The American Museum Journal 



Vol. VI. ,\PRII,, 1906. No. 2 



THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRESIDENCY 



OF MR. JESUP. 



HE thirty-eighth annual meeting of the Board of 



Trustees of the Museum was held February 1 2 , at 



the residence of Professor Osborn. The annual 



dinner followed the meeting, and at the close of 



the dinner after short addresses by Professor 



Osborn and Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mr. Joseph H. Choate arose 



and on behalf of the Board of Trustees presented to President 



Jesup a gold loving cup bearing the following inscription : 



1881 1906 



FROM THE TRUSTEES 



OF THE 



AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



TO 



Morris K. Jesup 



ON THE 

 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 



OF HIS 



PRESIDENCY OF THE MUSEUM 



IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MOST ABLE 



GENEROUS AND SUCCESSFUL 



ADMINISTRATION 



FEBRUARY I 2th I906 



In his informal presentation speech, Mr. Choate referred to 

 the critical period in the history of the Museum a quarter of a 

 century ago when Mr. Jesup assumed the presidency, to the 

 uninterrupted devotion which Mr. Jesup has shown to the high- 

 est interests of the Museum, to his generous gifts and to the 

 rapid development of the Museum, which from a comparatively 

 small beginning is now among the most important natural history 

 museums of the world. Mr. Choate 's address concluded with 

 the presentation of the cup. 



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