KEPORT OF THE SECRETARY H 



According to the large amount of mail received at the Office of 

 Education after each week's program goes on the air the series has 

 maintained a widespread popularity among listeners of all ages and 

 occupations in the United States, Canada, and some foreign coun- 

 tries During the two years "The World is Yours" has been on the 

 air, close to a quarter of a million letters have been received only 

 a very small fraction of 1 percent of which have contained adverse 

 criticism Many, on the other hand, have been enthusiastic in their 

 praise of the efforts of the Smithsonian and the Office of Education 

 to make available via radio the wealth of information in science, 

 history, and art contained in the exhibits and laboratories of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



Again I wish to express the Institution's gratitude to the Omce 

 of Education, the National Broadcasting Company, and the W. 1 . A. 

 for making this educational radio program possible. It supple- 

 ments admirably the Institution's previous methods of accomplishing 

 one of its primary functions, the diffusion of knowledge. The finan- 

 cial support of the W. P. A. now seems assured for the continuation 

 of the program during the coming fiscal year. 



WALTER RATHBONE BACON TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP 



The Walter Kathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution was awarded for a third consecutive year com- 

 mencing June 15. 1937, to Dr. Kichard E. Blackwelder. 



At the beginning of the period Dr. Blackwelder spent about 6 

 weeks in England where he studied the West Indian collections of 

 Staphylinidae belonging to tha British Museum and to Dr. Malcolm 

 Cameron Upon his return to this country he prepared his final 

 report which takes the form of a revision of the West Indian com- 

 ponents of the beetle family Staphylinidae. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION EXHIBIT AT THE PABTS INTERNATIONAL 



EXPOSITION, 19 37 



In order to conform to the general theme of the Paris International 

 Exposition, that is, "Arts and Technique of Modern Life," the Smith- 

 sonian Institution selected as its contribution a small exhibit which 

 aimed to show the technique and variety of media originally used by 

 the North American Indian for his artistic expressions. It was entitled 

 "Arts and Crafts of the North American Indian." The exhibit 

 formed one of a series of Federal exhibits occupying a portion of the 

 United States Building in the Exposition grounds. 



The exhibit consisted of 41 carefully selected specimens from the 

 vast ethnological collections of the United States National Museum.. 

 They included examples indicative of the Indians' skill m wood and 



