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Thirty posters designed by students in the second year advertising 

 ehiss of the New York School of Fine and Apphed Art have been placed 

 on exhibition in the Southwest Indians Hall. They were inspired l)y re- 

 search in the Indian rooms of the Museum. Some of the students are 

 ex-service men, working under the guidanc(> of the Federal \'ocational 

 Board. 



According to an English newspaper, the rate at which many birds and 

 animals can travel has recently been measured by following them in 

 aeroplanes or motor-cars fitted with speedometers. A wolf was found to 

 travel 38 miles an hour; an elk, 52 miles an hour; an antelope, 60 miles 

 an hour; an eagle, 46 miles an hour; and a wild duck, 50 miles an hour. 



Tom Hallacy has originated a new method of oiling up an automobile. 

 It consists simply of jwuring a quart of oil into the crank case. Probably 

 most people, however, will stick to the conservative method at present 

 in vogue. 



The Metropolitan Museum has inaugurated a new publication series, 

 to be known as The Museum Papers, and to contain important essays of 

 greater length than can be published in the Bulletin, contributed by 

 members of the staff and issued under the Committee on Educational 

 Work. The papers are to be published separately from time to time 

 and brought together in a volume whenever a sufficient number have 

 been printed. 



It has been found necessary to remove a portion of the outside wall 

 of the Physiology Laboratory in order to repair leaking drain-pipes, 

 which were built inside the wall. 



Museum employees join in offering their symjiathy to Mr. Mutchler 

 in the recent loss of his brother. 



Professor Tozzer, of the Peabody Museum, visited this institution 

 on April 19th. 



Dr. Lutz is having the Department Ford fitted up with an apartment 

 de luxe. The machine was donated by friends of the Department. 



