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  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
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  along 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  

   the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  These 
  trips 
  were 
  unusually 
  productive 
  in 
  

   the 
  recovery 
  of 
  well-preserved 
  cetacean 
  remains. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  George 
  P. 
  Merrill 
  did 
  a 
  little 
  work 
  on 
  his 
  own 
  initiative 
  while 
  

   in 
  Maine 
  on 
  a 
  vacation, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Shannon 
  on 
  a 
  two-day 
  trip 
  to 
  

   Port 
  Deposit 
  and 
  Conowingo, 
  Md., 
  and 
  Peach 
  Bottom, 
  Pa., 
  visited 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  commercial 
  granite, 
  feldspar, 
  talc, 
  and 
  slate 
  mines 
  and 
  

   quarries. 
  

  

  MEETINGS, 
  CONGRESSES, 
  AND 
  RECEPTIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  is 
  seldom 
  able 
  to 
  arrange 
  regular 
  lecture 
  courses, 
  but 
  

   it 
  does 
  diffuse 
  much 
  knowledge 
  through 
  the 
  lectures 
  and 
  proceedings 
  

   of 
  the 
  various 
  governmental, 
  scientific, 
  and 
  educational 
  agencies 
  

   using 
  its 
  meeting 
  facilities. 
  The 
  auditorium 
  and 
  adjacent 
  council 
  

   rooms 
  afforded 
  accommodations 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  for 
  about 
  150 
  meet- 
  

   ings, 
  covering 
  a 
  wide 
  range 
  of 
  subjects. 
  

  

  The 
  governmental 
  agencies 
  availing 
  themselves 
  of 
  these 
  opportuni- 
  

   ties 
  included 
  the 
  State 
  Department, 
  the 
  War 
  Department, 
  the 
  Treas- 
  

   ury 
  Department, 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Labor, 
  the 
  Interdepartmental 
  Social 
  Hygiene 
  Board, 
  and 
  the 
  Federal 
  

   Power 
  Commission. 
  The 
  scientific 
  and 
  technical 
  groups 
  included 
  

   the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  the 
  National 
  Research 
  Council, 
  

   the 
  American 
  Relief 
  Administration, 
  the 
  International 
  Association 
  

   for 
  Identification, 
  the 
  American 
  Surgical 
  Association, 
  the 
  American 
  

   Federation 
  of 
  Arts, 
  the 
  Wild 
  Flower 
  Preservation 
  Society 
  of 
  

   America, 
  the 
  National 
  Association 
  of 
  Postmasters 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  the 
  National 
  Association 
  of 
  Office 
  Managers, 
  the 
  Liberty 
  

   Calendar 
  Association 
  of 
  America, 
  the 
  George 
  Washington 
  Memorial 
  

   Association, 
  the 
  Committee 
  on 
  the 
  Baird 
  Memorial, 
  the 
  Organizing 
  

   Committee 
  of 
  the 
  Nineteenth 
  International 
  Congress 
  of 
  Ameri- 
  

   canists, 
  the 
  Anthropological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  the 
  Archaeo- 
  

   logical 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  the 
  Audubon 
  Society 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  

   of 
  Columbia, 
  the 
  Biological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  the 
  Chemical 
  

   Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  

   the 
  Federal 
  Photographic 
  Society, 
  the 
  Organization 
  of 
  Appointment 
  

   Clerks, 
  the 
  Philosophical 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  the 
  Shakespeare 
  

   Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  and 
  the 
  Washington 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  

   The 
  educational 
  and 
  miscellaneous 
  agencies 
  included 
  the 
  American 
  

   University; 
  the 
  School 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Service 
  and 
  the 
  School 
  of 
  Medi- 
  

   cine 
  of 
  the 
  Georgetown 
  University 
  ; 
  the 
  Federation 
  of 
  Citizens 
  Asso- 
  

   ciations; 
  the 
  General 
  Federation 
  of 
  Women's 
  Clubs; 
  the 
  Potomac 
  

   Garden 
  Club 
  ; 
  the 
  George 
  Washington 
  Post 
  No. 
  1, 
  American 
  Legion 
  ; 
  

   the 
  Matrons 
  and 
  Patrons 
  Association 
  of 
  1922, 
  Order 
  Eastern 
  Star; 
  

   the 
  Smithsonian 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Federal 
  Employees 
  Union 
  No. 
  2 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  