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of working together as day by day they assemble the 
carefully tanned skins, the clean, well-shaped mani- 
kins, the silk and wax leaves and grasses, and the 
painted canvases for the backgrounds. For the first 
time we have the opportunity to train a group of men 
not only to practise the various arts which are com- 
bined in making modern ZoGlogical exhibits, but also 
to further develop the methods that make this sort 
of museum exhibition worth while from the scientific 
and artistic standpoint. In this considerable corps of 
men I am resting my hope that the technique of my 
studio shall be carried on to higher perfection in- 
stead of scattering or being carried underground 
when my part shall be done. This is important not 
only for Africa, but for all other continents as well, 
inasmuch as we are making records of rapidly disap- 
pearing animal life. From my point of view, this 
school of workers is perhaps the most important of 
all the results of the work on Roosevelt African Hall. 
Every group in Roosevelt African Hall must be 
made by the men who make the studies in Africa so 
that the selection of environment, the background, 
and the story to be told shall be typical and so that 
every detail of accessory or background shall be scien- 
tifically accurate. It was formerly the custom, and is 
still in many museums, to send hunters into the field 
to kill animals and to send the skins back to the 
museum where a taxidermist mounts them. The 
taxidermist does not know the animals. He has no 
proper measurements for them. Usually the hunter 
‘does not supply them and, even if he does, they are 
