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tute ; Mr. John Caldwell, who for ten years 

 was chairman of the International Jury 

 at the Carnegie Institute, and others spoke 

 on the theme. Considerable diversity of 

 opinion was expressed, and the debate, 

 while lively, was thoroughly good-natured. 



Following this discussion an interesting 

 paper was presented by Mr. T. L. Com- 

 parette, the curator of the cabinet of coins 

 in the United States Mint, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., on 'The Installation and Exhibition 

 of Coins.' Dr. Comparette was followed 

 in his remarks by Dr. Kurtz and Dr. 

 Holland. 



At 11 :30 the association adjourned and 

 repaired to 'The Meadows,' the country 

 seat of Mr. Robert C. Hall, at Ross Station, 

 Pa., where they were treated to a barbecued 

 ox with savory accompaniments. A brief 

 session was held, at which the question of 

 museum support was discussed and papers 

 were read by Dr. W J McGee, director of 

 the St. Louis Public Museum; Dr. George 

 A. Dorsey and others. On the return, 

 which took place at five o'clock, a visit was 

 paid to the East Liberty branch of the 

 Carnegie Library, under the guidance of 

 Mr. Anderson H. Hopkins. 



In view of the large number of papers 

 to be read invitations to visit the Home- 

 stead Steel Works, the Allegheny Observa- 

 tory and other interesting points were de- 

 clined and the association resumed its ses- 

 sions at 8 P.M. in the Carnegie Institute. 



Election of officers for the ensuing year 

 took place, resulting in the election of Dr. 

 W. M. R. French (first vice-president) as 

 president; of Dr. W. J. Holland (second 

 vice-president) as first vice-president, and 

 of Mr. F. A. Lucas as second vice-presi- 

 dent. Mr. P. M. Rea, of Charleston, S. C, 

 was elected secretary; Dr. W. P. Wilson, 

 of Philadelphia, was reelected as treasurer ; 

 Dr Hermon C. Bumpus and Dr. George A. 



Dorsey were elected councilors for three 

 years. 



A very interesting paper, illustrated by 

 photographs, was read by Miss Delia I. 

 Griffin, director of the Fairbanks Museum 

 of Natural History, St. Johnsbury, Ver- 

 mont. Her theme was 'The Educational 

 Work of a Small Museum.' She was fol- 

 lowed by Miss Anna B. Gallup, curator of 

 the Children's Museum of the Brooklyn 

 Institute, who gave an interesting account 

 of the work of the Children's Museum, 

 illustrated with lantern slides. 



On Thursday morning at nine o'clock 

 the reading of papers was resumed. Dr. 

 W. P. Wilson, of the Philadelphia Mu- 

 seums, gave a most interesting account of 

 the work along educational lines of the 

 great institution over which he presides, 

 illustrated by examples of different collec- 

 tions which are prepared for the purpose 

 of being loaned to the schools of the city 

 of Philadelphia. He was followed by Mr. 

 A. R. Crook, who presented a paper on 

 'The History of the Illinois State Museum 

 of Natural History.' A paper by Mr. 

 Edward K. Putnam, on 'The Educational 

 Work of the Museum of the Davenport 

 Academy of Sciences,' was read by title; 

 a paper by Dr. Charles H. Hitchcock, 

 curator of the Butterfield Museum of Dart- 

 mouth College, Hanover, N. H., on 'Ich- 

 nological Researches in Museums,' was like- 

 wise read by title in the absence of both 

 authors. A scholarly paper, on 'Some of 

 the Advantages of an Ecological Organiza- 

 tion of a Natural History Museum,' was 

 presented by Professor C. C. Adams, cura- 

 tor of the museum of the University of 

 Cincinnati. 



The association adjourned for luncheon 

 at the Pittsburg Golf Club, where an ex- 

 cellent luncheon for all who were present 

 had been provided. 



The day being beautiful and sunny and 



