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material, and in his own particular line of 

 discovery our museum has ranked as the 

 first in the world. Since Mr. Marsh's 

 death his work has been ably carried on, 

 first by Professor Beecher and now by Pro- 

 fessor Schuchert. Both of these gentle- 

 men have done a great deal in making the 

 collections accessible to the public ; and they 

 would have done a great deal more had 

 they not been handicapped by lack of 

 funds. For the Peabody Museum has 

 practically no endowment for its support, 

 and is dependent upon the small sums 

 which the university can furnish out of its 

 current income. Of scarcely less attrac- 

 tion to the casual visitor are the mineral 

 collections, under the charge of Professor 

 Dana; while we have important material 

 for study both in zoology and in anthro- 

 pology. It is exceedingly desirable that 

 these different collections should be better 

 known to the citizens of New Haven and 

 their children. A most important connec- 

 tion between university work and public- 

 school work can be made on this line, which 

 would help to give us our proper place in 

 the educational system of the city. The 

 little which has already been done in bring- 

 ing high school pupils into the museum is 

 proving valuable, both to the children and 

 to us. It is, . I hope, only a beginning ; an 

 indication of the possibilities which we have 

 before us when we are ready for more or- 

 ganized cooperation with the schools. 



2. In the art school we have two unique 

 collections; the Jarves collection of Italian 

 paintings in the north gallery, and the 

 Trumbull collection of early American 

 paintings in the south gallery. The Jarves 

 collection, apart from its value to the stu- 

 dent of art history, has a number of pic- 

 tures of the very first rank, and has been 

 supplemented by others which Mrs. Derby 

 has placed in our charge — so that we can 

 now show excellent specimens of Botticelli, 

 Correggio and other Italian artists of 



scarcely inferior prominence. ■ Of even 

 more interest to the general public is our 

 collection of modern pictures, of which the 

 Trumbull collection formed the nucleus. 

 Viewed simply from the standpoint of the 

 student of history, the battle pictures by 

 Colonel Trumbull and the contemporary 

 portraits of Washington, Hamilton and 

 other leaders of the American Revolution, 

 are exactly what a university needs to cre- 

 ate the right kind of atmosphere within 

 and the right kind of influence outside. 

 No other American university owns art 

 collections approximating ours in value, if 

 we would but avail ourselves of the advan- 

 tage which they give us. The failure to 

 do this is not the fault of the art school. 

 This school is doing active work in regular 

 classes and evening classes, public lectures 

 and loan exhibitions. It renders us more 

 public service than we appreciate ; and it 

 only needs proper recognition in order to 

 make that service many times greater than 

 it is at present. 



3. The public work of our music school 

 is somewhat better known. Indeed, this 

 department of the university may serve as 

 an example of what can be done in the ' way 

 of public service with somewhat small ma- 

 terials, provided men like Professor Parker 

 and Professor Sanford are in charge. 

 With relatively small means at command 

 this school has developed a symphony 

 orchestra which serves at once as a labora- 

 tory for the students of music and a means 

 of enjoyment and education to the public. 

 It has repeatedly brought audiences of 

 three thousand people to Woolsey Hall to 

 hear music of the very highest class. Be- 

 sides these concerts of our own, we have 

 the benefit of visits by great artists from 

 outside ; and, what is perhaps still more 

 remarkable, all this part of our university 

 activity has been placed on a self-support- 

 ing basis. It has at the same time stimu- 

 lated an increased interest in the study of 



