PROCEEDINCS OF THE BOARD OF REGEiNTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SO^IAiN LNSTrrUTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JiJiNE 

 30, 1925 



ANNUAL MEETING DECEMBER 11, 1924 



Present : The Hon. William H. Taft, Chief Justice of the United 

 States, chancellor; Senator Reed Snioot; Senator George Wharton 

 Pepper; Representative Albert Johnson; Representative R. Walton 

 Moore; the Hon. George Gray; the Hon. Henry White; Mr. Charles 

 F. Choate, jr.; Mr. Robert S. Brookings; Mr. Frederic A. Delano; 

 and the secretary, Dr. Charles D. Walcott. 



DEATH OF SENATOR LODGE 



The secretary announced the death, on November 9, 1924, of 

 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who was first appointed a Regent on 

 January 6, 1890, as a Member of the House of Representatives, serv- 

 ing until January 25, 1893; and again as a Member of the Senate, 

 on December 7, 1905, serving continuously until his death, aggregat- 

 ing a total of 22 years as a member of the board. 



The following resolutions were then adopted : 



Whereas, the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, having 

 learned with profound sorrow of the death, on November 9, 1924, of Henry 

 Cabot Lodge, United States Senator from Massachusetts and a Regent of 

 the Institution for 22 years : Be it 



Resolved, That the board desire to record here their sense of the irrepar- 

 able loss sustained by the Institution in the passing away of their distin- 

 guished colleague, whose keen, constructive interest in the affairs of the 

 Institution led him to place his broad knowledge and large experience at 

 its service at all times. Senator Lodge's fame as a scholar, citizen, and 

 statesman is too well known to require mention here. He was an outstanding 

 figure in the Nation, and his death is deeply deplored. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of the board 

 and that a copy thereof be transmitted to our late associate's family. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



The secretary announced that under date of December 2, the Presi- 

 dent pro tempore of the Senate had appointed Senator Reed Smoot 

 as a Regent to succeed Senator Lodge, deceased. 



Also that he had received the resignation of Senator McCormick 

 as a Regent, which he had transmitted to the President pro tempore 

 of the Senate who had appointed Senator George Wharton Pepper 

 to fill the vacancy on December 8. 



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