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a meeting on February 26 Dr. E. T. Wherry spoke on " Wild Flowers 

 of Lafayette National Park," and a third talk was deli veered on 

 March 26 by Dr. W. J. Showalter. A further meeting on April 30 

 was addressed by Dr. Clara Burrus, former secretary to John 

 Burroughs. 



On April 9 the auditorium was occupied by the Air Service 

 Officers Reserve Corps. The meeting was opened by General 

 Mitchell, who introduced Lieutenants Wade and Arnold for an 

 account of their trip around the world by airplane. The talk was 

 illustrated by motion pictures. 



Motion pictures of the Canadian Rockies were shown by Secretary 

 Walcott on March 24, for the benefit of Museum employees. A 

 motion picture exhibition entitled " Film Land " was arranged for 

 November 11 by W. H. Egberts, also for Museum employees. 



Meetings of the Anthropological Society of Washington, the 

 Entomological Society of Washington, the American Horticultural 

 Society, the District of Columbia Dental Society, and the Society 

 for Philosophical Inquiry met regularly during the winter season 

 for their stated meetings. The rooms were used also by the Wash- 

 ington Society of Engineers, the Washington Chapter of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Engineers, the Practical Psychology Club and the 

 Boy Scouts of the Third Division. 



The Filipino Club of Washington met in the auditorium on July 

 3 for addresses by Sehores Cesar Caballo and Jose T. Nueno. On 

 December 20 ceremonies were held in the auditorium by El Club 

 Cervantes in commemoration of the Centenary of the Battle of 

 Ayacucho. On March 28 a meeting under the direction of Sr. 

 Cayetano de Quesada of the Cuban Embassy celebrated the rati- 

 fication of the treaty of the Isle of Pines, and did honor to the 

 United Spanish War Veterans. 



A musical recital was presented on April 23 before the Cornell 

 Alumni Association of Washington by Vladimir Karapetoff, profes- 

 sor of electrical engineering, at Cornell University, with Ervine G. 

 Stenson as accompanist. Professor Karapetoff demonstrated before 

 the gathering his invention of an additional string for the ceUo. 



Five meetings were held by the directors and assistant directors 

 of school playgrounds during August and September for talks on 

 various subjects. Other organizations meeting in the Museum were 

 the Helminthological Society of Washington, the Washington 

 Chapter of the American Institute of Chemists, the Camp Fire Girls, 

 the Camp Fire Guardians, the American Horticultural Society, the 

 Garden Homes Associations, and the Smithsonian Relief Association. 



In all, the meeting halls were used on 146 occasions during the 

 year. 



