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auditorium in this building, which has a seating capacity for 565 

 persons, two adjacent rooms have been fitted up for small gatherings 

 and committee purposes, and on ar few occasions several additional 

 rooms have been made temporarily available to meet special demands. 

 For receptions the foyer on the ground floor and the exhibition 

 floors, to the extent desirable, have been utilized. The principal 

 functions were as follows: 



On the evening of December 13, 1911, the American Institute of 

 Architects, by invitation of the Regents and Secretary of the Insti- 

 tution, held a reception and meeting, the ethnological exhibition 

 halls, the National Gallery of Art, and the foyer being used for the 

 former and the auditorium for the latter purpose. The occasion for 

 the meeting was the presentation of the gold medal of the Institute 

 to Mr. George B. Post, of New York. Addresses were made by the 

 President of the United States, Ambassador Jusserand, Secretary 

 Walcott, the president of the Institute, and Mr. Post. 



From December 27 to 30, 1911, the accommodations required by the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science and affiliated 

 societies, then meeting in Washington, were partly furnished in the 

 new building, including the use of the auditorium and of five other 

 rooms. The organizations and sections which held sessions in this 

 building Avere the Geological Society and the Paleontological Society 

 of America, the section of Zoology of the Association, the Entomo- 

 logical Society of America and the American Association of Eco- 

 nomic Entomologists, the anthropological branch of Section H of 

 the Association, the American Anthropological Association and the 

 American Folk-Lore Society. The opening and general meeting of 

 the Association took place in the auditorium on the evening of 

 December 27, the President of the United States being present and 

 making an address. In the same connection a number of the exhibi- 

 tion halls were opened for the inspection of those in attendance. 



A well-attended conversazione with an exhibition and demonstra- 

 tion of the use of new and interesting apparatus from the United 

 States Government and other scientific laboratories in Washington 

 was held on the evening of March 28, 1912, under the auspices of 

 the Washington Academy of Sciences. The foyer and several com- 

 municating rooms were occupied, and the exhibition was continued 

 during the next day. Nineteen Government bureaus and other estab- 

 lishments were represented. 



A special view of a selection of objects from the Freer Collection 

 of American and Oriental Art was given on the evening of April 

 15, 1912, as described in connection with the National Gallery of 

 Art. 



The auditorium and adjoining committee rooms were used for the 

 Third Annual Convention of the American Federation of Arts, 



