﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  27 
  

  

  Loeb 
  collection. 
  The 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  committee 
  have 
  offered 
  to 
  

   solicit 
  additional 
  original 
  chemical 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  series. 
  Ar- 
  

   rangements 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  trade 
  journals 
  for 
  advance 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  

   publication 
  of 
  new 
  chemical 
  compounds, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  facilitate 
  prompt 
  

   solicitation. 
  

  

  Steps 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  have 
  greater 
  use 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  facilities 
  af- 
  

   forded 
  Washington 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  Through 
  arrange- 
  

   ments 
  with 
  the 
  authorities 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  schools 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  

   Columbia 
  the 
  Museum, 
  when 
  notified 
  in 
  advance, 
  furnishes 
  expert 
  

   guidance 
  by 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  its 
  staff 
  to 
  scholars 
  and 
  teachers 
  visiting 
  

   its 
  halls. 
  In 
  some 
  instances 
  such 
  visits 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  further 
  

   work 
  along 
  similar 
  lines 
  after 
  the 
  return 
  to 
  their 
  school 
  buildings 
  

   and 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  have 
  been 
  followed 
  by 
  talks 
  to 
  the 
  students 
  

   in 
  their 
  classrooms 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  Through 
  

   cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  Wild 
  Flower 
  Preservation 
  Society 
  of 
  America, 
  

   the 
  Audubon 
  Society 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia, 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  

   Forestry 
  Association, 
  the 
  Museum 
  arranged 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  six 
  Saturday 
  

   morning 
  lectures 
  in 
  the 
  auditorium 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  for 
  honor 
  pupils 
  

   of 
  the 
  seventh 
  and 
  eighth 
  grades 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  schools, 
  and 
  the 
  

   American 
  Forestry 
  Association 
  awarded 
  blue 
  ribbons 
  for 
  the 
  best 
  

   bird 
  houses 
  submitted 
  by 
  the 
  pupils. 
  

  

  The 
  schools 
  of 
  Washington, 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  the 
  higher 
  educa- 
  

   tional 
  establishments 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  have 
  long 
  shared 
  the 
  benefits 
  

   of 
  the 
  duplicate 
  specimens 
  distributed 
  by 
  the 
  Museum 
  for 
  educa- 
  

   tional 
  purposes, 
  and 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  no 
  exception. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  to 
  the 
  commercial 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Capital, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  educational 
  interests, 
  was 
  demon' 
  

   strated 
  by 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  lectures 
  by 
  the 
  curator 
  of 
  textiles 
  given 
  to 
  

   several 
  groups 
  of 
  employees 
  handling 
  textiles 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  

   department 
  stores 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  who, 
  at 
  the 
  solicitation 
  of 
  their 
  firm, 
  

   came 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  during 
  business 
  hours 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

  

  The 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  in 
  education 
  is 
  being 
  felt 
  outside 
  

   its 
  immediate 
  vicinity, 
  through 
  the 
  large 
  delegations 
  of 
  students 
  

   visiting 
  it 
  annually, 
  often 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  courses 
  of 
  instruction, 
  and 
  

   also 
  through 
  its 
  assistance 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  textbooks. 
  Photo- 
  

   graphs 
  and 
  essential 
  data 
  of 
  the 
  exhibits 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  mineral 
  

   industries 
  were 
  supplied 
  to 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  State 
  Board 
  of 
  Edu- 
  

   cation, 
  and 
  to 
  other 
  inquirers. 
  

  

  President 
  Harding, 
  on 
  October 
  24, 
  1921, 
  under 
  authority 
  of 
  the 
  

   legislative, 
  executive, 
  and 
  judicial 
  appropriation 
  bill 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1913, 
  directed 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Efficiency 
  to 
  pre- 
  

   scribe 
  a 
  uniform 
  system 
  of 
  employee 
  ratings 
  for 
  all 
  departments, 
  

   and 
  requested 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  departments 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  system 
  into 
  

   effect. 
  Ratings 
  were 
  first 
  to 
  be 
  established 
  for 
  employees 
  engaged 
  

  

  