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large dining rooms of the New Willard. Supper was ser\ ed shortly after 



11 o'clock, and one minute before midnight taps were sounded by a 

 bugler in the band stand. All lights in the room were turned ofif, fol- 

 lowed by the striking of a large navy bell twelve times. An electric sign 

 containing the words "Happy New Year" was uncovered and the lights 

 turned on. The band played Auld Lang Syne, and as the assembled 

 guests stood they exchanged toasts and greetings among themselves, 

 many of them singing the familial lines. The scene was one of carnival 

 spirit, paper hats, confetti, etc., having been passed around. There was 

 dancing afterwards in the ball rooms of the New Willard. 



Two exhibitions of considerable interest to the delegates of the con- 

 gress were open for their inspection. The National Geographic Society, 

 through the courtesy of its executive officer, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, 

 displayed in Hubbard Memorial Hall, Sixteenth and M Streets, a special 

 exhibition of photographs, covering the most interesting phases of the 

 explorations of the National Geographic Society and Yale University 

 which were made by their joint exploration of the highlands of Peru. 

 Attendants were on hand to direct the visitors and to furnish them cata- 

 logues. The Bureau of Commercial Economics displayed continually 

 throughout the sessions of the Scientific Congress in the New Willard 

 Hotel, films of motion pictures which showed graphically how things of 

 common use are made, and from what sources the raw material is pro- 

 duced. 



SATURDAY, JANUARY 1. 



Host for breakfast: Mr. Chari^es Henry ButlEr, 1535 Eye Street, at 



12 o'clock. 



Mr. and Mrs. Edson Bradley were at home, 1328 Connecticut Avenue, 

 to the delegates of the congress with their families and invited guests 

 from 3.30 to 7 p. m. 



Reception tendered by the president and officers of the Cosmos Club, 

 Madison Place and H Street, to the members (men) of the congress from 

 3 to 6 p. m. 



Hosts for dinners were: 



Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. William Phillips, 1535 L Street. 



Mr. Frederick C. Delano, 1128 Sixteenth Street. 



Mrs. Francois B. Moran, 2315 Massachusetts Avenue. 



Reception by the governing board of the Pan American Union to the 

 members of the congress and invited guests in the Pan American Building, 

 Seventeenth and B Streets, at 9 p. m. 



