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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  here 
  pursued, 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  effective 
  instructional 
  value 
  entirely 
  

   creditable 
  to 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  That 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  a 
  state's 
  natural 
  resources 
  is 
  of 
  paramount 
  

   moment 
  to 
  the 
  people, 
  needs 
  no 
  argument. 
  That 
  the 
  people 
  should 
  

   have 
  an 
  insight 
  into 
  the 
  larger 
  scientific 
  problems 
  based 
  upon 
  and 
  

   arising 
  from 
  these 
  natural 
  resources, 
  will 
  not 
  admit 
  of 
  debate. 
  In 
  

   the 
  natural 
  and 
  orderly 
  development 
  of 
  practical 
  and 
  intellectual 
  

   interest 
  among 
  the 
  people, 
  these 
  are 
  demands 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  superior 
  

   force 
  because 
  they 
  develop 
  first. 
  

  

  But 
  this 
  great 
  Commonwealth 
  has 
  certainly 
  reached 
  a 
  stage 
  of 
  

   intellectual 
  attainment 
  where 
  it 
  may 
  demand 
  now, 
  or 
  should 
  demand 
  

   soon, 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  fuller 
  conception 
  of 
  the 
  additional 
  

   museums 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  statute 
  has 
  pointed 
  the 
  way. 
  The 
  State 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  has 
  no 
  museum 
  of 
  its 
  own 
  history. 
  Whether 
  it 
  should 
  

   have 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  matter 
  for 
  debate. 
  The 
  director's 
  project 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  

   museum 
  has 
  been 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Education, 
  

   by 
  a 
  special 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents, 
  by 
  unanimous 
  vote 
  

   of 
  the 
  Board 
  itself, 
  by 
  the 
  finance 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  Senate 
  and 
  by 
  a 
  

   thousand 
  expressed 
  opinions 
  of 
  competent 
  citizens. 
  Yet 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

   exist. 
  The 
  substantial 
  means 
  fail 
  largely 
  because 
  a 
  locus 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  

   museum 
  still 
  fails. 
  The 
  hope 
  that 
  the 
  Education 
  Building 
  might 
  

   accommodate 
  such 
  a 
  museum 
  probably 
  must 
  be 
  abandoned 
  for 
  want 
  

   of 
  room, 
  and 
  until 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  definite 
  answer 
  to 
  the 
  question 
  " 
  Where 
  

   are 
  you 
  going 
  to 
  put 
  it? 
  " 
  the 
  appropriations 
  necessary 
  for 
  its 
  crea- 
  

   tion 
  will 
  be 
  withheld. 
  For 
  such 
  an 
  historical 
  museum 
  public 
  senti- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  ripe, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  is 
  ripe. 
  In 
  the 
  impending 
  amplification 
  of 
  

   the 
  State's 
  buildings 
  provision 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  it. 
  

  

  Have 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  reached 
  a 
  stage 
  of 
  

   such 
  intelligent 
  concern 
  in 
  their 
  past 
  as 
  to 
  desire 
  a 
  portrayal 
  of 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  industries 
  on 
  which 
  their 
  wealth 
  and 
  happiness 
  

   so 
  largely 
  depend 
  ? 
  Has 
  not 
  the 
  time 
  arrived 
  when 
  a 
  museum 
  which 
  

   would 
  teach 
  the 
  people 
  how 
  the 
  raw 
  material 
  in 
  every 
  line 
  of 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  is 
  evolved 
  into 
  the 
  finished 
  product, 
  would 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  dis- 
  

   tinctive 
  usefulness 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  people? 
  How 
  many 
  among 
  the 
  ten 
  

   million 
  citizens 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  know 
  that 
  their 
  morning 
  newspaper 
  

   requires 
  in 
  its 
  manufacture 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  sulfur 
  and 
  lime, 
  and 
  talc 
  or 
  

   clay 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  wood? 
  One 
  who 
  is 
  concerned 
  with 
  modern 
  methods 
  

   of 
  any 
  manufacture 
  will 
  be 
  as 
  much 
  concerned 
  in 
  the 
  historical 
  

   development 
  of 
  that 
  industry. 
  Here 
  lies 
  an 
  immense 
  field 
  of 
  deepest 
  

   concern 
  and 
  very 
  high 
  instructional 
  value. 
  To 
  such 
  an 
  inspiring 
  

   institution 
  as 
  a 
  museum 
  of 
  industry, 
  all 
  paths 
  would 
  lead; 
  the 
  direct 
  

  

  