June 7 



Program: The High School Summer Intern Program began its first session under the 

 auspices of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Each summer this 

 program brings forty high school graduates from throughout the country to the 

 Institution for a five-week series of educational and service activities. 



June 8 



Agreement: Secretary Adams signed an agreement with the Soviet Academy of Sciences. 

 The agreement specifies the details of Institution's and the Soviet Union's 

 participation in an upcoming exhibition, "Crossroads of Continents," that will be 

 displayed in the United States and the Soviet Union. 



June 9 



Special Event: Sustaining, Patron, and James Smithson Society Members attended "A 

 Victorian Evening," a special reception in the Arts and Industries Building and the 

 new Enid A. Haupt Garden. 



June 10 



Telecast: The Public Broadcasting Service aired "The Promise of the Land," the fourth 

 special of the third season of "Smithsonian World." 



June 10-14 



Tour: "Smithsonian Treasures: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour for Contributing Members" was 

 sponsored by the Smithsonian National Associates Travel Program in cooperation with 

 the Contributing Membership Program. 



June 15 



Publication: "Disabled Museum Visitors: Part of Your General Public," a video program 

 and handbook, was published by the special education program of the Office of 

 Elementary and Secondary Education, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution 

 Press and the Office of Telecommunications. Designed to help museum docents work more 

 effectively with disabled visitors, the materials will be used for training at the 

 Institution and will be distributed to museums across the country by the Office of 

 Museum Programs. 



June 17 



Gift: The National Museum of American History received the first Jarvik-7 artificial 

 heart used in an authorized implant as a temporary measure for patients awaiting a 

 donor heart. The heart was designed by Robert Jarvik and donated by the University 

 Medical Center of the Arizona Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. 



2-9 



