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of everything else is likely to become cold, unsympathetic, and 

 narrow. The more he specializes the more he isolates himself 

 from his fellows. The man who studies art and nothing else 

 becomes insipid and impractical. But when we combine the two 

 we get art that is useful and science that is broad ; we get in- 

 dividuals who can do something worth while ; we get the sort of 

 art and science that men like Akely, Knight, and Fuertes have 

 combined in their work. I believe that such a union of art and 

 science is bound to remove the objectionable features of the 

 museum. When we have said good-bye to the T-perches, polished 

 bases, the poorly-lighted cases and dingy walls ; when we have 

 given some thought to the decoration of the exhibit rooms ; when 

 we have museum men who do their work seriously and for the 

 love of doing a thing well ; when we send men into the field who 

 have the power of keen observation, the technique, and the 

 artistic ability faithfully to record the facts that can be obtained 

 only from live animals in their natural environments — then we 

 have secured a means of conveying scientific facts to the public 

 in adequate form. Such exhibits, combining with accurate, 

 scientific information the best that there is in art, will reach not 

 only the student but the layman as well. They will reach where 

 books seldom go to the improving of men's minds and to helping 

 them to higher conceptions and new appreciations of nature and 

 her manifold and marvelous works. 



Vertebrate Museum, 

 The State University. 



