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Mrs. Oshorn returned from tlieir Eur()i)ean trij), the one to jjresitle over 

 tlie Congress, tlie other to ])reside over the Ladies' Committee of Recep- 

 tion and Entertainment, in the absence of Mrs. K. H. Harriman, who 

 was detained in the West. 



As the result of two years' preparation, in which many forces were 

 united and all worked together with the best of good will, the Congress 

 was an astounding success. Major Leonard Darwin and all the other 

 delegates who made the long journey from the other side of the ocean 

 were dd'ghted with th^> arrangc'ments, and one and ull d?clar:>d that the 

 Second Congress, held in the American Museum, marks a new period in 

 the eugenics movement. 



From the opening session in the great lecture hall of the Museum, 

 through the meetings of each of the four sections in the Hall of the Age 

 of ALan and the East and West Assembly Halls, to the closing session, 

 interest was not only sustained, but kept increasing. At first inclined to 

 regard the Congress with levitj% the press of the city took it more and 

 more serioush^, until finalh' the chief and most striking ])assages in the 

 more important addresses, by men like ]\Iajor Darwin, Dr. Lucien 

 Cuenot, M. de Lapouge, Dr. Jon Alfred Mj "en, and Dr. Lucien March, 

 among the foreign speakers, and the outstanding addresses of American 

 speakers such as Dr. Raymond Pearl, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, Professor 

 Osborn and others were widely spread through the general press and 

 editorial columns of the country. 



Of the more than one hundred delegates appointed to the Congress, 

 almost all attended. Twenty-one foreign countries were represented. 

 Four delegates were sent by the L'nited States Public Health Service, 

 and eleven States had delegates present. In addition, there was a large 

 attendance of members, over three hundred, from a membership of from 

 three hundred and fifty to four hundred. 



At the close of the Congress, resolutions were adopted for future work 

 and new officers were elected. More detailed announcement concerning 

 the business transacted will be made at a later date. 



In addition to the official and section luncheons and dinners, the 

 delegates were delightfully entertained at luncheon by President and 

 Mrs. Osborn, at their home. Castle Rock, Garrison-on-Hudson. 



Another enjoj-able feature of the Congress was the excursion by 

 motor to the Eugenics Record Office and Station for Experimental 

 Evolution of the Department of Genetics of the Carnegie Institution of 



