Report of the Art Museum 



The most important event of the past year to the Art Museum is the 

 decision of the Directors to add to the building an extension, to the end 

 that the art treasures of Mr. Smith which have been kept at his home 

 may eventually be placed in the museum and thus be available to the 

 public at all times. This is a source of much satisfaction to Mr. Smith as 

 he has always desired that his collections should be kept together in the 

 city of his choice. 



The Library and Art Museum are working side by side in service for 

 humanity and those who live and strive in a humdrum world. The service 

 rendered by the museum is of course not so broad as that given by the 

 library but there is a certain inspiring education in art and an uplift 

 which comes from contemplation of objects of beauty, and it has been 

 truthfully said that "while the knowledge of art is rare, the love of art is 

 common." 



One way to foster the knowledge and love of art is in the work with 

 children, and during the past year 486 of them have attended the 

 Story Hour course given by Miss Sargent in the Museum Hall Saturday 

 afternoons. This course was planned to supplement the history course 

 of the 6th grade pupils. The following subjects will give an idea of the 

 ground covered. 



Jan. 7. In the Land of the Minotaur. 



Jan. 14. The Tale of Troy, the World's Greatest Story. 



Jan. 2L Odysseus in the Land of Enchantment. 



Jan. 28. A Boy of Galatia. 



Feb. 4. The Winning of a Title, a Story of Rome. 

 Feb. n. The City of the Seven Hills. 

 Feb. 18, The Sign of the Cross. 



Feb. 25. King Arthur: The Marvel of the Sword; Excahbur; The 

 Founding of the Round Table. 



Mar. 4. Roland and Oliver, Knights of Deathless Fame. 



Mar. 11. Magna Charta and the Wicked King. 



Mar. 18. Little Brother of the Poor, St. Francis of Assisi. 



Mar. 25. The King Who Was a Saint; a Story of the Crusades. 



Apr. 1. The Mistletoe Queen, a Green Parrot, and a Church. 



Apr. 8. The Ship of Adventure; The Founding of a New Nation. 

 This year the children were requested to write an article describing 

 the special objects in the museum relating to the talk. For those who 

 should write twelve papers, a prize was offered for the best. Edward 

 Fox of the Homer Street School was awarded the first prize and Chester 

 Smith of the same school the second. The prize consists of a reproduc- 

 tion in plaster of a French ivory carving of the 14th century representing 

 a tournament with knights in armor. 



