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The first, by Dr. Andrew D. White, on "The diplomatic service of 

 the United States, with some hints toward its reform," was given 

 in 1905, and the second, by Dr. George E. Hale, on " Some recent 

 contributions to our knowledge of the Sun," was delivered in 1908. 



INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES AND CELEBRATIONS. 



The Institution each year receives invitations to numerous scien- 

 tific congresses and celebrations in the United States and abroad, but 

 as funds are not available for the expenses of delegates few of these 

 invitations can be accepted. In some instances, however, it is pos- 

 sible to arrange for representation by collaborators of the Institution 

 who are visiting the localities on official or private business. 



Congress of Americanists. — Dr. Ales Hrdlicka was appointed 

 representative of the Institution and designated as delegate of the 

 United States to the Eighteenth International Congress of Ameri- 

 canists held in London May 27 to June 1, 1912. In addition to Dr. 

 Hrdlicka, the State Department also designated Miss Alice Fletcher, 

 Dr. George Grant MacCurdy, Dr. Edgar L. Hewett, Dr. G. B. Gor- 

 don, Rev. Charles W. Currier, Prof. Marshall H. Saville, and Dr. 

 Charles Peabody as delegates on the part of the United States at 

 that congress. 



The Nineteenth International Congress of Americanists has been 

 invited to meet in Washington in 1914, and Mr. W. H. Holmes, Mr. 

 F. W. Hodge, and Dr. Ales Hrdlicka have been appointed an auxili- 

 ary committee to represent the Smithsonian Institution in connection 

 with the preliminary arrangement of details respecting the proposed 

 meeting. 



Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. — The Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia held its centenary anniversary in 

 Philadelphia, March 19, 20, and 21, 1912. At this celebration the 

 Institution and its branches were represented by the secretary, Dr. 

 Charles D. Walcott; Dr. Richard Rathbun, assistant secretary in 

 charge of the United States National Museum; Dr. Frederick W. 

 True, assistant secretary in charge of Library and Exchanges; Mr. 

 Frederick W. Hodge, ethnologist in charge, Bureau of American 

 Ethnology; and Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, head curator of biology, 

 United States National Museum ; and Dr. Theodore N. Gill, associate 

 in Zoology, United States National Museum. The secretary also 

 represented the American Philosophical Society on this occasion. 



Archeological Congress. — At the request of the Institution, the 

 State Department designated Prof. Arthur L. Frothingham and 

 Prof. George M. Whicher as delegates on the part of the United 

 States to the Third International Archeological Congress at Rome, 

 October 9 to 16, 1912. 



