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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  A. 
  M. 
  Free, 
  Member 
  of 
  Congress 
  from 
  California, 
  on 
  the 
  Life 
  of 
  

   George 
  Washington 
  and 
  Masonry. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  late 
  winter 
  and 
  early 
  spring, 
  series 
  of 
  talks 
  were 
  given 
  

   to 
  students 
  of 
  Howard 
  Universit}^ 
  on 
  various 
  matters 
  of 
  contact 
  

   between 
  biological 
  and 
  medical 
  science. 
  

  

  The 
  Fourth 
  National 
  Oratorical 
  Contest 
  and 
  Second 
  International 
  

   Oratorical 
  Contest 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  auditorium 
  on 
  April 
  9, 
  for 
  

   orations 
  by 
  pupils 
  of 
  private 
  and 
  parochial 
  schools 
  in 
  the 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  Star 
  area. 
  A 
  further 
  meeting 
  held 
  on 
  May 
  4 
  was 
  addressed 
  

   by 
  three 
  competitors. 
  

  

  Federal 
  Post, 
  No. 
  824, 
  Veterans 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Wars, 
  mot 
  on 
  May 
  

   28 
  for 
  an 
  annual 
  memorial 
  service. 
  The 
  finals 
  in 
  the 
  third 
  annual 
  

   national 
  spelling 
  bee, 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  Courier-Journal, 
  

   Louisville, 
  Ky., 
  and 
  16 
  associated 
  newspapers, 
  were 
  held 
  on 
  June 
  23, 
  

   when 
  the 
  first 
  prize 
  was 
  won 
  by 
  Dean 
  Lucas, 
  of 
  West 
  Salem, 
  Ohio. 
  

  

  From 
  April 
  19 
  to 
  21 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  Dental 
  Society 
  

   occupied 
  the 
  auditorium, 
  lecture 
  rooms, 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lobby 
  for 
  

   an 
  educational 
  campaign 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  teeth. 
  The 
  

   exhibits 
  installed 
  were 
  prepared 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Public 
  Health 
  Service, 
  United 
  States 
  Army, 
  United 
  States 
  

   Navy, 
  Children's 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Labor, 
  

   the 
  division 
  of 
  physical 
  anthropology 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  the 
  Baltimore 
  College 
  of 
  Dental 
  Surgery 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  

   of 
  Maryland, 
  the 
  Public 
  School 
  Dental 
  Clinic 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Co- 
  

   lumbia 
  Health 
  Department, 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  Dental 
  Hygienist 
  

   Association, 
  and 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  Dental 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  Daugliters 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Revolution, 
  conservation 
  and 
  

   thrift 
  committee, 
  attended 
  an 
  illustrated 
  lecture 
  by 
  Herbert 
  N. 
  

   Wheeler 
  on 
  " 
  The 
  Lure 
  of 
  the 
  Forest." 
  

  

  SESQUICENTENNIAL 
  EXPOSITION, 
  PHILADELPHIA 
  

  

  As 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  last 
  year, 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  

   installed 
  an 
  exhibit 
  at 
  the 
  Sesquicentennial 
  Exposition 
  held 
  in 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  fall 
  of 
  1926. 
  As 
  the 
  exposition 
  build- 
  

   ings 
  were 
  delayed 
  in 
  completion, 
  the 
  Institution 
  did 
  not 
  secure 
  pos- 
  

   session 
  of 
  the 
  sj)ace 
  assigned 
  to 
  it 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  June, 
  so 
  that, 
  though 
  

   part 
  of 
  our 
  material 
  was 
  arranged 
  by 
  June 
  30, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  possible 
  to 
  

   make 
  complete 
  installation 
  until 
  July. 
  The 
  section 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  in 
  the 
  Transportation 
  Building 
  to 
  

   be 
  arranged 
  and 
  made 
  ready 
  for 
  display. 
  The 
  exposition 
  continued 
  

   until 
  November 
  30, 
  during 
  which 
  period 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   staff 
  remained 
  in 
  attendance 
  with 
  the 
  exhibit. 
  The 
  exhibits, 
  which 
  

   Avere 
  described 
  in 
  some 
  detail 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  last 
  year, 
  attracted 
  

   much 
  attention 
  and 
  were 
  favorably 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  public. 
  The 
  

  

  