The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

NNi''NH the idle Ati SCnbOi anu fed- body museum. as it naturally would But the interest in the Sunday open ings is by no means diminishing as Is sure to be the case with new exhibits being put in place at the two build lngs all the time. Some of the latest Of these are the Indian relics in the museum, the Ives paintings at the Art school. and the great turtle at the mu- scum.
 Woods and Indian Relies.
 James F. Parsons of 62 Livingston street has donated his valuable collec- ton of Indian relics from East Rock woods and vicinity to the Peabody mu- scum in Yale university. This collec. tion is of special interest as the relics are those of tribes which frequented the vicinity of New Haven. Mir Par. sons obtained his collection from the college woods near East Rock and many beautiful specimens of arrow | heads and hatchets are among the re. lies given to Yale.
 Mir. Parsons visited the Peabody mu- i scum on a Sunday since the building has been opened and became interest. ed in the fine collection of Indian re- lies there. He took such interest in il that he decided to add to it his own valuable collection. It will be placed in the Anthropological department of the museum where other Indian col lections are kept.
 Mrs. Ives and tho Art School.
 Four paintings left to the Yale School of Fine Arts by the late Mrs Mary F. Ives have been recently re- ceived and placed on exhibition in the south gallery of the Art building The | titles of the paintings and names of the artists are as follows. Day Dreams by George H. Boughton; Tho Beauty of the Harem,' by Ben | jamin-Constant; ''The Horse Fair, :" by Van Der Leeuw, and The Monk s | Repast." by Bacci.
 In addition to these paintings a number of valuable art curios and | bric-brac were also presented. The whole makes an important addition to the schools equipment.
 I Additions of tho Week at Peabody. i The triceratops skull is now mount | cd and in place in a cabinet at the south end of the exhibition room on the second floor of Peabody Museum. gagged during the past week In re- | mounting the skeleton of the giant turtle, d restoration of which was made by him and put on exhibition l last year. This turtle, which is the 1 largest specimen known to science, was collected by Dr. George R. Vie land, 'oo Ph.D., In 1895 In ono of the excursions under the direction of Professor Othniel C. Marsh, SO, the skeleton being found in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The length of the animal Is ten feet ton inches and the distance between the tips Of the two front fippers Is twelve feet The skeleton is being remounted un- der the direction of Dr. Wieland and will be set upon a single base to give a more accurate conception of the appearance of the animal in life.
 In preparing the museum for tn rush of Sunday afternoon visitors tn various collections have been placard ed much more completely than here tofore. Rectangular transparencle designate the various collections con tained in the exhibition rooms, Tn room at the rear of the first floor placarded Hall of Minerals" th room on the south side of the secon' floor, Hall of Fossil Nerebrates;" tn room on the west of this floor, "Ha' of Fossil Invertebrates, and the tw similarly situated rooms on the thir floor, Hall of Recent Nertebrates and Hall of Recent Invertebrates, respectively; the room on the south q the fourth floor, Hall of Anthropol ogy"
 For tho anthropologieal collection an African missionary who is at pres ent in New Haven has promised {, Curator MacCurdy a specimen of South African gorilla and what spec linens of native stone carving an, basket work he may be able to ob tain.
 Certain members of tho Class a 1892, who have become interested il the work of Peabody Museum. ar sending in contributions to Treasure McClung with the request that tn money be turned over to the use Q I ic |, only contribution that has been mad to Peabody Museum in number Q years. The department is still severe ly handicapped on account of it's lacl of funds.
 Children Must he Accompanied.
 Considerable trouble was experienc cd at the art school last Sunday wit the children and the warning ha been given out by Dean Weir tha greater strictness will he put upon tn general rule that children must no enter without adults accompanyin them In the future.
 Art school Jcaflct.
 A week ago The Journal-Courier lai emphasis on the great desire anon the Sunday visitors at the Art scho that it would issue leaflet similar { the one recently gotten up at Peabod and which was printed in this papt two weeks ago. That leafiet aided yer materially in the systematic an tboughtfud study of the exhibits.
 Dean John F. Weir. of the A school. has this week taken up the su. gestion and the following leaflet will I 1 distributed to all who attend the huilt ing after this.
 To avoid crowding on Sundays if recommended that visitors pass at on, up the stairs to the large galleries. ar inspect the collections in tho order
 which they are arranged in the guid
 The Art Museum includes the Jarv, collection of Italian paintings datir from the llth to the f7th centurie I