96 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



Henry Stone of South Boston, 1 Mrs. Kate T. Woods, 2 Dr. 

 Geo. A. Bates, 3 Mr. Sidney Perley, 4 Mr. Arthur M. Mow- 

 ry, 5 Mr. William L. Welch, 6 Mr. Shebnah Rich, 7 Rev. E. 

 O. Dyer of South Braintree, 8 Mrs. C. E. Clement Waters 

 of Boston, 9 Mr. Arthur L. Goodrich, i» Mr. W. A. Mowry 

 of Dorchester, 11 Rev. James F. Brodie, 12 Prof. Ernest F. 

 Fenollosa of Boston. 13 



These lectures have been free to the public. They have 

 been well attended and given good satisfaction. Full re- 

 ports were printed in the Salem Gazette, and other Salem 

 papers had notices also. 



Donations to the cabinets the past year number 681 

 from 130 different donors. 14 The names of these donors 

 and their donations have appeared every month in the Sa- 

 lem Gazette and acknowledgments have been made by 

 mail. 



The cabinets of the historical department have received 

 large and important additions during the past year, and 

 it must be very evident to the frequenter of the Institute 

 that we are getting sadly cramped for room to display our 

 collections properly. An addition to our building is 

 needed with a large room especially constructed for the 

 purpose of exhibiting the historical relics. There should 

 also be a room, properly lighted, for the portraits and his- 

 torical pictures now the property of the Institute, and 

 which are not shown to the best advantage in the rooms of 

 the present building. It may seem strange that, after so 

 few years of residence in our new quarters, we are already 

 calling for more room and more funds ; this latter is inev- 

 itable with a society which has to depend on the generosity 

 of its friends, the income from its invested funds not be- 

 ing wholly sufficient to carry on its work. This is one 



»Seep. 108. 2 Seep. 109. 3 See p. 110. <See p. 111. 6 Seep. 111. 'See p. 112. 'See 

 p. 113. e Seep. 114. "Seep. 114. '"Seep. 110. "Seep. 117. 12 See p. 118. "See 

 p. 118. "Seep. 134. 



