The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-02
NATURAL HISTORY
MUSEUM GROWS
President Osborn Tells OF I'm
portant Acquisitions in
Past Year.
SOME MONEY WORRIES

President Henry Fairfield Osborn OF
the American Museum Of Natural HIS
tory entertain the board of trustees
Of the museum 1T dinner last night at
hi. residence. $50 Madison avenue, aud
presented the forty sixth annual report
OF what had been done to improve the
great collection.
Al the dinner were Joseph ". Choate.
]. =. Morgan, George r. Baker, George
w. w1ckersham, Arthur Cur,iss James,
John b. Trevor. Percy r. Pyne, Walter
r. James. Charles Ianler. n. Fulton
Cutting. Frederick T. Brewster. Thomas
he witt Cuyler. Adrian Iselin, Jr., Og-
den Mills. Madison Grant. A. u. JUL
Hard. Felix NJ warburg. Henry c.
Frick. Archer NJ. Huntington and Park
Commissioner Cabot Ward. Mayor
Mitchell and Comptroller Prendergast
were unable to be present.
President Osborn said that the mu-
scum had made explorations on three
great continents during tho year and
still had twcnty-nine expeditions In the
field
Tho museum is conducting an expedl-
ton In the Arctic regions, two in Sown
America and three in Africa.
One OF the interesting announcements
made by President Osborn related TO
the Congo expedition, now In its sixth
year. All OF the collections gathered
I'm the jungle and along the banks OF
tho Congo, now amounting 20 forty-five
tons. have safely reached StanleSviiie.
About one-fourth of these trophies have
been shipped down the river TO BONA
TO await steamship transportation TO
New York
The Congo expedition was sent out
by the museum in 1909. under the lead
ership OF Herbert Lang and James
Chaplin. Its actual field work was com
pleted about two years ago. and tho in
tervening time has been devoted wholly
10 the transportation of the material
gathered in the field
Exploring In south America.
About three years ago the museum
began 10 turn Its attention to explora-
ton in South America and has since
been carrying on extensive field opera-
dons In this region under the direction
or Curator Frank NJ Chapman. The
museum has sent Leo r. Miller and
Howarth S. Boyle to Colombia ana
Brazil. and II Is expected that George
OF Paraguay to continue the work OF
the first Roosevelt expedition.
PIans for another expedition have
been completed by DR. Edmund Otis
Hovey He will leave this week for IN.
East Indies TO study and explore vol
canoes. The expedition has been
financed by the Angelo Hellprin fund
donated by Mr.. and Mrs. PAM J. Sachs
through the Jesup fund the museum
iahana. william n. Richardson is I'm
tne neld and will be Joined soon ~
H. r. Anthony and David Ball
PRESIDENT Osborn told Of several no
quests Including the 5000 left to
the museum by Miss Tessie Greer ana
inc Sd6.e46 left by Morris Loeb.
Acqu sitions during the year in
cluded:
The Schrammen collection of fossil.
numbering about 5000 specimens. So
cured by the aid of tho Jesup fund
Inc collection of Peruvian pottery
rom Nasca, Peru, comprising about
iour hundred pieces now on exhibit
ton, gift from A. n. JulIllard.
The Howell collection OF meteoritcs
gIft from J. r. Morgan
McTe than 5000 specimens of mann
mas ana birds collected in the Roose-
Welt expedition 10 Paraguay and Brazil
Two hundred and sixty-nve sharks
and other fishes from Japan and two
specimens Of the devihsh from F1orida
a bust of John Burroughs, presented
by Henry Ford. has been placed in the
nan OF birds. Other acquisitions in
cluds eight paintings by Angelo He'll
prin' depicting the eruption OF Monte
Pele.
some Financial Problems.
President Osborn said that the NIL
scum had reached a critical point in
ITS financial history. This year the
municipal appropriation for main
tenanoo was $4,000 less than tbs
amount required. and the entire an
come or the museum from it's endow
ment with the exception of the re
st1tcted income from the Jesup fund)
ana personal contributions of s4soOo
from The trustees have been neceS.ar,,