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in Rhode Island Hall, and in three months time they 

 were rilled and arranged by Professor Jenks in readi- 

 ness for the Commencement in June. 



A pleasing incident maybe mentioned in this con- 

 nection. The Rev. Frederic Denison, a loyal 

 alumnus of Brown, had been for many years mak- 

 ing a collection of Indian relics in Connecticut and 

 Rhode Island, and was now preparing an account of 

 them for a history of Westerly, where he was settled 

 as pastor of a church. A paragraph in the Provi- 

 dence Journal referring to this collection caught the 

 eye of Professor Jenks, and soon he had an account 

 of it from the author himself. Before there was 

 time for a reply the Professor was in the pastor's 

 study, his face all radiant with joy as he gazed upon 

 the six hundred relics illustrating the history, manners 

 and customs of the aborigines. The owner could 

 have sold them for a handsome sum, but he gladly 

 gave them as a foundation for the new Museum, and 

 they were at once transferred to the cases in Rhode 

 Island Hall. The next day a collector from Yale 

 appeared on the ground, but he was twenty-four 

 hours too late. The relics had gone. To this col- 

 lection Mr. Denison and others have made additions, 

 until it now numbers upwards of a thousand speci- 

 mens, constituting a most interesting and valuable 

 part of the Anthropological department. 



At the meeting of the alumni in June following, 

 the Professor made known his plans and purposes in 

 regard to the Museum, and solicited the hearty co- 



