﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  49 
  

  

  MEETINGS 
  AND 
  RECEFnONS 
  

  

  The 
  lecture 
  rooms 
  and 
  auditorium 
  oi' 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  during 
  

   the 
  present 
  year 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  114 
  meetings 
  that 
  covered 
  a 
  wide 
  

   lange 
  of 
  activities. 
  Governmental 
  agencies 
  that 
  utilized 
  these 
  

   resources 
  included 
  the 
  Federal 
  Horticultural 
  Board, 
  the 
  Forest 
  Serv- 
  

   ice, 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  the 
  Biological 
  Survey, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Extension 
  Service 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

   for 
  various 
  hearings, 
  meetings, 
  and 
  exhibitions 
  of 
  pictures. 
  Mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Forest 
  Service 
  held 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  meetings 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   dealing 
  with 
  various 
  phases 
  of 
  their 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  Smithsonian 
  staff 
  convened 
  on 
  December 
  IG 
  for 
  an 
  illustrated 
  

   lecture 
  on 
  anthropology 
  by 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  D. 
  Skinner, 
  of 
  Otago 
  Univer- 
  

   sity, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Dr. 
  Walter 
  Hough 
  addressed 
  the 
  art 
  section 
  of 
  

   the 
  Twentieth 
  Century 
  Club 
  on 
  January 
  10. 
  

  

  Scientific 
  societies 
  that 
  met 
  regularly 
  in 
  the 
  building 
  included 
  the 
  

   Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  the 
  Society 
  for 
  Philosophical 
  

   Inquiry, 
  the 
  Anthropological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  and 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Horticultural 
  Society. 
  Meetings 
  were 
  held 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  Vivarium 
  

   Society, 
  the 
  Wild 
  Flower 
  Preservation 
  Society, 
  the 
  Audubon 
  Society 
  

   of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia, 
  the 
  Aeronautical 
  Society, 
  the 
  Botanical 
  

   Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  the 
  Washington 
  Society 
  of 
  Engineers, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Washington 
  Philatelic 
  Society. 
  The 
  National 
  Association 
  of 
  the 
  

   Deaf 
  gave 
  an 
  exhibition 
  of 
  motion 
  pictures 
  of 
  the 
  Vforld 
  War 
  and 
  

   two 
  reels 
  in 
  deaf 
  and 
  dumb 
  language. 
  A 
  special 
  class 
  of 
  South- 
  

   western 
  College 
  of 
  Winfield, 
  Kans., 
  was 
  convened 
  in 
  these 
  halls, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Mississippi 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington 
  occupied 
  the 
  auditorium 
  for 
  

   addresses 
  by 
  tlie 
  Hon. 
  Dennis 
  Murphy, 
  lieutenant 
  governor 
  of 
  Missis- 
  

   sippi, 
  and 
  others, 
  the 
  exhibition 
  of 
  motion 
  pictures 
  and 
  a 
  concert. 
  

  

  M. 
  le 
  Prince 
  Ginori 
  Conti, 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  Italian 
  Society 
  of 
  

   General 
  and 
  Applied 
  Chemistry, 
  Florence, 
  Italy, 
  spoke 
  before 
  the 
  

   International 
  Union 
  of 
  Pure 
  and 
  Applied 
  Chemistry 
  on 
  the 
  utiliza- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  geothermal 
  power 
  in 
  Tuscany. 
  The 
  American 
  Institute 
  of 
  

   Electrical 
  Engineers 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  Society 
  of 
  Mechanical 
  Engi- 
  

   neers 
  held 
  a 
  joint 
  meeting 
  for 
  an 
  address 
  delivered 
  by 
  W. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Elgin, 
  

   general 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  Philadelphia 
  Electrical 
  Co., 
  on 
  the 
  Cono- 
  

   wingo 
  hydroelectric 
  development. 
  

  

  The 
  Spanish-American 
  War 
  veterans 
  on 
  January 
  28 
  held 
  a 
  recep- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  the 
  Ambassador 
  from 
  Cuba, 
  Seilor 
  Dr. 
  Orestes 
  

   Ferrara, 
  and 
  Senator 
  E. 
  W. 
  Means, 
  of 
  Colorado, 
  on 
  the 
  anniversity 
  

   of 
  the 
  birth 
  of 
  the 
  Cuban 
  patriot, 
  Jose 
  Marti. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  patriotic 
  

   gathering 
  of 
  American 
  War 
  Motliers 
  on 
  February 
  10, 
  with 
  vocal 
  

   and 
  instrumental 
  music 
  and 
  addresses. 
  

  

  The 
  Masonic 
  clubs 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  met 
  in 
  celebration 
  

   of 
  V/ashington's 
  birthday, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  addressed 
  by 
  the 
  Hon. 
  

  

  