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Xonc lire too in'sc to Ix' iNi'<faL-(fi , but few arc so in'scli/ju.si 

 as to acknoii'li'dgc and correct their tnistaL-cs, and especially the 

 mistakes of prejudice. 



Barrow. 



THE NEWS 



At the Annual Meeting of the Museum's Board of Trustees which was 

 held on February 7th, Messrs. George F. Baker, Jr., A. Perry Osborn 

 and George D. Pratt, of New York City, and Dr. Leonard C. Sanford, 

 of Xew Haven, were elected to fill vacancies on the Board. Mr. Adrian 

 Iselin, after serving for eight years as Secretary of the Museum, resigned, 

 and Mr. Percy R. Pyne was elected his successor. 



President Osborn stated at the meeting that he regarded the year 

 1920 as one of the greatest years in thehistory of the Museum, inasmuch 

 as the institution's educational value had been for the first time full}- 

 recognized by the present City Administration, and, despite the hard 

 times, gifts, collections and funds for expeditions presented to the Mu- 

 seum during the year represented a total of S500,000. 



Commenting on the financial condition of the Museum, he announced 

 that the year's work had been concluded without the necessity of re- 

 questing the Trustees to make their usual personal contributions to 

 supplement the budget. That this was possible, he explained, was due 

 to the enforcement of the most rigid economy and to the fact that the 

 City authorities, after a searching investigation of its affairs, recogniz- 

 ing the importance of the institution as a vital and ever developing 

 adjunct to the City's educational system, had increased the annual 

 maintenance allowance by $150,000 over the appropriation for 1919. 



\'isitors to the Museum during the i:)ast year numbered 1,040,000, 



At the Annual Meeting of the Museum's Pension Board, held on 

 February 9th, Mr. A. Perry Osborn was accorded a -'ordial welcome 

 as the new Trustee member of the Board. Mr. Osborn succeeds Mr. 

 Pvne, Avho had served since the establishment of the Pension Board. 



