KEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 21 



building. The programme of the meetings included the usual num- 

 ber of papers coA^ering a wide field. 



Congress of photography. — The Smithsonian Institution accepted 

 an invitation to participate in the International Congress ori Pho- 

 tography at Dresden, Germany, May to October, 1909, and sent a 

 number of enlarged photographs and transparencies. 



International Archeological Congress. — Upon the recommendation 

 of the Smithsonian Institution Mr. A. M. Lythgoe, of the Metropoli- 

 tan Museum of Art, and Prof. Paul Baur, of Yale University, were 

 designated by the Department of State as delegates on the part of 

 the United States to the Second International Archeological Con- 

 gress, which was held at Cairo, Egypt, Easter, 1909. 



Darwin celebration. — It was my pleasure, by resolution of the 

 Board of Eegents, to represent the Institution at the one hundredth 

 anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, held at Cambridge 

 University, England, June 22 to 24, 1909, when the university con- 

 ferred upon me the degree of Sc. D. In this connection a bronze 

 bust of Darwin, a gift of many of Darwin's admirers in America, 

 was presented to the university. 



University of Geneva anniversary. — Prof. J. M. Baldwin, of Johns 

 Hopkins University, was appointed to represent the Smithsonian 

 Institution at the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of 

 the Geneva University, which was held at Geneva July 7 to 10, 1909. 



University of Leipzig anniversary. — The Institution accepted an 

 invitation to participate in the five hundredth anniversary of the 

 University of Leipzig held July 28 to 30, 1909, and Dr. William 

 H. Welch, of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., consented 

 to act as its representative on that occasion. 



Congress for the History of Religions. — Dr. Paul Haupt, of Johns 

 Hopkins University, and Prof. Morris Jastrow, jr., of the University 

 of Pennsylvania, were designated, at the suggestion of the Institu- 

 tion, as delegates on the part of the United States to the Third Inter- 

 national Congress for the History of Religions, held at Oxford, 

 England, September 15 to 18, 1909. 



Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Exposition. — In the act of Congress ap- 

 proved May 27, 1908, an appropriation of $200,000 was made for 

 an exhibition by the Government at the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Ex- 

 position held at Seattle, begining June 1 and closing October 1, 

 1909. Mr. W. deC. Ravenel, administrative assistant in the United 

 States National Museum, was designated by the Secretary as Repre- 

 sentative of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum. An 

 allotment of $24,000 was made for an exhibit by the Institution and 

 the Museum to illustrate our national history, especially with refer- 

 ence to Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, and the United 

 States west of the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Ravenel's account of 

 this exhibit is given in an appendix to the present report. 



