﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  39 
  

  

  minthological 
  Society. 
  Meetings 
  were 
  held 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  Washing- 
  

   ton 
  Society 
  of 
  Engineers, 
  the 
  Wild 
  Flower 
  Preservation 
  Society, 
  

   the 
  Potomac 
  Garden 
  Club, 
  the 
  Biological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  

   the 
  Botanical 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  the 
  Aero 
  Club 
  of 
  Washington, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Vivarium 
  Society. 
  The 
  National 
  Association 
  of 
  Retired 
  

   Federal 
  Employees 
  held 
  regular 
  meetings 
  through 
  the 
  year, 
  as 
  

   did 
  various 
  groups 
  of 
  Bo}^ 
  Scouts 
  for 
  special 
  addresses. 
  

  

  On 
  February 
  22 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  patriotic 
  meeting 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  

   of 
  the 
  Masonic 
  Clubs 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia, 
  addressed 
  by 
  

   Congressman 
  C. 
  A. 
  Woodrum, 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  on 
  George 
  Washington, 
  

   with 
  music 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  Masonic 
  band. 
  Groups 
  of 
  pupils 
  from 
  

   the 
  public 
  schools, 
  Divisions 
  I 
  to 
  IX, 
  were 
  addressed 
  on 
  May 
  28 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  on 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   tection 
  of 
  forests. 
  On 
  May 
  29 
  the 
  Veterans 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Wars 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  Federal 
  Post 
  No. 
  824, 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  held 
  memorial 
  services 
  in 
  the 
  auditorium. 
  Groups 
  of 
  

   students 
  from 
  Howard 
  University 
  were 
  convened 
  for 
  special 
  ad- 
  

   dresses 
  on 
  medical 
  subjects 
  on 
  several 
  occasions. 
  

  

  The 
  biennial 
  conference 
  of 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Inquiry 
  of 
  

   the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Com- 
  

   merce 
  took 
  place 
  from 
  January 
  2 
  to 
  5, 
  inclusive. 
  The 
  fiftieth 
  

   anniversary 
  celebration 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  United 
  States 
  

   Department 
  of 
  the 
  Interior, 
  was 
  held 
  on 
  March 
  21. 
  

  

  The 
  sixth 
  National 
  Oratorical 
  Contest 
  took 
  place 
  on 
  April 
  25 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  fifth 
  annual 
  National 
  Spelling 
  Bee 
  on 
  May 
  21, 
  the 
  first 
  prize 
  being 
  

   won 
  by 
  Miss 
  Virginia 
  Hogan, 
  representing 
  the 
  Omaha 
  World 
  Herald. 
  

   The 
  Public 
  Health 
  Service, 
  United 
  States 
  Treasury 
  Department, 
  held 
  

   the 
  twenty-seventh 
  annual 
  conference 
  of 
  State 
  and 
  Territorial 
  health 
  

   officers 
  on 
  June 
  3-4. 
  

  

  Boy 
  scout 
  executives 
  of 
  the 
  scout 
  councils 
  held 
  their 
  third 
  regional 
  

   scout 
  seminar 
  on 
  October 
  22-23. 
  The 
  third 
  regional 
  scout 
  executive 
  

   seminar 
  of 
  the 
  Boy 
  Scouts 
  of 
  America 
  came 
  on 
  January 
  14. 
  On 
  

   January 
  30 
  the 
  Early 
  Birds, 
  an 
  organization 
  interested 
  in 
  aeronautics, 
  

   convened 
  for 
  an 
  illustrated 
  lecture. 
  

  

  A 
  memorial 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  October 
  16 
  to 
  commemorate 
  the 
  serv- 
  

   ices 
  to 
  science 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Eugene 
  A. 
  Schwarz. 
  A 
  memorial 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  came 
  also 
  on 
  March 
  26 
  in 
  commemoration 
  of 
  the 
  life 
  and 
  work 
  

   of 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Eobert 
  Ridgway, 
  curator 
  of 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  An 
  exhibit 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  students 
  in 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  architec- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  George 
  Washington 
  University 
  was 
  held 
  from 
  April 
  21 
  to 
  

   May 
  6. 
  From 
  May 
  15 
  to 
  27 
  there 
  was 
  displayed 
  an 
  exhibition 
  by 
  

   negro 
  artists, 
  assembled 
  imder 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  Harmon 
  Founda- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  shown 
  under 
  the 
  patronage 
  of 
  the 
  committee 
  on 
  race 
  relations 
  

   of 
  the 
  Washington 
  Federation 
  of 
  Churches. 
  

  

  