﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  igi2 
  O, 
  

  

  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  tremendous 
  force 
  and 
  the 
  response 
  

   from 
  the 
  people 
  would 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  be 
  substantial. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  worth 
  

   while 
  to 
  consider 
  if 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  conception 
  in 
  the 
  

   museum 
  series 
  can 
  wisely 
  be 
  left 
  to 
  a 
  coming 
  generation. 
  

  

  The 
  public 
  art 
  museum 
  is 
  naturally 
  the 
  last 
  to 
  take 
  its 
  place 
  in 
  

   the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  museum 
  idea. 
  Time 
  will 
  bring 
  it 
  

   to 
  every 
  state 
  as 
  intellectual 
  appreciation 
  and 
  the 
  love 
  of 
  the 
  beauti- 
  

   ful 
  advance. 
  Experience 
  has 
  taught 
  this, 
  and 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  art 
  

   museums 
  maintained 
  in 
  the 
  older 
  countries 
  by 
  state 
  grants 
  is 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  that, 
  even 
  though 
  the 
  time 
  may 
  still 
  be 
  unripe 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  

   at 
  least 
  its 
  seed 
  has 
  taken 
  root. 
  

  

  A 
  law 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  people 
  have 
  intimated 
  a 
  desire, 
  if 
  not 
  an 
  inten- 
  

   tion, 
  to 
  develop 
  the 
  museum 
  idea 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  on 
  the 
  broad 
  lines 
  

   indicated, 
  remains 
  but 
  partially 
  enforced. 
  An 
  intelligent 
  people 
  

   opened 
  the 
  door 
  for 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  idea; 
  the 
  conception 
  

   has 
  been 
  rather 
  too 
  long 
  left 
  unheeded. 
  This 
  State 
  has 
  inti- 
  

   mated 
  its 
  willingnes's 
  to 
  stand 
  for 
  the 
  progressive 
  habilitation 
  of 
  

   this 
  conception 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University, 
  charged 
  

   with 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  this 
  law 
  and 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  execute 
  its 
  

   intentions, 
  lies 
  here 
  an 
  opportunity 
  for 
  additional 
  public 
  service. 
  

  

  II 
  

  

  THE 
  EDUCATIONAL 
  FUNCTION 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  

   MUSEUM 
  OF 
  SCIENCE 
  

  

  In 
  rendering 
  the 
  annual 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  procedure 
  in 
  this 
  

   division 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  it 
  seems 
  well 
  to 
  ask 
  special 
  

   attention 
  from 
  those 
  who 
  may 
  read 
  this 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  require- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  real 
  educational 
  functions 
  of 
  this 
  organization. 
  

   Year 
  after 
  year 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  advance 
  of 
  work 
  

   along 
  the 
  several 
  lines 
  of 
  scientific 
  inquiry 
  and 
  conversation 
  

   legitimately 
  pursued 
  by 
  it. 
  Data 
  of 
  scientific 
  w 
  r 
  orth 
  and 
  moment 
  

   have 
  annually 
  heaped 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  vast 
  accumulation 
  of 
  like 
  facts 
  

   which 
  the 
  many 
  years 
  of 
  previous 
  work 
  have 
  brought 
  forth 
  ; 
  

   publications 
  have 
  issued 
  in 
  unbroken 
  streams, 
  in 
  which 
  some 
  

   part 
  of 
  this 
  accumulation 
  of 
  knowledge 
  has 
  been 
  digested 
  and 
  

   set 
  forth 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  take 
  its 
  proper 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  fabric 
  of 
  science. 
  

   All 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  begun, 
  whatever 
  its 
  outcome, 
  

   is 
  to 
  have 
  its 
  final 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  this 
  State 
  and 
  its 
  natural 
  resources, 
  howsoever 
  remote 
  its 
  

   immediate 
  relation 
  thereto 
  may 
  seem. 
  

  

  