Jan., 1 91 6. Annual Report of the Director. 



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instructive exhibit of the Harris Public School Extension cases was made 

 at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The exhibit excited 

 considerable interest and much favorable comment on the part of visitors 

 at the Exposition and was the means of inaugiirating serious considera- 

 tion of the adoption of this system of education both in foreign coim- 

 tries and in other cities of the United States. The Japanese government 

 asked for type cases for the information of the Imperial Department of 

 Education. The exhibit was awarded a grand prize by the International 

 Jury. 



During the year Mr. Chaimcey Keep became a Corporate Member of 

 the Museimi and was also elected a member of the Board of Trustees 

 to fill a vacancy in the Board. 



The following elections of honorary positions in connection with the 

 Institution have been made during the past year. Mr. Fritz von 

 Frantzius and Mr. Henry J. Patten were elected Life Members. Chiefly 

 in recognition for their support and services in affairs of the site for the 

 new building, Mr. Charles L. Hutchinson, Mr. Edward B. Butler, and 

 Mr. Charles H. Markham were elected Patrons of the Musetim. Mr. 

 Albert M. Collins of Philadelphia and Mr. Lee Gamett Day of New 

 York were elected Patrons of the Museum in view of the eminent ser- 

 vices they have rendered to the Institution. 



Mr. Norman B. Ream, who has been a member of the Board of 

 Trustees from its organization, but who during recent years has resided 

 in New York, died on February 9, 191 5. The death of Dr. Daniel 

 Giraud Elliot, which occurred on December 22nd, a prominent man in 

 science, who resigned from the staff of the Muse-um after twelve years of 

 service as Curator of the Department of Zoology, has to be recorded. 

 Prof. Frederick Ward Putnam, formerly professor of American archae- 

 ology and ethnology at Harvard University and curator of the Peabody 

 Museum, and a Patron of Field Museimi of Natural History since 

 January 31, 1898, died at Cambridge on August 14th. Mr. Robert F. 

 Cimmiings, an Honorary Member of the Museum, who provided liberal 

 funds for expeditions, for surveys and collections in the Philippine 

 Islands and whose generosity has permitted the Museimi to bring 

 together a very extensive and attractive Philippine ethnology exhibit, 

 died on December 31, 19 14. 



MAINTENANCE. — Thc budgct approvcd by the Board of Trustees 

 provided the stmi of $144,050 for the maintenance of the Museum for 

 the fiscal year. The actual amount expended was $124,185, leaving 

 a balance within the anticipated expense for the year of approximately 

 $19,000. In addition to the cost of maintenance sums were expended 

 for collections, new installation and expeditions that brought the total 



