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of Louisville, Ky., held June 17, was won by Miss Pauline Bell, of 
Clarkson, Ky. 
The second Industrial Conference of Women under the auspices 
of the United States Department of Labor, held from January 18 
to 21, included at its initial session on January 18, the reading of 
a letter from President Coolidge and addresses by Hon. James J. 
Davis, Secretary of Labor; Mrs. John Jacob Rogers, Member of 
Congress from Massachusetts; and Mrs. Julius Kahn, Member of 
Congress from California. 
An illustrated address on the collections in the National Gallery 
of Art was delivered by Dr. Gertrude R. Brigham on December 5. 
On January 25 under the auspices of the Twentieth Century Club 
there was an illustrated lecture on the National Gallery of Art by 
Mrs. Porter R. Chandler. 
Educational and other organizations holding meetings in the build- 
ing included the Associate Alumnae of Vassar College, the depart- 
ment of superintendents of the National Educational Association, 
the Smithsonian Relief Association, the National League of Girls 
Clubs, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Federal 
Post No. 824, the Girl Scouts, the Nature Study Corps of the public 
schools of the District of Columbia, a class in bird study from George 
Washington University, and a class in parasitology from Howard 
University. 
On October 21 Dr. AleS Hrdlicka gave to the staff an account of 
his studies of ancient man during his journey in southern Asia, 
Australia, and Africa. There were also several exhibits of pictures 
and talks for members of the staff, including one by Mr. Rollin R. 
Winslow, United States Consul at Surabaya, Java. 
On November 5 there was a iecture by M. Georges Plasse on 
the making of aquatints in color, illustrated by motion pictures 
taken in the studio of the speaker in Paris. 
On February 20, under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, 
M. Henri Correvon of Geneva, Switzerland, gave an address on 
Alpine plants and their use in rock gardens. 
On June 4 Dr. Johannes Schmidt, Director of the Physiological 
Division, Carlsberg Laboratorium, Copenhagen, Denmark, delivered 
an illustrated address on Danish Oceanographic Expeditions—Kel 
Investigations, before a meeting held under the auspices of the 
Carnegie Institution of Washington, the Washington Academy of 
Sciences, the Biological Society of Washington, and the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
EXHIBIT AT THE SESQUICENTENNIAL 
Considerable time was devoted during the year by members of 
the Museum staff to the preparation of material to form part of the 
