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of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chi- 

 cago, and Mr. Harold L. Madison, of the Park 

 Museum in Providence, became members of the 

 council. 



The session of Tuesday afternoon, May 16, was 

 presided over by Mr. Henry W. Kent, of the 

 Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was devoted to 

 a discussion of instruction service in museums. 

 The following papers were presented: 

 Introduction, by Mrs. Agnes L. Vaughan. 



"Exhibitions of Children's Drawings," by Mrs. 

 Jeannette M. Diven. 



' ' Courses offered by Museums, ' ' by Dr. G. Clyde 

 Fisher. 



"Required Beading and Eeviews, " by Miss 

 Alice W. Wilcox. 



"School Credits," by Mr. William L. Fisher. 



"Experimental Examinations," by Miss Agnes 

 L. Pollard. 



' ' Connections with Colleges, ' ' by Mrs. Laura W. 

 L. Scales and Mr. William L. Fisher. 



The evening session of May 16 was devoted to a 

 consideration of the relations of museums with the 

 public. The following papers were presented: 



"A New Form of Museum Advertising," by 

 Mr. Herbert E. Sargent. 



"Advertising an Art Museum," by Miss Mar- 

 garet T. Jackson. 



"How the Art Institute of Chicago has In- 

 creased its Usefulness," by Mr. Newton H. Car- 

 penter. 



' ' Increasing the Usefulness of Museums, ' ' by 

 Mr. John C. Dana. 



At the morning session of May 17 the following 

 papers dealing with museum methods were pre- 

 sented : 



' ' The MaeLean Museum Case, ' ' by Mr. L. Earle 

 Eowe. (Illustrated.) 



' ' Museum Exhibition Cases, ' ' by Mr. Harold L. 

 Madison. (Illustrated.) 



' ' Index Labels, ' ' by Mr. Roy W. Miner. (Illus- 

 trated.) 



"A New Development in Museum Groups," by 

 Mr. D wight Franklin. (Illustrated.) 



"Some New Installation of Industrial Mate- 

 rial," by Mr. William L. Fisher. (Illustrated.) 



' ' Installation of Textile Fabrics, ' ' by Mr. Fred- 

 erick L. Lewton. 



"Installation of Ethnological Material," by Dr. 

 Walter Hough. 



"Suggestions for a Forestry Exhibit," by Dr. 

 A. E. Crook. 



In the afternoon of May 17 the association met 

 with the American Federation of Arts, Dr. Edward 



Robinson, of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 

 presiding. The subject of discussion was The Art 

 Museum and the People. The following papers 

 were presented: 



"The Story Method of Instruction," by Miss 

 Margaret E. Sawtelle. 



"A Small Museum and its Value to a Com- 

 munity," by Mr. J. G. Butler, Jr. 



"A National Museum and School of Art," by 

 Mr. Henry Tupper Bailey. 



Wednesday evening, May 17, the regents and 

 secretary of the Smithsonian Institution tendered 

 a reception to the American Association of Mu- 

 seums and to the American Federation of Arts. 



At the concluding session on Thursday, May 18, 

 the following papers were presented: 



' ' The Correlation of Art and Science in the Mu- 

 seum," by Professor Homer R. Dill. 



"Administrative Organization," by Mr. Benj. 

 Ives Gilman. 



In discussing the future work of the association 

 a general desire was expressed for the publication 

 of a museum journal to replace the annual volume 

 of Proceedings. This and other suggestions re- 

 garding future work were referred to the council 

 for consideration. 



A movement to secure a larger representation 

 of the trustees of museums in the membership of 

 the association was begun at the San Francisco 

 meeting last year. Further discussion of this sub- 

 ject took place at Washington, and a committee 

 was appointed to bring to the attention of mu- 

 seum trustees the intimate relation of the work 

 of the association to the welfare of their institu- 

 tions. 



Other committees were appointed as follows: 



A committee to consider a communication of 

 the College Art Association with reference to the 

 development of adequate training for museum 

 workers. 



A committee to consider methods of cooperation 

 with the American Federation of Arts. 



A committee to consider the possibility of co- 

 operation between museums and the Forest Serv- 

 ice in illustrating the principles of forestry by 

 museum exhibits. 



Invitations for the 1917 meeting of the associa- 

 tion were received from museums in Springfield 

 (Mass.), New York City and Philadelphia. A vote 

 of appreciation and thanks was extended to these 

 museums, and the final decision referred to the 

 council. 



Paitl M. Rea, 



Secretary 



