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raen fail to materialize iu adequate numbers, so that it seems 

 necessary, if not even indispensable, that the rising generation 

 should, in some manner, be led to take a stronger interest iu tlie 

 work which this Society is doing. The question seenos to be, 

 How can this be best accomplished? The indications are that 

 the problem is not easy of solution. 



A few brief weeks ago the various committees were all hard 

 at work making preparations for the Annual, and closing exhibi- 

 tions of the year. Now these exhibitions have passed into history, 

 with all that pertains to them : their successes, their failures, the 

 hard labor required, and their undeniable marks of solid progress. 

 The record of these exhibitions forms a chapter of more or less 

 interest in the story of the year's work ; an eloquent commentary 

 upon the men and women who helped make the record. And as 

 the years succeed each other in their rapid flight, as the annals 

 accumulate and become venerable from dust and old age, who 

 can turn back volume after volume, without wishing tliat the 

 beginning of his own life's story had been more earnest, and that 

 the chapters toward the end of it had been richer in results 

 achieved ? 



The annual appropriation for this department was Si, 000. Of 

 this amount the Committee have awarded S914 in prizes and 

 gratuities, leaving an unexpended balance of S86. 



With the annexed list of awards, this report is I'espectfully 

 submitted. 



C. N. Br AC RETT, 



Chairman. 



