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The Archaeological Society of Washington, affiliated with the 

 Archaeological Institute of America, was responsible for a lecture 

 in the auditorium on the evening of January 22, 1924, by Count 

 Byron Khun de Prorok on " Excavations at Carthage," which was 

 illustrated by motion pictures of his archeological work at that 

 place. This was followed by a reception in the National Gallery of 

 Art on the floor above. The Archaelogical Institute also arranged an 

 exhibition of motion pictures for the Smithsonian staff in the audi- 

 torium on the afternoon of April 19, when Craig Bidclle, of the Earle 

 Film Corporation, of Hollywood, Calif., presented four reels of 

 recently completed motion pictures made in Guatemala. Many oi 

 the views were of special archeological interest. 



Of economic importance was the meeting of the Northern Nut 

 Growers Association in the auditorium on September 26 to 28 with 

 morning, afternoon, and evening sessions on the first day; morning 

 and evening sessions on the second, and a single session on the third 

 day. The speakers included James McGlennon, president of the 

 association ; Prof. W. R. Mattoon, of the United States Forest Serv- 

 ice; Dr. L. O. Corbett; Prof. David Lumsden; C. A. Reed, of the 

 United States Bureau of Plant Industry; L. P. Littlepage ; Mrs. 

 W. N. Hiett; Dr. R. T. Morris; Prof. H. H. Hume; Dr. Oswald 

 Schreiner; and Dr. W. E. Safford. 



The desire of the State of Maryland to encourage the back-to-the- 

 land movement led to the use of the auditorium on the evening of 

 June 20 for a lecture by Doctor Ford on " The advantages of own- 

 ing a home," illustrated by motion pictures, before a group of in- 

 terested Government employees. The gathering had for its purpose 

 the organization of a garden home association, to be founded on Mary- 

 land land, and was arranged by the Southern Mainland Immigration 

 Commission. The commission is charged by the Maryland laws with 

 giving free and disinterested information regarding all lands in the 

 State and with fostering organizations such as that proposed. 



The Potomac Garden Club, a local organization of amateur gar- 

 deners, held its annual meeting as customary in the auditorium 

 on the evening of January 28, 1924, concluding with a motion-pic- 

 ture exhibition. 



The Woman's Welfare Association arranged again this year a 

 series of eight popular lectures by eminent physicians on various 

 phases of preventive medicine on alternate Sunday afternoons from 

 January 13 to April 27, which were unusually well attended. The 

 program was as follows : January 13, 1924, Dr. J. C. Bloodgood, as- 

 sociate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University Medical 

 School, " Cancer — how to beat it " ; January 27, Dr. Ethel M. Wat- 

 ters, United States Children's Bureau, " Government, mothers, and 

 infants"; February 10, Dr. Royal S. Copeland, United States Sen- 

 ator, "Methuselah's secrets"; February 24, Dr. Eugene L. Fisk, 



