MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Staten IFsland association of Hrts and Sciences 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD'. CU R ATOR- I N-CH I E F 



No. 30. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y JANUARY, J9IJ. 



THE NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in the reading room of the St. George branch, New York Public 

 Library, on Saturday evening, January 21, 1911, at 8:15- The scientific program 

 will be of a general nature. The following amendment to the Constitution, 

 proposed at the last meeting, will come up for action: 



Amend the first sentence of Article II. of the Constitution so that it shall read 

 as follows'- 



"The management of the affairs of the Association shall be vested in a board 

 of twenty-five trustees, composed of twenty-three members elected as provided 

 in the By-laws, together with the President of the Borough and the District Sup- 

 erintendent of Schools in said Borough for the time being, as ex-officio 

 members." 



As this amendment provides for an increase in the membership of the Board 

 of Trustees, a full attendance of members is requested. 



J. Q. ADAMS. Acting Secretary. 

 An Open Letter from Senator Bayne. 

 To the members of the Association: 



It becomes my pleasant duty to inform you tl^t the City of New York has 

 leased the premises No. 154 Stuvvesant Place, opposite the Borough Hall, for a 

 term of five years from January 1, 1911, for the use of the public museum and 

 library of the Association. This lease marks a new departure, not only in the 

 mission of our organization, but in the life of the community itself, and it deser- 

 ves more than a brief record without comment or congratulation. 



The new year is also notable for an increase of appropriation which renders 

 possible the organization of a complete museum staff and such development of 

 the work of the Association as will render it a recognized public institution 

 of the borough. The museum some time ago outgrew its present quarters, and 

 the increased facilittes now at hand, mark a healthy growth, and promise the 

 most beneficial results. 



The Association is entirely public-spirited and unselfish in its missions. It 

 aims for a means of education, an opportunity for culture, and a source of enter- 

 tainment to our community. It stimulates research and encourages cultural ef- 

 forts of every kind that make for the benefit of society and the welfare of our 

 citizenship. Advance has been slow because of peculiar conditions existing in 

 the borough, but it has been steady, and on the whole encouraging. 



We may now be said to have entered upon a career of recognized usefulness 

 and value to the community, and we look forward with great assurance to the 

 future. As soon as the necessary repairs and alterations are completed the mus- 

 eum will be moved, and thereafter will be open every clay in the year, Sundays 

 excepted, from ten to five o'clock Reasonable facilities will be given for pub- 

 lic lectures, and instruction of the public school children on all subjects within 

 the purview of the Association. Meetings of the various sections will be facil- 

 itated and the organization of new sections encouraged. The widest scope for 

 intellectual activities and aspirations will be the constant aim of the Associa- 

 tion. 



I wish to congratulate the members on this progress and on these prospects. 

 I wish to thank them one and all for the cooperation on their part which has 

 rendered these things possible and especially those members of the Association, 

 who, without having personally enjoyed its privileges, contributed to its funds 

 for so many years with no other than a public-spirited purpose to help its work 

 and achieve its mission. Those whom you have placed in the management of 

 the Association deeply appreciate your cooperation and support. The time has 

 now come when we may confidently appeal to the public for an increased mem- 

 bership, which, by providing an increase in our funds, will insure a far more 

 rapid development and satisfactory achievement than we have heretofore 

 attained. With sincere congratulations, I am, Faithfully yours, 

 HOWARD R. BAYNE, Pr esident. 



Entered as second-class matter in the Postoffice at New Brighton, N. Y., under Act of Congress of July 16. 1804 



