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Dean, in connection with his services for the Metropoli- 

 tan Museum of Art, have necessitated his retirement from 

 the active direction of the Department of Ichthyology and 

 Herpetology. His administration has been eminently success- 

 ful and productive of results, and we are glad to say that he 

 has been retained in an advisory capacity as Curator Emeritus. 

 Dr. Dean will serve gratuitously, but in order that he may 

 continue several important publications which are in prepara- 

 tion, the Trustees have provided him with a research and 

 publication fund of $1,200 per annum. 



Early in the year, G. Clyde Fisher of The Johns Hopkins 

 University was appointed Assistant Curator in the Department 

 of Public Education and entered upon his duties June 1. 

 Doctor Fisher is devoting himself to the extension of our 

 educational work with the schools. 



The Director and Assistant Curator Miner were the official 

 representatives of the Museum at the meeting of the American 

 Association of Museums, held at Philadelphia, June 3 to 5. 



Curator Allen was the official delegate of the Museum to 

 the Ninth International Zoological Congress, held at Monaco 

 in March. 



Curator Hovey represented the Museum at the International 

 Geological Congress, Twelfth Session, held in Canada in August. 



Curator Winslow represented the Museum at the Fourth 

 International Congress on School Hygiene, held at Buffalo, 

 August 25 to 30. 



Assistant Curator Gregory was the official representative 

 of the Museum at the meetings of the British Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, held in Birmingham in August. 



The following promotions have been made in the Scientific 

 Staff: 



Bashford Dean, Ph.D., Curator Emeritus, Department 



of Ichthyology and Herpetology. 

 Mary Cynthia Dickerson, B.S., Associate Curator of 



Herpetology 

 A. J. Mutchler, Assistant, Department of Invertebrate 



Zoology. 



Israel J. Kligler, B.S., Assistant, Department of Public 

 Health. 



