MINUTES OF SECOND MEETING OF THE BOARD OF 



TRUSTEES. 



[Abstract.] 



The meeting was held in Washington, at the New Willard Hotel, 

 on Tuesday, November 25, 1902, at 10 a. m. 



In the absence of the Chairman, Mr. Hewitt, the Vice Chairman, 

 Mr. Billings, occupied the chair. 



On the roll being called by the Secretary, the foUowdng gentle- 

 men responded to their names : 



Ex Officio. 



William P. Frye, President of the Senate. 

 D. B. Henderson, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

 S. P. EanglEY, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Alex. Agassiz, President of the National Academy of Sciences. 



Active. 



John S. Billings. Wayne MacVeagh. 



William N. Frew. D. O. Mills. 



Lyman J. Gage. S. Weir Mitchell. 



Daniel C. Oilman. William W. Morrow. 



John Hay. Elihu Root. 



Henry L. Higginson. Charles D. Walcott. 



C. ly. Hutchinson. Edward D. White. 



William Eindsay. Carroll D. Wright. 



Absent : 



Ex Officio. 



The President of the United States. 



Active. 

 William E. Dodge. Seth Low. 



Abram S. Hewitt. John C. Spooner. 



Andrew D. White. 



Letters were received from Messrs. Dodge, Hewitt, Low, and 

 White regretting their inability to be present. 



The minutes of the first meeting were read and approved. 



The President of the Institution, Mr. Oilman, made a general 

 statement of the work of the Executive Committee and referred to 



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