48 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 10'20. 



work of hiiinan uplift and social service, its motto being " Every 

 citizen as patriotic in community service as the soldier Avas in war 

 service." 



The Southern Society of Washington arranged a lyceum in the 

 auditorium on five Wednesday evenings, open to the public as well 

 as to its members. On February 4, Hon. Philander P. Claxton, Com- 

 missioner of Education, gave an interesting talk on a national system 

 of education. On February 18, the Hon. J. Thomas Heflin of Ala- 

 bama discussed preparedness and some of the important problems of 

 the day, including the Peace Treaty and the League of Xations. On 

 JNfarch 3 Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida delivered an inspir- 

 ing address on some present peace problems, which was folloAved by a 

 musical program. On ]March IT, after a brief business session, Mr. 

 Claude N. Bennett, past President of the Society, spoke on the 

 Southern Kenaissance, or the South of today and tomorrow, illus- 

 trated with pictures showing conditions of the past and the present. 

 The last lecture, on March 31, Avas by ]Mr. John Barrett, Director of 

 the Pan American Union, his subjects being the influence of women 

 m tlie past and future, and the Pan American Union, what it means 

 to the world and what it has accomplished for the United States and 

 tlie Western Hemisphere. 



The Anthropological Society of AVashington, as usual, used the 

 ]\Iuseum for its gatlierings of the 1910-1020 season, holding meet- 

 ings betAveen October 7 and April 28, all in the committee room 

 except that on the afternoon of February 3, when the larger assembly 

 room Avas recjuired for an illustrated lecture by Mr. S3dvanus Gris- 

 Avold Morley on the foremost civilization of ancient America. The 

 subjects discussed in other meetings included field experiences by 

 Messrs. J. Walter FeAvkes, J. P. Harrington. J. X. B. HcAvitt, AValter 

 Hough, A. Hrdlicka, N. M. Judd, T. Michelson, J. R. Swanton, and 

 F. La Flesclie; and lectures by Dr. J. Walter FcAvkes on the genesis 

 of cliff-dAvellings, by INIr. Gerard FoAvke on the explorations of caves 

 in the Ozark region, ISlissouri, and by Mr. J. A. Jeancon on antiqui- 

 ties of the Jemez Pleateau. Xcav iNIexico, The auditorium Avas also 

 used, on the evening of ^Nlarch G, for a lecture by Dr. AV. H. E. Rivers, 

 of (^'ambridge, England, on "" Ethnology : Its Aims and Xeeds," under 

 the joint auspices of the Anthropological Society and the AVashing- 

 ton Academy of Sciences ; and on the afternoon of April 16 for a lec- 

 ture by Sir Bertram Windle, tlie eminent English anthropologist, on 

 the megalithic monuments of Great Britain, under the auspices of 

 tlie AA'^ashington Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. 



The Audubon Society of the District of Columbia had the audi- 

 torium on tAvo evenings — on January 27, 1020, for its annual meet- 

 ing Avith an illustrated lecture by Dr. Paul Bartsch on the birds of 



