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  6 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  

  

  be 
  presented 
  in 
  a 
  special 
  report. 
  All 
  museums 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  

   begun, 
  like 
  ours, 
  with 
  collections 
  of 
  minerals 
  and 
  of 
  stuffed 
  

   mammals 
  and 
  birds. 
  We 
  have 
  now 
  grown 
  into 
  the 
  broader 
  

   spirit 
  that 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  is 
  to 
  join 
  with 
  the 
  entire 
  

   educational 
  system 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  and 
  country 
  by 
  presenting 
  for 
  

   objective 
  teaching 
  all 
  of 
  Nature 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  aspects, 
  including 
  the 
  

   native 
  and 
  prehistoric 
  races 
  of 
  men. 
  Only 
  where 
  history 
  and 
  art 
  

   begin 
  our 
  part 
  ceases 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Art 
  begins. 
  

   It 
  is 
  thus 
  within 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  an 
  ideal 
  Natural 
  History 
  

   Museum 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  following 
  subjects 
  and 
  divisions 
  of 
  

   science, 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  an 
  elementary 
  way: 
  

  

  The 
  Heavens. 
  Astronomy, 
  The 
  Solar 
  System, 
  Mete- 
  

   orites, 
  etc. 
  

   The 
  Earth. 
  Geography, 
  Physiography, 
  Geology 
  and 
  

  

  Mineralogy. 
  

   The 
  Sea. 
  Thalassography, 
  Chemistry 
  and 
  Physics 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  Sea. 
  

   Life. 
  The 
  Present 
  (Zoology) 
  and 
  Past 
  (Palaeontology) 
  

  

  History 
  of 
  Animal 
  Life 
  on 
  the 
  Earth. 
  

   Forestry 
  and 
  Forest 
  Conservation. 
  This, 
  with 
  

   the 
  Jesup 
  Wood 
  Collection, 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  invasion 
  of 
  

   the 
  science 
  of 
  Botany.* 
  

   Man. 
  Present 
  and 
  Past 
  History 
  of 
  Man 
  (Anthropology 
  — 
  

   Ethnology 
  and 
  Archaeology 
  of 
  the 
  Non-historic 
  

   Races) 
  ; 
  also 
  the 
  life 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  animals 
  

   and 
  plants 
  which 
  peculiarly 
  affect 
  man. 
  

  

  Beginnings 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  several 
  of 
  these 
  newer 
  sub- 
  

   jects, 
  not 
  heretofore 
  embraced 
  in 
  the 
  plans 
  of 
  Museums 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History, 
  such 
  as 
  Astronomy 
  (see 
  p. 
  18) 
  and 
  Geography, 
  

   and 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  service 
  which 
  these 
  exhibitions 
  have 
  

   rendered 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  encourages 
  their 
  entry 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   great 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  during 
  the 
  next 
  

   twenty 
  years. 
  Berlin 
  has 
  a 
  Museum 
  entirely 
  devoted 
  to 
  

   Thalassography. 
  Physical 
  Geography 
  is 
  a 
  subject 
  which 
  will 
  

   connect 
  both 
  with 
  the 
  life 
  exhibitions 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  and 
  

   with 
  the 
  studies 
  of 
  the 
  school. 
  

  

  The 
  exhibition 
  methods 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  are 
  frankly 
  and 
  

   chiefly 
  for 
  public 
  and 
  higher 
  education. 
  The 
  average 
  visitor, 
  

  

  * 
  A 
  science 
  belonging 
  properly 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Potanical 
  Garden 
  

  

  