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thoughtless throng of visitors. Yet this asylum was 

 the only one available, and the kind purpose of the 

 Exposition managers and of their secretary, Mr. John 

 P. Reynolds, should not be forgotten, nor its value in the 

 least deprecated, for they not only freely offered the 

 best at their disposal, but paid annually the many 

 expenses incurred in the care of the collections, which, 

 except for this friendly aid, might have been scattered 

 or destroyed, or at least stored where they would have 

 been inaccessible. The library was packed and stored. 



EDMUND ANDREWS. 



In the spring of 1892 the Exposition building was 

 torn down, and the trustees were forced to remove and 

 store the collections. That the Academy was kept 

 alive during this period of depression was due to the 

 earnest and effective work of the president, Dr. Ed- 

 mund Andrews, and the secretary, Dr. J. W. Velie. 

 These two were the only active working officers, and 

 Dr. Velie was the only one who devoted his whole time 



