DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 



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PROPOSED MUSEUM BUILDING FOR THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, acting President of the Institute ; ex- 

 Mayor David A. Boody, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford and others. 



The laying of the corner-stone occurred on Saturday, Decem- 

 ber 14, 1895. beginning at three o'clock P. M. The Park Com- 

 missioner presided. The order of exercises were as follows: 



I. Opening Address, - - Hon. A. Augustus Healy 



President of the Board of Trustees of the Institute. 



II. Prayer, .... Rev. Charles R. Baker 



Rector of the Church of the Messiah. 



III. Ode, ----- Rev. John W. Chadwick 



Pastor Second Unitarian Church. 



IV. The Purposes of the Museum, 



Prof. Franklin W. Hooper, Director of the Institute 



V. The Laying of the Corner-Stone, 



His Honor, Charles A. Schieren, Mayor of Brooklyn 

 VI. Address on the Laying of the Corner-Stone, 



Rev. R. S. Storrs, D.D., LL.D 



Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Institute. 



VII. Address, - - Hon. St. Clair McKelway, LL.D 



Member of the Board of Regents of New York State. 



VIII. Address, ----- Hon. Seth Low, LL.D 



President of Columbia College. 



IX. Hymn, ------- "America" 



X. Prayer and Benediction, - Rev. Sylvester Malone 



Rector of St. Peter's and St. Paul's Church. 



