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visitor ma>' juiiij) to tlic conclusion that tlic reason the horse 

 hecanic extinct in North America is that these Permian 

 monsters fatteneci upon the Eohippus. Small wonder that 

 dinosaurs and manmials are made contemporaneous in the 

 moving ]:)ictures, when we show dinosaius and mammals 

 side by side in the same hall! These are hut one or two in- 

 stances of the seriousness of the present situation. Others are 

 the crowding; of the collection of fishes into the galler}- of 

 birds, and of collections of reptiles and amphibians into a 

 gallery filled with Antarctic birds, sea mammals, Florida 

 scenes — an educational hodg;epodg;e. 



Brighter da3^s are coming;. We have at last gained the 

 friendh' interest of oin- Municipal Trustees, of the Mayor, of 

 the Comptroller, and of other meml^ers of the Board of 

 Estimate and Apportionment, and there is some prospect 

 that ''Father Knicker])ocker" will come to the rescue and 

 o;ive us our two new sections, the SOUTHEAST WIXG and 

 the g;reat COURT OF OCEAN LIFE; also that some lover 

 of boys and girls will present us with a SCHOOL SERVICE 

 BL^ILDING which shall fill the space in the southwest court. 



Quite recently a meeting of the Roo.se velt State Memorial 

 Connnission has been held in the Museiun. The Commission 

 includes two members of the State Senate, two members of 

 the Assem))ly, and two from the State at larg;e, api:)ointed by 

 Governor Smith. Of this Commission I was appointed chair- 

 man and Ml'. Pindai" secretary. The five Commissioners, 

 representing the people of the various parts of the State, all 

 agreed that Thcnxlore Roosevelt was a really great man, far 

 above tlie confines of politics, — a great American whose 

 memory should i^e honored and whose example should Ix^ 

 kept aUve, es|x^cially for the l)enefit of the younger genera- 

 tion. Various plans for the memorial were suggested, with 



