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the museum building has been necessary from time to 
time. The walls of both public conservatory ranges have 
been repointed, and all broken glass replaced, but, consider- 
ing the great area of glass to be maintained, the expense 
for new glass has been trivial. All necessary painting of 
buildings has been accomplished; it is desirable that some 
additional interior painting in the museum building be 
done this year. 
The report of the Superintendent of Buildings and 
Grounds hereto appended gives details of maintenance and 
construction. 
Need of an Additional Wing to the Museum Building 
The rapid and continuous increase of collections in the 
museum building makes additional space for display and 
storage of specimens and books very desirable, and more 
library room is needed for the accommodation of students. 
The Scientific Directors have considered this topic and on 
October 10, 1914, adopted the following report of a com- 
mittee, which was duly transmitted to the Board of 
Managers: 
The original plan of Mr. R. W. Gibson, Architect, for the 
completed museum building contemplated the construction on 
its north side of two wings, each about 100 feet long and four 
stories in height, in the rear of the present structure, these to be 
ultimately connected by a two-story pavilion, leaving an interior 
court. Considerable grading has been accomplished from time 
to time, looking forward to the construction of these wings, and 
some still remains to be done near the northern corner of the 
present edifice. 
The collections forming the public museum, the herbarium 
and the library have now reached such development as to make 
one of these wings absolutely essential for their proper installa- 
tion and preservation, and the constantly increasing number of 
students and investigators using the laboratory equipment makes 
additional laboratory space necessary. While either of the two 
proposed wings would provide the additional space desired, the 
western wing should be the first constructed, because that would 
