proved a most happy celebration of the anniversary. The in- 

 terest of the community was indicated both by the large attend- 

 ance and by the enthusiastic service of more than one hundred 

 and fifty people on the various committees of arrangement. 

 The Museum is indebted to the Charleston Consolidated Railway 

 & Lighting Company for furnishing the electric current for the 

 evening, to the Electric Supply Company for special wiring, and 

 to the Carolina Floral Company for the loan of palms for decora- 

 tion. 



ADMINISTRATION 



No change has been made in the general administrative plans, 

 but a better co-ordination of departments has been attained, and 

 the esprit de corps of the staff is one of the strongest assets of the 

 Museum. 



In the death of Mr. W. St. JuUen Jervey, on December 17, the 

 Museum sustains a loss which can be appreciated more, perhaps, 

 by the director than by other members of the staff, or by the pub- 

 lic. As chairman of the Committee on the Museum, Mr. Jer- 

 vey has always shown a broad and sympathetic grasp of the es- 

 sential needs of the Museum, and has been ever ready to attend 

 to the details of its business affairs. It is comforting to know that 

 he lived to see so large a measure of success in the reorganiza- 

 tion in which he was deeply interested from the beginning. 



Changes in the staff include the appointment of Miss Harriet 

 E. Coffin as assistant in the library, succeeding Miss Barbara K. 

 Bragg, who resigned because of ill health. Miss Rena Rowell 

 resigned in July as secretary to the director, and the position was 

 resumed by Miss Laura L. Weeks. 



The proper administration of the building requires the services 

 of an additional attendant for the entrance and the main exhibi- 

 tion hall, and it is hoped that during the coming year some means 

 may be found of providing this service. 



The director represented the Museum at the eighth annual 

 meeting of the American Association of Museums in Philadel- 

 phia, June 3-5, when he was honored by re-election as secretary 

 of the Association. 



FINANCES 



The receipts and expenditures have exceeded those of any pre- 

 vious year in the history of the Museum. The total receipts were 



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