Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-09-02

new museum VIII H'"'''i'' Wv
.,,.,.,, of the present museum by four,
w., enough material is on hand al
,,o5, IN utllize every foot of floor ana
,,,u vpace when the building is dedi-
.,ted next fall The question will
NOT he what to exhibit but what to eX-
,lude and already the need Of more
snacc and more huildngs is apparent.
This was part Of the report by the di-
rector to the annual meeting of the
.eo9rd Of regents Of the museum and
the managing committee of the
school of American Archaeology
which met yesterday at the Palace of
the Governors.
Pccos Room.
a Pccos Room is TO be one of the
features OF the new museum I'm this
win be installed the great model Of
Pccos built by J. =. Adams for thu
san Diego exposition after plans sug-
eested by col Ralph +. TWitcheu.
About this model will he grouped eX-
hiblts typical of the arifacts and MAJ
trrial taken OUT of the Pccos eNcava-
tons by Dr. A. Y. kidder and also
photographs and pictures, as well AS
collection Of books appertalninG TO
or referring TO Pccos. The material
taken out at Pecos is being studied,
classified and preserved by Dr.. Kid
der in his laboratories at the Peabody
museum. Cambridge, Mass ana thI
museum mere will have a selection
from the immense amount of material
drcds of metates, thousands of pot
terry shards, any quantity of arrow
heads stone hammers, stone axes and
the usual material found in the hun
Grcds upon hundreds OF ruins IN New
Mexico ana all looking alike as far as
scientific or artistic value is con
Cemcd. so that only the finest and
most typical specimens viii be select
EIDE by the museums for exhibit II
would take several freight cars to ear
nv all of the material away from Pc
COS and it is the plan of Dr. Peabody, /
Dr Kidder and IN Hewett to mstalli
there a local museum where the mass
of the material will be kept This is
also the case with material taken out ,
OF the OtoW ruins by Dr.. HeWctt
years ago part Of which went to the /
national museum and pant of which IS /
in the Pajarito room Of the museum
here, by far the finest specimens ~, /
ing kept in santa Fe in sufficient
Quantities to make a complete exhibit .
to which nothing found thus far would I
prove an addition The exhibit of /.
such material from New Mexico by
other museums has proved of meal (
Culabe benefit to the state
DR. Hewett outlined the work of the :
museum and the school in the past .
and the projects for the future. in I
Guiding the Chaco canyon project in /
which the Canadian government
through the Royal ontario museum, :
and probably also the United states
government through the Smithsonian,
will join for the next few years. The &
plans for the expedition to Quirigua,
during the coming win
ter. were explained and will be of a
far wider scope than heretofore, as
they include linguistic and ethnolog- /
ical studies among the more remote
tribes of Central America. The cam
paign for the endowment Of the
the excavations at the Puye,
the promise of more artists to locate !
in Santa Fe and the fitting up OF more
studios for them, the anthropoIoslcdl
station at san Diego, and the new mu-
scum building, were some OF the top
les reported upon.
Without Pccr.
DR. Charles f. Lummis' OF Los An
geles, the author and scientist sent
letter of regret because ne couId hol
attend the meeting, IN whIth ne says.
without any comparison Whatever
tins building Of carried out a'cofd'h5
10 IFS planS) Will be the most worthy /
example Of architecture yet pulll pN
Americans in the southwest, ANA
have a deep feeling that museum
and an edueational institution sho"u
not be merely a house LOT classes an"
collections, but oujWaIdI\ h"oit en-
ample OF art OF building. MI L"In-
mis- writes further:
IT seems marvellous to lhoSe WI" (.
nave watched the birth ana the carry .
years of the school that your tailhIul
ana INSPIRED labors nave Drought
about so truly astonishing achleNe-
meht in a decade. The polIdIhg Oh
Inc new structure i'm Santa re- the re-
markable success of the school IN ils /
work at san iego-whcre that WORK .
was by far the most remarkable ana
me most useful education2iIy, mat (
nave ever seen i'm any worlds lalI-
moro than paabya tba Fpp1gGt dreams