328 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Feirabini Avas again called for, and once more sang the Marseillaise, 

 and was again greeted with tumultuous applause. Upon the whole 

 the celebration was one of the most successful which has been held. 



The Annual Report of the Director of the Museum was submitted 

 to the Board of Trustees on March 31, 1916. In its printed form it 

 contains 108 pages. Copies were issued to the correspondents of the 

 Museum in the month of June. 



On the night of June 2 the Director of the Museum started on a 

 journey to Utah to inspect the work which is being carried on at the 

 so-called " National Dinosaur Monument," the quarry opened by the 

 Carnegie Museum a number of years ago, from which have already 

 been taken up the remains of a considerable number of dinosaurs, as 

 has been heretofore stated in successive issues of the Annals. The 

 Director interrupted his journey at Emporia, Kansas, where on June 

 6 he delivered the commencement oration before the College of Em- 

 poria. He w^ill always cherish pleasant memories of his visit to this 

 thriving town and of the noble men and women whose acquaintance 

 he was permitted to form. The onward journey to his destination 

 was uneventful, and the Director is happy to report that he found the 

 work at the quarry in good condition. 



Steps must be taken as soon as possible to bring into the Museum 

 the specimens which we have obtained during the last year or two. 

 They are contained in a large number of crates and boxes, which have 

 been slowly accumulating and are now ready for shipment. 



The stay of the Director at the quarry was limited to the time which 

 was necessary in order to make a thorough investigation of the work 

 and to consult with Mr. Earl Douglass, who is in charge. After his 

 visit he returned to his desk as promptly as possible, and was fortunate 

 in the fact that heavy rains had laid the dust and cool air made trave- 

 ling across the plains more comfortable than is often the case. 



Mr. and Mrs. Floyd N. Barber have kindly donated to the Mu- 

 seum the collection of fossils and a large portion of the scientific 

 library made by Mrs. Barber's father, the late J. W. Pike, who was 

 well known during the latter half of the last century as a public lec- 

 turer upon scientific and political subjects. He contributed exten- 



