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majority of tlicni need (loiil)]c the room they now have. There 

 is splenth'd exhihition material ah'eady on hand or in sight to 

 fill another wing like the present one. Moreover, tlie present 

 auditorium or lecture hall is entirely inade(juate to accommo- 

 date the large numher of people who wish to attend the Sunday 

 afternoon lectures. The hall, in the first place, is poorly suited 

 to the purpose, and seats only about 250 as a maximum num- 

 ber. At most of the lectures not only is every seat (Kcupied 

 but from 20 to 50 people have to stand and an even greater 

 number are unable to get in and have to be turned away. 



The East Wing should be built at the earliest possible date, 

 and in it, or elsewhere, should be provided an auditorium suit- 

 able and adequate to the immediate and future lecture and 

 other educational activities of the Academy. 



