ABSTRACTS OF MINUTES OF THE NINETEENTH. TWENTIETH. AND 

 TWENTY-FIRST MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



Nineteenth Meeting. 



An adjourned meeting was held in Washington in the Board 

 Room of the Administration Building on Saturday, January 24, 

 1920, and was called to order at 10 a. m. by the Chairman, 

 Mr. Root. 



Upon roll-call the following Trustees responded: Robert S. 

 Brookings, John J. Carty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Andrew J. 

 Montague, William W. Morrow, James Parmelee, Wm. Barclay 

 Parsons, Stewart Baton, Elihu Root, Martin A. Ryerson, 

 Theobald Smith, Charles D. Walcott, Henry P. Walcott, Wil- 

 liam H. Welch, Henry White, Robert S. Woodward. 



The minutes of the eighteenth meeting were approved as 

 printed and submitted to the members of the Board. 



Mr. W. Cameron Forbes of Massachusetts was elected a 

 Trustee of the Institution to fill the vacancy in the Board 

 caused by the death of Mr. Henry L. Higginson, 



The Secretary reported another vacancy in the Board as a 

 result of the resignation of Mr. George Wharton Pepper. 



The meeting adjourned at 12^ 20°" p. m. with the understand- 

 ing that another special meeting of the Board might subsequently 

 be called by the Chairman. 



Twentieth Meeting. 



Upon call of the Executive Committee, a special meeting was 

 held in Washington in the Board Room of the Administration 

 Building on Tuesday, May 25, 1920, and was called to order at 

 lO'' 15"" a. m. by the Chairman, Mr. Root. 



Upon roll-call the following Trustees responded: Robert S. 

 Brookings, W. Cameron Forbes, Myron T. Herrick, Henry Cabot 

 Lodge, William W. Morrow, James Parmelee, Wm. Barclay 

 Parsons, Stewart Paton, Ehhu Root, Theobald Smith, Charles D. 

 Walcott, William H. Welch, Henry White, George W. Wicker- 

 sham, Robert S. Woodward. 



Upon recommendation of the Executive Committee, Dr. 

 John C. Merriam of the University of California was unani- 



