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A number of the objects shown belonged to the famous Shah Abbas. 

 It is utterly impossible within the limits of a paragraph or two to 

 convey any idea of the interest of this unique and remarkable collec- 

 tion which we regard it as a great favor to be allowed to display within 

 our halls. 



The Annual Report of the Director of the Museum was issued 

 about the middle of April, and shows that the fiscal year ending March 

 31 has been characterized by rapid growth in the collections of 

 the Museum as well as by energetic efforts to make these things the 

 means of culture in the community. The Museum has become an 

 institution ancillary to a multitude of institutions throughout the 

 region of which Pittsburgh is the center. The manner in which the 

 students in the universities, colleges, and high schools of the district 

 are employing the resources of the Museum is exceedingly gratifying. 

 They are not mere casual visitants, but they are brought to the 

 Museum as organized classes, and many of them are assigned definite 

 work in the Museum, spending day after day in the task of studying 

 the collections, describing the objects which are placed before them, 

 and making drawings of the same. The Director has had the oppor- 

 tunity of looking over the notebooks of some of the one hundred and 

 thirty students from the University of Pittsburgh who are studying 

 zoology in that institution, and has been very much pleased to see the 

 evidence given not merely of the power to observe accurately, but in 

 some cases to delineate beautifully the objects which are being studied. 

 It surely will be an advantage to these young people in future years to 

 recall the time which they passed within these walls studying the truths 

 of nature. 



