Bragg, was 

 also published in the Proceedings of the American Association 

 of Museums. A note on the Pigeon Hawk in South Carolina in 

 winter, by Mr. Julian Mitchell, Jr., a member of the Natural 

 History Society, was published in the Auk. 



Grateful acknowledgement is due The News and Courier and 

 the Evening Post for cordial editorial support and for the free- 

 dom with which their columns have been opened to notices of 

 Museum activities. Since September The News and Courier 

 has printed a weekly column of news notes from the Museum, 

 written by Miss Bragg. 



PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 



The most important new activity in this department is a closer 

 affiliation between the public schools and the Museum, by which 

 the travelling exhibits of the Museum are used as an integral 

 part of the nature study course. Twenty-three exhibits have 

 been prepared by the Museum for this work, and more will be 

 added during the coming year. An interesting account of these 

 exhibits and their use is contained in the December issue of the 

 Bulletin, under the title: What the Museum Offers the Schools. 

 In this paper Miss Bragg shows that this co-operation between 

 the Museum and the schools realizes the essential features of the 

 program which was outlined by Mrs. Rea in 1907, when the re- 

 organization of the Museum was just beginning. Too much im- 

 portance can hardly be attached to this feature of the Museum as 

 a public servant. 



The Natural History Society, which is one of the chief activi- 



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