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by Col. Alan G. Goldsmith; December 2, " Russia and international 

 finance," by Baron Serge KorfF; December 16, "International econ- 

 omy," by Prof. A. E. Zimmern ; Januaiy 6, " Public and private 

 financial problems of the Far East," by Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck; 

 January 13, " Public and private credit in Latin America," by Dr. 

 Julius Klein; January 20, "The exchange and depreciated curren- 

 cies," by Hon. Adolph C. Miller ; February 17 and 24, " International 

 competition and our position as a creditor nation " and " Foreign 

 investment and public policy," respectively, by Dr. W. S. Culbertson ; 

 March 3, " Shipping in its relation to international finance," by Dr. 

 Emory K. Johnson ; and March 31 and May 5, " Reparations and dis- 

 armament: Economic factors" and "Reparations and disarmament: 

 Political factors," respectively, by Dr. James Brown Scott. 



The School of Medicine, of the same university, here had a lecture 

 on variations of the human body, by Dr. A. Hrdlicka, and on another 

 occasion the same lecturer spoke at the request of the American 

 University, his subject being skeletons. 



In its effort to raise the standard of the theater by educating the 

 public in understanding and supporting Shakespearian productions, 

 the Shakespeare Society of Washington used the auditorium on five 

 evenings for Shakespearian dramatic and lecture recitals. 



Furthering the work of the public schools of the district, the 

 Museum, through the cooperation of the Wild Flower Preservation 

 Society of America, the Audubon Society of the District of Colum- 

 bia, and the American Forestry Association, arranged six Saturday 

 morning lectures to which the honor pupils of the A and B sections 

 of the seventh and eighth grades in the white public schools of the 

 District of Columbia received a card, these children reporting back to 

 their respective classes on topics discussed, as follows: March 25, 

 " Bird homes about Washington," by Dr. Paul Bartsch ; April 1, 

 " Spring flowers," by Mr. P. L. Ricker ; April 8, " Our water birds," 

 by Dr. H. C. Oberholser; April 15, "Wild flower gardens for chil- 

 dren," by Dr. Edgar T. Wherry ; April 29, " Bird baths, boxes, and 

 feeding tables," by Doctor Bartsch ; and May 6, " The story of 

 seeds," by Miss Mary Breen. Incidental to the talk of April 29, 

 an exhibition of bird houses made by the pupils of the public schools 

 was arranged. Thirty blue ribbons were awarded by the American 

 Forestry Association. The large number of entries (between 500 

 and 600) would seem a good indication of growing interest among 

 school children in the welfare of the birds. 



In connection with its American citizenship program, the General 



Federation of Women's Clubs showed the motion picture " The effect 



of alcohol on man and beast." Other patriotic and miscellaneous 



meetings included an educational rally of the Women's Committee 



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