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along the Chesapeake Bay, all of which were under the auspices of 

 the National Museum, These trips were unusually productive in 

 the recovery of well-preserved cetacean remains. 



Dr. George P. Merrill did a little work on his own initiative while 

 in Maine on a vacation, and Mr. Shannon on a two-day trip to 

 Port Deposit and Conowingo, Md., and Peach Bottom, Pa., visited 

 a number of commercial granite, feldspar, talc, and slate mines and 

 quarries: 



MEETINGS, CONGRESSES, AND RECEPTIONS. 



The Museum is seldom able to arrange regular lecture courses, but 

 it does diffuse much knowledge through the lectures and proceedings 

 of the various governmental, scientific, and educational agencies 

 using its meeting facilities. The auditorium and adjacent council 

 rooms afforded accommodations during the year for about 150 meet- 

 ings, covering a wide range of subjects. 



The governmental agencies availing themselves of these opportuni- 

 ties included the State Department, the War Department, the Treas- 

 ury Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of 

 Labor, the Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board, and the Federal 

 Power Commission. The scientific and technical groups included 

 the National Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council, 

 the American Relief Administration, the International Association 

 for Identification, the American Surgical Association, the American 

 Federation of Arts, the Wild Flower Preservation Society of 

 America, the Rational Association of Postmasters of the United 

 States, the National Association of Office Managers, the Liberty 

 Calendar Association of America, the George Washington Memorial 

 Association, the Committee on the Baird Memorial, the Organizing 

 Committee of the Nineteenth International Congress of Ameri- 

 canists, the Anthropological Society of Washington, the Archaeo- 

 logical Society of Washington, the Audubon Society of the District 

 of Columbia, the Biological Society of Washington, the Chemical 

 Society of Washington, the Entomological Society of Washington, 

 the Federal Photographic Society, the Organization of Appointment 

 Clerks, the Philosophical Society of Washington, the Shakespeare 

 Society of Washington, and the AYashington Academy of Sciences. 

 The educational and miscellaneous agencies included the American 

 University; the School of Foreign Service and the School of Medi- 

 cine of the Georgetown University ; the Federation of Citizens Asso- 

 ciations: the General Federation of Women's Clubs; the Potomac 

 Garden Club ; the Geoi'ge Washington Post No. 1, American Legion ; 

 the Matrons and Patrons Association of 1922, Order Eastern Star; 

 the Smithsonian branch of the Federal Employees Union No. 2 ; the 



