UNITED STATES 2O5 



Publications. 



REPORT of the ist-i2th annual meeting . . . 1895-1906. [Mohonk 

 Lake], 1895-1906. 8. 



Distribution. Not on sale. Exchange limited; limited number of reports avail- 

 able for free distribution on receipt of 50 postage for each report. Apply to the 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



LAKE PLACID. 



Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics. 



Address. Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Melvil Dewey, Lake Placid 



Club, Essex Co., N. Y. 

 History. Conferences have been held annually, in July or Sept., from 



1899 to date, at the Lake Placid Club on invitation of its trustees, 



except in 1903, when the conference was held at Boston in connection 



with the National Education Association. 

 Object. Scientific and sociological study of the home. 

 Membership. About 50 (annual dues, $2) ; chiefly college women and teachers of 



domestic science. 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS of the ist/3d-8th annual conference, 1899-1906. Lake 

 Placid, N. Y., [etc.] 1901-06. 6 v. 8. 



Price: 500. per vol. 



Syllabus 82, 88, 94, of the University of the State of New York, Home 

 education department, prepared by committees of the Lake Placid 

 conference, 1900-02. 



Contents: 82. Home economics. 88. Food. 94. Shelter. 



Distribution. Exchange with publications of interest to the conference. On 

 sale by the Secretary. 



LEXINGTON, VA. 



Washington and Lee University. 



Address. Lexington, Va. President: Geo. H. Denny. 



History. Founded in 1749 as Augusta Academy; permanently located at 

 Lexington in 1780 after several changes of name and abode, and in- 

 corporated in 1782 as Liberty Hall Academy. Name changed by act 

 of legislature in 1798 to Washington Academy, and in 1813 to Wash- 

 ington College. Present name since 1871. 



Ref.: Historical sketch; in Catalogue, Jan. 1906, p. 13-19. 



