MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD. CURATOR- IN-CHI EF 



No. 24. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y JULY, 19 JO. 



As a result of several articles that have appeared in the local press, the 

 Museum staff has had many inquiries as to the proposed removal of the 

 Museum from its quarters in Borough Hall. In order to correct any erroneous 

 impressions among members of the Association or the general public, it may 

 be stated that a petition has been signed by the bench and bar of Richmond 

 generally, and by the trial justices of the Supreme Court, asking that accomo- 

 dations for the trial term of the Supreme Court be provided in the quarters now 

 occupied by the Association and that new quarters be assigned to the Associ- 

 ation in the house situated at the corner of Stuyvesant Place and Hyatt Street. 

 This petition has been presented to the Board of Estimate and the Board of 

 Alderman; and a resolution has passed the latter Board recommending the 

 Board of Estimate to authorize the issue of revenue bonds to the sum of 

 $2625, to provide for the expenses of moving the collections, and for the pay- 

 ment of rental and the salaries of the enlarged staff from October 1 until the 

 end of the current year. The matter is now in the hands of the Board of Esti- 

 mate. If acted upon favorably, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund will 

 be authorized to conclude the terms of rental. Pending such action, the pro- 

 posed removal is still in abeyance. 



The annual prize of ten dollars offered by the Association to pupils of 

 Curtis High School for the best work in natural science was awarded to Louis 

 H. Achilles, The subject as formulated by the committee, was "a collection of 

 not less than 50 Staten Island insects of economic importance, including at 

 least 25 species." The prize winner showed great diligence in making a collec- 

 tion far in excess of the required number, and the specimens were mounted 

 with care. 



For next year's competition the following subject has been selected: An 

 essay of not less than 1000 words, giving an account of some Staten Island 

 brook, describing (1) its source, (2) its geographical course, (3) the character 

 of the country through which it flows, (4) discussion of special physiographic 

 features, such as erosion, rapids, falls, etc., (5) fauna and flora to be observed 

 along the stream, (6) historical facts, if any, connected with it. 



This essay should be neatly written with ink on one side of the sheet only, 

 not rolled or folded, and must be handed to the Principal of Curtis High School 

 on or before June 1, 1911. 



Recent visitors from other Museums were Dr. Henry L. Ward and Dr. 

 Graenicher, of the Milwaukee Public Museum; and Miss Anna B. Gallup, Miss 

 Agnes E. Bowen and Mr. George P. Engelhardt, of the Children's Museum of 

 the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



Entered as second-class matter in the Post office at New Brighton, N.Y.. under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 



