THE MUSEOLOGIST 



77//N little maydzine is devoted to the itdernal affairs of the Muneiun. If 

 exists for the sake of all the Museum workers, and offers itself as a ready 

 medium through which they may come into closer touch with each other and 

 with the Corporation. 



It is issued by the Publicity Committee. 



Volume I June, 1920 Number I 



MUSEUM EMPLOYMENT 



In these days of universal economic disturbance, when the 

 relations between capital and labor have narrowed to such a 

 sharp antagonism, and when all the circumstances of the 

 times seem to call the grasping instinct to its fullest expres- 

 sion, it is refreshing to find an occasional working community 

 where notably insufficient compensation and hampered 

 facilities have yet not impaired the enthusiasm of the workers 

 nor robbed the work of its inspiration. It is to be remarked 

 that this cheerful acceptance of hard conditions is character- 

 istic of the men and women whose toil bestows the largest 

 benefits on mankind. It is a part of the selflessness of their 

 purpose; a manifestation of the vision that looks over the 

 little, near things and dwells on wider, finer prospects. It 

 is the symptom of an ideal. 



Such is the spirit of our Museum community. Science, 

 in her application so lavish of benefits to mankind, has 

 generally rewarded only slenderly the individuals whose lives 

 have been devoted to her service. And of all scientific fields, 

 Museums have perhaps least of all to yield, in the way of 

 financial return, to their workers. The reason for this is the 

 fact of the dependence of such institutions for the greater 



