42 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1923 



of American Ethnology brought to the Museum a collection of 

 desirable ethnologica. 



The third year of the exploration of ancient Pueblo Bonito, to 

 which the National Geographic Society has devoted $75,000, under 

 Neil M. Judd, the curator of American archeology, was productive 

 of a number of specimens now deposited in the Museum. The jour' 

 neys of Dr. Ales Hrdlicka to Brazil and Europe resulted in enriching 

 the collections of the division of physical anthropology. In June 

 Mr. Matthew W. Stirling, of the division of ethnology, carried on an 

 exploration of several ancient villages at Mobridge, S. Dak., and 

 collected a valuable series of material for the Museum. 



For several other important expeditions in which the Museum was 

 interested see under Kesearches and Explorations in the report of the 

 secretary, page 6. 



MEETINGS, CONGRESSES, AND RECEPTIONS 



The auditorium and adjacent council rooms afforded accommoda- 

 tions during the year for 145 meetings, covering a wide range of 

 subjects. An innovation this year was a series of free Sunday after- 

 noon lectures arranged by the Woman's Welfare Association. Here- 

 tofore the auditorium has not been used on that day. 



The governmental agencies taking advantage of the meeting 

 accommodations, besides, of course, the Smithsonian Institution and 

 its branches, included the Budget Bureau and the Public Health 

 Service of the Treasury Department; the War Department and its 

 Army Medical School; the Women's Bureau of the Department of 

 Labor; the Bureau of Entomology, the Forest Service, and the 

 Federal Horticultural Board of the Department of Agriculture. 

 The scientific and other groups included the National Academy of 

 Sciences, the National Association of Postmasters of the United 

 States, the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, the 

 National Association of Travelers Aid Societies, the National Con- 

 ference of Social Work, the National Consumers' League, National 

 Amateur Athletic Federation of America, the National Medical 

 Association, the National Baird Memorial Committee, the Garden 

 Club of America, the Girl Scouts, World's Dairy Congress Associa- 

 tion, the American Association of Museums, Women's Welfare Asso- 

 ciation, the American Horticultural Society, the Anthropological 

 Society of Washington, the Archaeological Society of Washington, 

 the Art and Archaeological League of Washington, the Audubon 

 Society of the District of Columbia, the Washington (D. C.) Chap- 

 ter of the Wild Flower Preservation Society of America, the Ento- 

 mological Society of Washington, the Federal Photographic Society, 

 the Shakespeare Society of Washington, the School of Foreign Serv- 



