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supplement the other, and anyone visiting Washington at all inter- 

 ested in art will be obliged to visit both. 



The most sincere and hearty cooperation has existed in the past 

 between the two institutions, and it will continue in the future, the 

 only rivalry being that each will endeavor to hold to a higher standard 

 and uplift the art ideals in America. 



In order to insure the maintenance of the gallery at a proper stand- 

 ard there has been organized a permanent honorary committee of men 

 competent to pass judgment on the quality of such works of art as 

 might be presented for acceptance by the gallery and who are also 

 so identified with the art interests of the country as to assure to the 

 public and especially to the lovers and patrons of art the wholly 

 worthy purpose of this movement on behalf of the nation. This 

 advisory committee is constituted as follows : 



Mr. Francis D. Millett, president; Mr. Frederick Crowninshield, 

 representing the Fine Arts Federation, of which he is president ; Mr. 

 Edwin H. Blashfield, representing the National Academy of Design; 

 Mr. Herbert Adams, representing the National Sculpture Society, of 

 which he is president; and Mr. William H. Holmes, of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, secretary of the committee. 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



The Bureau of American Ethnology has in the past accomplished 

 much in its study of the habits, customs, and beliefs of the American 

 aborigines. The results of these researches have in considerable 

 measure been permanently recorded in annual reports and bulletins 

 that contain a mass of valuable information on aboriginal arts and 

 industries, forms of government, religious and social customs, lan- 

 guages, and mental and physical characteristics. Although a large 

 body of material still awaits final study and arrangement and much 

 remains to be done both in field and office work, yet the investigations 

 of the Bureau have reached such a stage as to render it possible to 

 summarize some of the results in the form of handbooks designed 

 especially for the use of schools and nonprofessional students. The 

 demand for the handbooks already issued or in preparation has been 

 very large. 



The Indians form one of the great races of mankind, and the 

 world looks to the Government for all possible knowledge that is 

 still available concerning this race before it shall have vanished by 

 assimilation in the great body of the American people. 



The Bureau has likewise done much in the exploration and pres- 

 ervation of antiquities, especially the prehistoric ruins in the south- 

 ern Rocky Mountain region, and will continue work in this direction 

 and press it more rapidly while there is still opportunity to save them 

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