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  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Auxiliary 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  Chapter 
  of 
  the 
  

   American 
  Red 
  Cross 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Relief 
  Association. 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  was 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  several 
  receptions, 
  the 
  first 
  being 
  

   probably 
  the 
  largest, 
  the 
  most 
  elaborate, 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  successful 
  

   affair 
  of 
  its 
  kind 
  ever 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Museum. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  reception 
  

   on 
  November 
  23, 
  1921, 
  by 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Washington, 
  through 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   missioners 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  and 
  a 
  committee 
  of 
  citizens, 
  

   to 
  the 
  delegates 
  to 
  the 
  International 
  Conference 
  for 
  the 
  Limitation 
  

   of 
  Armament, 
  when 
  some 
  5,000 
  persons 
  representing 
  the 
  official, 
  

   social, 
  and 
  business 
  life 
  of 
  Washington 
  showed 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  dele- 
  

   gates 
  to 
  that 
  conference. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  February 
  18, 
  1922, 
  an 
  informal 
  reception 
  and 
  

   private 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Chihuahua 
  pottery, 
  loaned 
  to 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  by 
  the 
  Archaeological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  

   the 
  public 
  exhibition 
  halls 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  floor. 
  This 
  was 
  preceded 
  by 
  

   a 
  lecture 
  in 
  the 
  hall 
  below 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Hamilton 
  Bell, 
  on 
  the 
  Sculpture 
  

   of 
  Japan, 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  Archaeological 
  Society. 
  

  

  Another 
  reception, 
  on 
  April 
  24, 
  formed 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  program 
  of 
  the 
  

   annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  This 
  was 
  in 
  

   honor 
  of 
  Dr. 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Lorentz, 
  of 
  Leiden, 
  and 
  followed 
  a 
  

   lecture 
  in 
  the 
  auditorium 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Lorentz 
  on 
  Problems 
  of 
  Modern 
  

   Physics. 
  

  

  A 
  function 
  which 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  

   diplomatic 
  corps 
  and 
  others 
  was 
  the 
  formal 
  presentation 
  to 
  the 
  

   American 
  Nation, 
  on 
  March 
  1, 
  of 
  the 
  Herbert 
  Ward 
  collection 
  of 
  

   sculptures 
  and 
  African 
  ethnology. 
  In 
  the 
  northeast 
  corner, 
  first 
  

   story, 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  

   her 
  gifted 
  husband 
  and 
  his 
  unrivaled 
  collection 
  illustrating 
  the 
  

   handicrafts 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  African, 
  the 
  presentation 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  

   Mrs. 
  Ward, 
  and 
  the 
  donation 
  accepted 
  by 
  Vice 
  President 
  Coolidge 
  

   as 
  chancellor 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS. 
  

  

  The 
  publications 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Museum 
  comprised 
  9 
  volumes 
  and 
  

   78 
  separate 
  papers. 
  The 
  Museum 
  distribution 
  of 
  volumes 
  and 
  sepa- 
  

   rates 
  to 
  libraries 
  and 
  individuals 
  aggregated 
  97,806 
  copies. 
  This, 
  

   however, 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  indicates 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  its 
  publications 
  put 
  in 
  

   circulation 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  for 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  separates 
  of 
  the 
  Proceed- 
  

   ings, 
  on 
  the 
  Mosquitoes 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  issued 
  in 
  June, 
  proved 
  

   so 
  popular 
  that 
  the 
  War 
  and 
  Navy 
  Departments 
  arranged 
  through 
  

   the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Documents 
  for 
  liberal 
  distributions 
  of 
  the 
  

   paper, 
  and 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Public 
  Health 
  reprinted 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  received 
  2,023 
  volumes 
  and 
  4,185 
  pamphlets, 
  mainly 
  

   through 
  gifts 
  and 
  exchanges, 
  bringing 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  up 
  to 
  

  

  