84 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1933 



Memorial meeting. — To commemorate the many years of service in 

 the Smithsonian Institution of Prof. William Henry Holmes, who 

 died on April 20, 1933, a memorial meeting was held on the morning 

 of April 22, Dr. Abbot presiding. The meeting was widely attended 

 by his coworkers and friends. 



Receptions. — On the evening of January 26, 1933, a reception was 

 held by the Washington Keal Estate Board in connection with the 

 convention in Washington of the National Organization of Real 

 Estate Boards. The foyer and all the first floor of the Natural 

 History Building were open for the occasion. 



About 1,775 persons attended an informal reception given on the 

 evening of March 28, 1933, in the Natural History Building by the 

 American Chemical Society, convening in Washington at that time. 

 Music was furnished by the United States Marine Band, and motion 

 pictures on chemical subjects were shown in the auditorium. 



The Congress of Physicians and Surgeons held a reception for 

 Members of Congress on the evening of May 9, 1933, in the rotunda, 

 art gallery, and auditorium of the Natural History Building. Nearly 

 1,500 persons attended. 



Gellatly Art Collection opening. — The official opening of the Gellatly 

 Art Collection took place in the Natural History Building on the 

 evening of June 22, 1933. Secretary and Mrs. Abbot, Assistant 

 Secretary and Mrs. Wetmore, and the Acting Director of the National 

 Gallery of Art and Mrs. Tolman received. 



Special exhibits. — The annual forestry notebook contest, under the 

 auspices of the public schools of the District of Columbia, was held in 

 the foyer of the Natural History Building, November 16 to 28, 1932. 

 Some of the notebooks were attached to Museum floor screens, while 

 others were exhibited on temporary tables furnished by the Museum. 



The wooden screens forming alcoves on both sides of the foyer in 

 the Natural History Building were used from December 10, 1932, 

 until January 10, 1933, for an exhibit of architectural drawings from 

 the architectural departments of colleges and schools in the District 

 of Columbia, which was held under the auspices of the Washington 

 Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, The exhibition 

 was opened on the evening of December 10, with a reception in the 

 foyer. Drawings were exhibited by the following institutions: George 

 Washington University, University of Maryland, Central High School, 

 Catholic University of America, Gallaudet College, and McKinley 

 High School. 



From March 30 to April 14, 1933, four alcoves on the west side of 

 the foyer were assigned for an exhibit of material collected under the 

 direction of Dr. Paul Bartsch on the Johnson-Smithsonian Deep Sea 

 Expedition. The deep-sea specimens, in jars, were placed on plain 

 wooden shelves installed on the semipermanent screens. 



