PROCEEDINGS OF THE l^>OARr) OF REGENTS AT THE ANNUAL 

 MEETING HELD JANUARY :>'l, mvi. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents, adopted 

 January 8, IS'.H), by which its annual meeting- occurs on the fourth 

 Wednesday of each year, the Bt)ard met to-day at 1<> o'chx'k a. m. 



Present: Chief Justice Fulhn-, (Chancelh)r), in the cliair; the lion. 

 AVilliam P. Frye; the Hon. S. AI. Cullom; the Hon. (). IL Phitt; the 

 Hon. F. AI. C'ockrell; the Hon. Rol)ert Adams, jr.; th(> Hon. Hugh 

 A. Dinsmore; Dr. James B. Angell; the Hon. John !>. Henderson; 

 the Hon. (leorge Gray; Dr. A. Graham Bell; the Hon. Richard Olney, 

 and the Secretary, Air. S. P. Langley. 



KXOIISES VOU KOXATTKNDANCK. 



The Secretary explained that Mr. Hitt was unable to he present 

 owing to temporary indisposition, and that Dr. Andi'ew D. White was 

 in Europe. 



At the suggestion of the Chancellor, the Secretary n^ad the minutes 

 of the last meeting in al)stract, and there being no ol)j(H_'tion, they 

 were declared approved. 



AITOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 



The Secretary stated that Vice-President Roosevelt had been 

 ex-ofhcio a mem])er of the Boiird, but that by reason of his succession 

 on September 14, P»Ol, to the Presidency through the death of Presi- 

 dent AIcKinley, his nuMubershlp upon the Board had ceased, and he 

 had become the presiding otHcer of the Institution. In accordance 

 with precedent, an invitation had been extended to the President pro 

 tempore of the Senate, the Hon. William P. Frye, to attend the meet- 

 ing in place of the Vice-President. The Secretary announced the 

 appointment of Senator Francis AL Cockrell, of Alissouri, to succeed 

 Senator Lindsay, and the reappointment of Senator S. AI. Cullom and 

 of Representatives R. R. Hitt, Ro])ert Adams, ji'. , and Hugh A. Dins- 

 more, whose terms had expired. 



The Secretary read a letter from Airs. W. L. Wilson exprc^ssing 

 her thanks for the engi'oss(Hl resohitions adopted ])y the I>oard at the 

 last meeting on the death of her hus])and. Dr. William Lvne Wilson. 



