June 28, 1907] 



SCIENCE 



997 



livered by J. Eodgers MeCreery, Esq., who 

 took the place of his honor George W. 

 Guthrie, Esq., the mayor of the city, whose 

 business engagements prevented him frqm 

 being present. 



In the absence of W. N. Frew, Esq., the 

 president of the board of trustees of the 

 Carnegie Institute, who was prevented 

 from being present by illness. Dr. Holland 

 extended a cordial welcome to the associa- 

 tion on behalf of the institute. 



Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus gracefully re- 

 sponded in well-chosen words. 



The remainder of the forenoon of June 

 4 was taken up with the transaction of 

 routine business, the hearing of the reports 

 of committees and the reading of a paper 

 by Mr. Henry L. Ward, the director of the 

 Milwaukee Public Museum, upon 'Museum 

 Labels,' which led to a very interesting 

 discussion. At 12:30 the association ad- 

 journed for luncheon, which was provided 

 in the restaurant of the institute by the 

 trustees. 



Prom 1 :30 until 2 :30 the time was occu- 

 pied in a tour of inspection of the new 

 buildings of the institute, the various gen- 

 tlemen on the entertainment committee 

 and on the staff of the Carnegie Library, 

 Art Gallery, and Museum acting as guides. 



At 2:30 the reading of papers was re- 

 sumed. Mr. Frank Collins Baker read a 

 paper entitled 'Some Instructive Methods 

 of Bird Installation,' which was illustrated 

 by photographs. He wels followed by Pro- 

 fessor E. S. Morse, director of the Peabody 

 Institute of Science, Salem, Mass., who 

 presented a paper on 'A New Method of 

 Mounting Ethnological Objects.' Dr. "W. 

 M. E. French, director of the Art Institute 

 of Chicago, next addressed the association 

 on 'The Advantages of Installation in 

 Swinging Frames for the Exhibition of 

 Textiles, Photographs, Prints and other 

 Flat Objects.' A paper on 'The Exhibi- 



tion of Large Groups in Museums,' by 

 Professor Henry L. Ward, of Milwaukee, 

 followed. Mr. P. M. Rea, director of the 

 Charleston Museum, presented a paper on 

 'Museum Records.' All of these papers, 

 which were admirably conceived and illus- 

 trated, led to pleasant and interesting dis- 

 cussions. 



The association adjourned at 4:30 p.m., 

 when the members were tendered an ex- 

 cursion by automobile through the parks 

 and residential portions of the city of Pitts- 

 burg, a number of prominent gentlemen 

 having kindly placed their automobiles at 

 the service of the committee of entertain- 

 ment. 



At 8 o'clock the association reconvened. 

 A symposium upon 'The Evolution and 

 Aims of Museums of Art and Science' was 

 opened by a paper by Mr. F. A. Lucas, 

 curator-in-chief of the Brooklyn Institute 

 of Arts and Sciences. He was followed by 

 Mr. Benjamin Ives Gilman, the director of 

 the Boston Museum of Pine Arts, who pre- 

 sented a scholarly paper on 'The Aims of 

 Museums.' After the reading of these 

 opening papers a general discussion in 

 which all of those who were present were 

 invited to participate took place. 



Dr. George A. Dorsey, of the Field Mu- 

 seum ; Dr. Henry L. Ward, director of the 

 Milwaukee Public Museum; Professor E. 

 S. Morse and many others spoke interest- 

 ingly. 



On June 5, at the opening session, a gen- 

 eral discussion on 'The Present Jury Sys- 

 tem in Connection with Exhibitions of 

 Contemporary Art' took place. The dis- 

 cussion was opened by Dr. W. M. R. 

 French, director of the Art Institute of 

 Chicago, who was followed by Dr. Charles 

 M. Kurtz, director of the Albright Art Gal- 

 lery of the Buffalo Pine Arts Academy. 

 Mr. John W. Beatty, director of the de- 

 partment of fine arts of the Carnegie Insti- 



