26 report of the SECRET ary. 



EXPOSITIONS. 



The Institution and its bureaus were represented in the 

 ( iovernment building at the Pan-American Exposition by an 

 extensive exhibit prepared under the general direction of Dr. 

 F. W. True, of the National Museum, who was designated by 

 the Secretary to represent the Institution on the Government 

 Board. Mention of this subject will be found in the reports 

 of the Museum and other bureaus. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Glasgow University. — The congratulations of the Institution 

 were extended to the University of Glasgow on the occasion 

 of its ninth jubilee celebration in June, 1901, and upon its 

 invitation that a representative of the Institution be appointed 

 to participate in the ceremonies, the Secretary designated Dr. 

 Theodore N. Gill to serve in that capacity. 



Congress of Americanists. — In June, 1901, the Secretary 

 designated Maj. J. W. Powell, Mr. W. H. Holmes, and Mr. 

 F. W. Hodge to represent the Institution on the general 

 committee of arrangements for the International Congress 

 of Americanists, to be held in New York City in the autumn 

 of 1902. 



Professor Henry's laboratory note*. — During the long course 

 of scientific researches by Secretary Joseph Henry resulting 

 in his discovery of the electro-magnet, which is practically the 

 basis of the telegraph and of most of the electrical devices 

 of the present day, he kept minute notes of each day's experi- 

 ments. While it has not seemed necessary to publish these 

 notes in full, it has appeared of interest that the most impor- 

 tant original memoranda showing his methods of work should 

 at least be made public, and after consultation with Secretary 

 Henry's family a competent person has been placed in charge 

 of the compilation of these notes in a form that will make 

 a good-sized octavo volume, to be illustrated by a consider- 

 able number of reproductions of Professor Henry's original 

 sketches. 



]Vobelpris< competition. — The Institution has been informally 

 advised that, in accordance with a bequest from Dr. Alfred 

 Nobel, the conditions of which are not dissimilar to those 

 under which the Hodgkins fund of the Institution is adminis- 



