Arizona state miner. [volume] (Wickenburg, Ariz.) 1919-1927, 1927-04-09
Work OF Arizona Museum
Association Is Reported
At Annual Convention

w. Dippold Your president pur-
chased for the museum the Metz Col
lection of Flagstaff and the j. Y Lee
Collection from Fl Thomas, Graham
county, Arizona.
'The largest single donation we
have received from any one person
has been one hundred dollars, SO you
can realize how many people are rep
resented by the five thousand dollars
which is being put into the building at
this time. The building will be con-
structed in units, others to be added
later The city of Phoenix allows the
museum each year 100000 for mu-
scum purposes. Last year it was
spent for cases.
We have received assurance of CO.
operation from the Southwest muse
,um, the New Mexico museum, the
San Diego museum and last, but far
from the least, DIR. Byron Cummings
of the University of Arizona We
have been endorsed by me Arizona
Federation of Woman's Clubs, The
Arizona Parent-Teachers' Association
and the Central Arizona District Fed
Grafton of Woman's Clubs, all in con-
vention assembled in Phoenix. The
only criticism which has reached me
is the matter of our name, which
point, think, should be given our
full consideration at an early date.
f 81. wish to express my appreciation
of the work which has been done by
the various members of the board,
chairmen of the committees and rep
resentatives from other organizations.
'.As. to what personally have done,
Il will simply say that | have kept
busy, doing the many things which
have not been taken care of by any
officer or committee, and which have
been essential, In other words have,
to the best of my ability, worked for
the interest of the Arizona Museum
of Phoenix t,.
"Just before the World War a
of the Tower of London under which
is short inscription, that at the
time seemed very appropriate, but
which has taken on more meaning as
the years have passed. 1t reads;
Think with awe upon the slow, quiet
power of time. l hope that some
where in. our museum there may be
a place for this inscription, for truly
one of the fundamental purposes Of
museum is to record the changes
wrought by time. Time builds up
civilizations and :. destroys them as
easily as it causes the rose to bloom
and wither When we come to think
of it we are all pretty much bound by
the times in which we live. Of course
some may get little ahead and some
may lag behind, on the whole we
are like those atoms of dust gathered
up by the whirlwind on the desert
and carried along, with slight power
to change our course. Most of us
are too dizzy with the whirling to
even know where we are or in. what
direction we are going. 1t is only
by looking back that we can see clear
ly where we have been.
Someone has said, Buying modern
pictures is gambling with the public's
money, time alone can be the Judge
of their value. So it is with historic
relics, undoubtedly the time to pre-
serve them is while history is be-
ing made, but time will give them
true value.
I'VE have wasted great deal of
time here in Phoenix and in Ari-
iona and have already allowed much
of value to get away, but if we keep
working | am confident that we will
in time have an institution and a
collection which will be of great value
to our city, our county and our state.