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124 Sixteen Years at the University of Illinois lectures have been tried on several occasions, but the limited space in the rooms and the inconveniences and dangers to the specimens resulting from the crowded condition have greatly hampered this very important feature of the work and for the development of a system of museum docents we must wait till the completion of a museum building with adequate space for both collections and visitors. The rapid growth of the collection and the frequent changes necessary in its arrangement have thus far discouraged the publication of a printed catalog, but this lack has been in part obviated by the prompt and clear labeling of each object on exhibition. On the whole, the collection has been kept a representative one, containing some of the best and most typical work from many different fields. The ampler space of a new museum building, however, will make it possible to develop the collection on the side of Greek sculpture, for additions to which our present quarters offer little opportunity. THE ORIENTAL MUSEUM28 The Oriental Museum was formally organized by action of the Board in 1917 and was opened in temporary quarters at 410 Lincoln Hall the next year. In it were incorporated the various oriental objects hitherto preserved in the Museum of Classical Archaeology, and to these were added by loan and by purchase many other originals. Already it possesses a collection of material from the Near East which is of the greatest value in illustrating the various periods of its history. Especially noteworthy is the large amount which throws light upon the Bible and upon Biblical times. To the museum has now been transferred the collection from the excavations of the Egypt Exploration Fund which was presented to the University by Mr. W. G. Hibbard, Jr, Prom Abydos comes a complete series of vases, from the prehistoric times to the twenty-sixth dynasty; eight slate palettes of prehistoric date; weights, an offering table, a Graeco-Roman grave stele, and Coptic Coffins; ostraka with hieroglyphic and demotio "By Oliver Ten Eyck Olmstead
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