Word: smithsonian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Dr. Charles Doolittle Walcott, 76, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; following a stroke of apoplexy; in Washington...
Died. Professor Charles Cleveland Nutting, 68, famed zoologist, noted for his explorations in Central America for the Smithsonian Institution; at his home in Iowa City...
...another skull of Pithecanthropus erectus, the Java apeman, showed the relic to be an elephant's knee cap. The "Southwestern Colorado Man," lately deduced from a set of Eocene teeth, was a myth, the teeth having proved to be those of an antique horse.?Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, Smithsonian Institution...
...annual report of the Smithsonian Institute lists a long series of impressive achievements during the fiscal year ending June 30. Probably very few people realize the multiplicity of its undertakings, the worth of its achievements, and the great handicaps, chiefly financial under which it labors...
...gift of $55,000 from the National Geographic Society. An expedition to East Africa was financed by a private individual. Fifty thousand dollars was gathered by subscription to purchase a valuable insect collection. The private means of the Institute permitted the publication of only eight short papers in the Smithsonian series. The National Art Gallery is squeezed into a part of the museum wholly inadequate to permit of growth and occupying space needed for specimens. The United States is the only country in the world without a national gallery worthy of the name, yet Congress merely sets aside and leaves...