SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



The Regents and Acting Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution 



INVITE YOU to attend A MEETING 

 TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF 



CHARLES DOOLITTLE WALCOTT 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FROM I9O7 TO I927 



TO BE HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM OF THE 



NATURAL HISTORY BUILDING 



TENTH AND B STREETS NORTHWEST 



TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY TWENTY-FOURTH 



NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT, AT 11.00 o'CLOCK 



THE CHANCELLOR OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. TAFT 



CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES 



WILL PRESIDE 



ADDRESSES WILL BE DELIVERED BY 



THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTATIVES OF ORGANIZATIONS 



WITH WHICH SECRETARY WALCOTT 



WAS ACTIVELY AFFILIATED: 



DOCTOR JOHN C. MERRIAM 

 THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 



DOCTOR JOSEPH S. AMES 

 THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS 



DOCTOR GEORGE OTIS SMITH 

 THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



DOCTOR CHARLES G. ABBOT 



THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



AND 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



