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Development along this line will involve considerable expense, for 

 the cases should be uniform and the specimens in first-class condi- 

 tion. The problems of transportation and transfer could be handled 

 by our present force. I feel that it would not be wise, however, to 

 undertake the establishing of such branch museums as outlined 

 above until the whole problem of nature study in the public schools 

 has been considered, in order that it may be properly correlated 

 with the nature study work required in the curriculum. 



There are many problems to be solved in the working out of the 

 details in the three lines of extension proposed above, but if the gen- 

 eral policy meets with your approval, I should like to carry my in- 

 vestigations further and submit detailed plans to you. 



Very truly yours, 



GEORGE H. SHERWOOD, 



Curator. 



The plans for the proposed extension received the hearty sup- 

 port of President Osborn and he presented them to the Trustees at 

 their meeting of May 4, 1914. 



The Trustees felt that it was very desirable to undertake this 

 work, but that, in view of what they were already doing for education 

 without expense to the City, they could not provide the necessary 

 funds for carrying out the proposed extension. They finally adopted 

 the following resolution: 



"Resolved, That the Board approves the general pro- 

 ject embodied in Mr. Sherwood's report, if the same can 

 be carried out without expense to this institution. 



"Resolved, That a Committee of Two be appointed 

 by the President to take steps to carry out the project, if it 

 can be accomplished." 



Pursuant to this action of the Trustees, President Osborn 

 appointed the following Committee to consider the details of the plans 

 proposed : 



Felix M. Warburg 



r Trustee Members 

 R. Fulton Cutting j 



George H Sherwood \ Facult Memhers 

 C.-E. A. Winslow j y 



The matter was brought to the attention of President Churchill 

 of the Board of Education, who immediately appointed a special 

 committee consisting of 



Frank D. Wilsey 



Ira S. Wile 



Francis P. Cunnion 

 to consider with the Museum authorities plans for cooperation. 



