﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  1907 
  7 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  collections 
  was 
  stated 
  specifically 
  

   in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  last 
  year. 
  It 
  remains 
  unchanged. 
  The 
  materials 
  

   of 
  the 
  museum 
  now 
  occupy 
  parts 
  of 
  

  

  A 
  Geological 
  Hall 
  

  

  B 
  State 
  Hall 
  

  

  C 
  Capitol 
  

  

  D 
  Storage 
  house, 
  Orange 
  street 
  

  

  E 
  Flint 
  Granite 
  Co., 
  Cemetery 
  Station 
  

  

  F 
  Property 
  of 
  Joseph 
  L. 
  Verstrepen, 
  Delaware 
  street 
  

  

  The 
  offices 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  are 
  also 
  divided, 
  part 
  in 
  

   the 
  State 
  Hall, 
  another 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  Geological 
  Hall. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  Museum 
  is 
  a 
  divided 
  house, 
  but 
  not 
  a 
  house 
  divided 
  

   against 
  itself. 
  It 
  stands, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  every 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  its 
  

   work 
  fortifies 
  it 
  by 
  an 
  uninterrupted 
  progress 
  along 
  lines 
  that 
  are 
  

   not 
  alone 
  of 
  immediate 
  practical 
  import 
  to 
  the 
  commercial 
  interests 
  

   of 
  the 
  State, 
  but, 
  of 
  far 
  greater 
  ultimate 
  moment 
  to 
  the 
  community, 
  

   also 
  to 
  a 
  more 
  adequate 
  conception 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  and 
  processes 
  of 
  

   nature. 
  In 
  the 
  world's 
  history 
  never 
  has 
  the 
  fact 
  been 
  made 
  clearer 
  

   than 
  now 
  that 
  the 
  State 
  which 
  most 
  encourages 
  scientific 
  investiga- 
  

   tions 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  alone 
  of 
  determining 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  its 
  citizen- 
  

   ship 
  to 
  the 
  active 
  natural 
  forces 
  on 
  which 
  that 
  citizenship 
  depends 
  is 
  

   performing 
  its 
  highest 
  duty 
  to 
  the 
  community 
  and 
  insuring 
  its 
  own 
  

   stability. 
  Though 
  every 
  channel 
  of 
  scientific 
  knowledge 
  seems 
  

   gorged 
  with 
  details 
  of 
  information 
  which 
  few 
  can 
  digest, 
  yet 
  out 
  of 
  

   this 
  choked 
  and 
  tangled 
  mass, 
  gradually 
  unravel 
  the 
  guiding 
  lines 
  of 
  

   knowledge 
  which 
  must 
  give 
  direction 
  to 
  the 
  future 
  progress 
  of 
  

   the 
  race. 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  museum. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  dismembered 
  condition 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  collections 
  and 
  the 
  widely 
  separated 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  work- 
  

   ing 
  force, 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  new 
  and 
  adequate 
  quarters 
  is 
  hailed 
  as 
  

   the 
  opening 
  of 
  an 
  era 
  which 
  can 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  infuse 
  a 
  wholesome 
  spirit 
  

   and 
  a 
  more 
  definite 
  objective 
  in 
  the 
  labors 
  of 
  this 
  organization. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  70 
  years 
  of 
  its 
  history 
  the 
  scientific 
  departments 
  have 
  had 
  

   no 
  direct 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  save 
  through 
  the 
  avenue 
  of 
  publica- 
  

   tion. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  at 
  no 
  time 
  possible 
  to 
  adequately 
  display 
  the 
  

   tangible 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  State's 
  natural 
  resources. 
  The 
  real 
  educa- 
  

   tional 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  is 
  still 
  untried 
  though 
  not 
  unproven. 
  

  

  The 
  provision 
  made 
  for 
  museum 
  quarters 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  Education 
  

   Building 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  plans 
  which 
  have 
  now 
  been 
  approved 
  

   by 
  the 
  commission 
  in 
  charge 
  thereof, 
  will 
  be 
  not 
  only 
  adequate 
  

   for 
  present 
  needs 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  provision 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  therein 
  

  

  