=Mr. Pratt’s Bas-Reliefs.=--In the pendentives is a series of four large circular plaques in relief, representing _The Seasons_. The series, which is repeated in each of the other three pavilions, is the work of Mr. Bela L. Pratt. _Spring_ is the figure of a girl sowing the seed, her garment blown into graceful swirls by the early winds of March. _Summer_ is a maturer figure, sitting, quiet and thoughtful, in a field of poppies. _Autumn_ is a mother nursing a baby. An older child--a little boy--stands beside her, and the abundance and fruitfulness of the season are still further typified in the ripe bunches of grapes which hang from the vine. _Winter_ is an old woman gathering faggots for the hearth. Behind her is a leafless tree, on which is perched an owl. A garland appropriate to the season hangs over each of the four plaques--fruits for _Spring_ and _Summer_, grains for _Autumn_, and oak leaves and acorns for _Winter_. [Illustration: CENTRAL GROUP OF DISCOVERY.--GEORGE W. MAYNARD.] =Mr. Maynard’s Paintings.=--The paintings in the tympanums and the disc are the work of Mr. George W. Maynard, whose panels in the Main Entrance Hall have already been described. In the tympanums the sequence of Mr. Maynard’s subjects begins on the east side and continues to the right, as follows: _Adventure_, _Discovery_, _Conquest_, _Civilization_--the bold roving spirit of _Adventure_ leading to _Discovery_, which in turn results in _Conquest_, bringing at last a settled occupation of the land and final _Civilization_. In the disc of the ceiling, Mr. Maynard has depicted the four qualities most appropriate to these four stages of a country’s development--Courage, Valor, Fortitude, and Achievement.