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Among the lantern slides added to our educational equipment 
during the past year are some illustrating tea culture, bought from 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture; some on cotton manufac- 
ture donated by the O. N. T. Spool Cotton Company; others 
illustrating twine manufacture, donated by the International Har- 
vester Company. 506 lantern slides were accessioned during the 
past year, of which 245 were colored, the coloring being done in 
arge part by Miss E. M. Kittredge. 
It is quite obvious that we cannot undertake a very ambitious 
program of botanical or nature study education in our present 
cramped quarters, and it is hoped that an extension of our pres- 
ent building may soon be provided for, as well as more gardening 
space for the important work projected along the line of school 
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gardens. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Epcar W. OLIvE, 
Curator of Public Instruction. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1913 
Dr. ‘C. Stuart GAGeR, DrrEcTOoR. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my report as Librarian 
from the date when my appointment took effect, September 1, 
LO13; to December 31, 1913 
On September 26 the library was installed in the large west 
room on the main floor of the laboratory building. This room, 
which is to be used ultimately as an elementary laboratory, makes 
a very convenient library. It has been furnished with six open 
end Library Bureau book stacks, an accession shelf, a twenty tray 
Library Bureau standard cabinet, for catalog purposes, and nine 
“elastic” book units. Additional shelves have been put in the 
Library Bureau unit wood stack, thus making a very convenient 
periodical case. Four tables, twelve chairs, and a librarian’s desk 
and chair complete the equipment. 
The books were broadly classified and placed at once upon the 
shelves in order to make them available for immediate use. The 
unbound material was sorted, tied in bundles, roughly classified, 
and arranged in alphabetic order. A list of all duplicates was 
made on library cards. The duplicates number 446 pieces. 
