6 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1936 



constituted an "establishment" wliose statutory members are "the 

 President, the Vice President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of the 

 executive departments." 



THE BOARD OF REGENTS 



The terms of the three Members of the House of Representatives 

 on the Board of Regents, Representatives T. Alan Goldsborough, of 

 Maryhmd; Charles L. Gifford, of Massachusetts; and Clarence 

 Cannon, of Missouri, expired on December 25, 1935, and on January 

 9, 1936, they were reappointed by the Speaker of the House for the 

 statutory term of 2 years. Mr. Frederic A. Delano, of Washington, 

 D. C, whose term as a citizen Regent expired January 21, 1935, was 

 reappointed for another 6 years by Joint Resolution of Congress 

 approved August 7, 1935. By Joint Resolution of Congress ap- 

 proved February 21, 1936, Dr. Roland S. Morris, of Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, was appointed to fill the existing vacancy in the class 

 of citizen Regents. 



The roll of Regents at the close of the year was as follows: 

 Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States, Chan- 

 cellor; John N. Garner, Vice President of the United States; mem- 

 bers from the Senate — Joseph T. Robinson, M. M. Logan, Charles L. 

 McNary; members from the House of Representatives — T. Alan 

 Goldsborough, Clarence Cannon, Charles L. Gifford; citizen mem- 

 bers — Frederic A. Delano, Washington, D. C; John C. Merriam, 

 Washington, D. C. ; R. Walton Moore, Virginia; Robert W. Bing- 

 ham, Kentucky; Augustus P. Loring, Massachusetts; Roland S. 

 Morris, Pennsylvania. 



Proceedings. — The annual meeting of the Board of Regents was 

 held on January 16, 1936. The Regents present were Chief Justice 

 Charles Evans Hughes, Chancellor; Senators Joseph T. Robinson 

 and M. M. Logan; Representatives Charles L. Gifford and Clarence 

 Cannon; citizen Regents Frederic A. Delano, Augustus P. Loring; 

 and the Secretary, Dr. Charles G. Abbot. 



The Board elected Senator McNary a member of the Permanent 

 Committee. 



The Secretary presented his annual report, detailing the activities 

 of the several Government branches and of the parent Institution 

 during the year, and Mr. Delano presented the report of the Execu- 

 tive Committee, covering financial statistics of the Listitution. The 

 Secretary also presented the annual report of the National Gallery 

 of Art Commission. 



In his usual special report the Secretary briefly reviewed outstand- 

 ing events of the year, and Assistant Secretary Wetmore detailed 

 important activities in the National Museum. 



