THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



is to come largely through free educa- 

 tional organizations like the museum. 

 We give of ourselves the more eagerly 

 when we know that we are building not 

 only for the appreciable results of to-day 

 and affecting the future not only through 

 inherited and traditional results from 



craftsman in the work, every seeker to 

 set forth the truth, to do the utmost in 

 him; every man who finances such 

 monuments of art and science to give 

 generously that he may get the highest 

 results the times can give; and especially 

 does it behoove everv authority in 



Property of the Museum 

 Tylosaurus — Restoration of a marine lizard from Kansas. Tylosaurus is a relic of tlie time when 

 the sea spread up from tlie Gulf of Mexico all through the Middle West. In Kansas the chalky deposits 

 of this inland sea in some places are packed with remains of reptiles, fishes, sea lilies and a host of other 

 marine types. The Tylosaurus itself is almost a true sea serpent. Two fishes are shown jumping out of 

 the water to escape the onslaught of the sea monster 



to-day, but also that we are raising 

 permanent monuments of art and 

 science, some of which will be of such 

 excellence that they will stand as a 

 stimulus to the coming centuries, be- 

 sides showing what we could do in this 

 twentieth centurv. Tt behooves everv 



charge of the work that he choose 

 wisely his craftsmen, men of training 

 and thought, scientists of sincere pur- 

 pose, artists of eagerness of devotion, 

 that the required excellence and perma- 

 nence be arrived at — the former making 

 the latter a stimulus and blessing in- 



