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On March 25th, Professor Donald Taft, of Wells College, brought a 

 class in anthropology to the Museum. He and the class were taken 

 through the building by Dr. Lowie. 



The Mineral Hall is to be re-arranged. It is to have a groined arch 

 ceiling effect, and the large material is to be reinstalled in wall cases 

 along the south side of the hall, leaving the centre free for the enlarged 

 and re-arranged gem collection. The present Gem Hall will be used by 

 the Dci)ar;ment of Vertebrate Palaeontology for the exhibition of horse 

 material, both present-da\^ and fossil. The new arrangement of the 

 Mineral Hall will afford a better lighted gem display. The architects 

 have completed the specifications for the changes, and it is hoped that 

 the contracts will be let at an early date. 



President Osborn and Mr. Pindar spent March 31st in Albany, at 

 the meeting of the New York State Roosevelt Memorial Commission, 

 which was held at the Capitol. The Commission, of which President 

 Osborn is Chairman and Mr. Pindar is Secretary, discussed the proposals 

 which they have received, giving careful attention to the recommen- 

 dation that the memorial consist of a building for this Museum, to be 

 know^n as the Roosevelt Memorial Hall. Further report of the work of 

 the Commission will be made later. 



The New York Times Midweek Pictorial, in its number of March 31st, 

 gave a fine double-page display of reproductions of some of Mr. Taylor's 

 paintings of North Pacific Coast Indian ceremonies and industries. The 

 paintings will also be reproduced in The London News and U Illustration 

 of Paris. These papers have also published reproductions of some of Mr. 

 Knight's murals. 



Henry Hagedorn has been given a six-months' leave of absence on 

 account of illness. 



Dr. Lowie is giving a course in the Extension Department at Colum- 

 bia University on the culture of the Plains Indians. Dr. Whitlock will 

 give a summer course at Columbia on gems and precious stones, the 

 object of his course being to create an intelligent and discriminating 

 interest in gems and decorative material and to lay the foundation for a 



