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there are few halls that reveal a mastering idea and 
an interdependence of arts and crafts. Adminis- 
trations change. One man’s aim is replaced by an 
aim entirely different when another undertakes his 
work. ‘The institution’s inheritance of exhibits must 
usually be housed along with the new. Recently 
acquired specimens, satisfactorily mounted, are 
crowded in inadequate space and completely subor- 
dinate those specimens which, although they are of 
equal importance for the understanding of the specta- 
tor, give no illusion of life and have no appeal. Even 
when the architectural arrangement is good and the 
taxidermy acceptable, a heterogenous collection of 
exhibition cases or an inadequate lighting system 
may mar the harmony of the whole. Thus, there are 
plentiful opportunities in the meandering process, 
of which an exhibition hall is frequently the result, 
for the original plan to become fogged. 
But no such conditions shall spoil the symmetry 
of Roosevelt African Hall. Every animal killed has 
been carefully selected with this great exhibit in 
mind. Each group mounted is being constructed as 
an integral part of the whole. A building has been 
especially designed to give the exhibit the most ef- 
fective and appropriate setting. And the future 
is being insured by the training of men who shall 
carry forward the technique so far developed. Each 
man is carefully chosen. Each must have energy, 
common sense, a special ability, and a great love 
for the duties at hand. And although each may bea 
specialist in his own line, all are forming the habit 
