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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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Libraries and Mtcsettms 123 For this constant growth in the collection, increasing space has been required. Room 404 was early devoted to the display of models and other objects of historical rather than artistic interest. In 1914, Room 406 was opened for the use of the Museum and into it were put the parts of the collection belonging to the Hellenistic and Roman periods. In 1917, a fourth room (410) was set aside to receive the Babylonian and Egyptian materials which had until then been included with the Greek objects. Each of these enlargements, in addition to the extra space which it has made available, has also permitted a more satisfactory classification of specimens and a corresponding diminution of the heterogeneous character which must necessarily be found in a small museum of this kind. A detailed catalog of the objects acquired by the Museum would here be out of place, but a few statistics may be of interest. At the present time the Museum possesses 20 casts of statues in the round, 14 busts, 127 casts of reliefs, 195 framed pictures and about 2,190 photographs mounted on cards. Most of the other objects are too varied to lend themselves readily to such enumeration, yet there may be mentioned 29 original Greek Papyri, 35 ancient lamps, 86 pieces of ancient glass, and several hundred ancient coins. The proportion of originals secured has gradually increased and in 1913-14 half the amount expended upon specimens was for originals. Expense analyses for the fairly typical years 1912-14 show that of the total amounts expended a little more than 68% was for specimens; 17% for cases and framing; 12% for freight; 2% for labor; and 1% for supplies. That the number of visitors has increased as the collection has been developed and become more widely known, is indicated by the following table: Nov., Oct., July, June, July, June, 1912-May, 1913-June, 1914-June, 1915-June, 1916-June, 1917-June, 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 933 3,762 5,883 6,210 6,887 6,529 Departments and individual students alike have also used more extensively the facilities of the Museum. Public museum
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