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2 as Fellows through an annual competition. The Academy is administered by a director and staff in Rome and a president and board of trustees in New York. ARTHUR LECTURE Dr. Donald. M. Menzel, director of the Harvard Collect Observatory, will be the speaker at the 23d Annual James Arthur Lecture on the Sun. The lecture, "The Edge of the Sun," will be given in the auditorium of the Natural History Building at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 26. Dr. Menzel has been deeply engaged in solar research for many years. He has observed seven total solar eclipses and has founded two solar observatories -- one in Climax, Colo., and the other at Sacramento Peak, N. Mex. In his talk Dr. Menzel will describe the studies leading to an understanding of solar activity and its effects on the earth. Motion pictures of solar explosions, including those of the recent outburst in February 1956, will graphically portray what happens when large spots appear on the face of the sun. Smithsonian employees are invited to attend the lecture. - - - NEW ETHNOLOGIST The Bureau of American Ethnology is happy to announce the addition of Dr. William C. Sturtevant to its staff. Dr. Sturtevant is replacing Dr. Philip Drucker, who resigned last November, and will take over the duties of his office on July 2. Congratulations to the Bureau and best wishes to Dr. Sturtevant. (Jessie Shaw says the important question now is: Can he bowl?) - - - ALEXANDRIA HISTORY IN ART The Alexandria Association of Alexandria, Va., is sponsoring an exhibit that will tell, in works of art, the history of the Old Port. "Out Town, 1749-1865," is the title of the exhibit, which will be shown at historic Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria from April 12 through May 12. Thomas Beggs, director of the National Collection of Fine Arts, and Malcolm Watkins, associate curator of ethnology, are on the Association's advisory committee for the exhibit. More than 200 portraits, miniatures, silhouettes, drawings, engravings, and pieces of sculpture have been loaned for this visual record of more than a century. Every exhibit will be described in a catalog, where much information will be given about the subject and his place of residence, business, and activities in the community. Almost all the historic Alexandria residents of the period will be represented. Among these residents were George Washington, Lord Fairfax, George Mason, and THE Lees. This exhibit marks the beginning of a "Documentary of Art" in Alexandria from the early days of the Republic. - - -
