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the three vacancies in the commission caused bj' the death of members, be filled 

 by the election of George B. McClellan to succeed W. K. Bixby, Thomas Cochran 

 to succeed James Parmelee, and Paul Manship to succeed Daniel Chester French. 



The secretary reported that the Langley Gold Medal, awarded to 

 Admh'al Richard Evelyn Byrd, had been presented on March 27, 1931, 

 and that this ceremony had been noted in the previous annual report. 



The secretary said that the Regents were aware of the death of 

 Senator D wight W. Morrow on October 5, 1931. He had been a 

 Regent of the Institution for nearl}^ five ,vears when his membership 

 on this Board was terminated automatically by his induction, on 

 December 3, 1930, as a Senator from New Jersey. 



Mr. Moore offered the following resolutions which were adopted: 



Whereas death has removed from his career of usefulness to our country and 

 the world the late Dwight W. Morrow, Senator from New Jersey, and 



Whereas during liis too brief service as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution — 

 from January 7, 192G, to December 3, 1930 — Mr. Morrow gave unstintedly of his 

 time and counsel to promote the vital interests of the Institution, and inaugurated 

 movements of exceptional value to it, and 



Whereas by generous gifts during his lifetime and by a large unconditional 

 bequest he has greatly increased the endowment of the Institution: Tlierefore 

 be it 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution hereby 

 expresses its profound sense of loss to the Nation and to the Institution in the 

 passing of Senator Morrow; and be it further 



Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the board, and 

 that a copy be sent, witli an expression of our deepest sympathy, to the family of 

 Mr. Morrow. 



The secretary stated that John Gellatly died November 8, 1931. 

 It will be recalled that in 1929 and in 1930 Mr. Gellatly gave his 

 great collection of art objects to the Institution for eventual exhibition 

 in the National Galler;y of Art. 



The secretary said that the attention of the board had been called 

 to a bequest to the Institution by James Arthur, of New York Cit}', 

 the income of which was to be used for (a) the investigation and study 

 of the sun ; (b) to provide annually a lecture to be known as The James 

 Arthur Annual Lecture on the Sun. The first Arthur lecture would 

 be given by the distinguished astronomer, Dr. Henry Norris Russell, 

 of Princeton University, on Januar}^ 27, 1932. 



The board had been informed that through the generosity of Am- 

 bassador Dawes, Dr. Charles Upson Clark had been engaged for over 

 two years in conducting researches in European archives, the special 

 objective being a search for early native and Spanish documents 

 relating to the Indians of the period of the Conquest, or earlier. The 

 secretary added that the matter collected by Doctor Clark was being 

 prepared for publication, though at this time there was no mone}^ 

 available for that purpose. He hoped, however, that at some future 

 time means might be secured to publish this valuable material. 



