REPORT OF THE SECRETARY O 



by the regents as Secretary of the Institution, who is also secretary 

 of the Board of Regents, and the executive officer directly in charge 

 of the Institution's activities. 



A number of changes in the personnel of the Board occurred during 

 the year. The Hon. John N. Garner, as Vice President, became on 

 March 4, 1933, a regent of the Institution ex officio. On May 31, 

 1933, Senator M. M. Logan, of Kentucky, was appointed a regent to 

 succeed Senator Reed Smoot, whose term as a Senator expired March 

 3, 1933, and on May 31, 1933, also. Senator David A. Reed, of Penn- 

 sylvania, was appointed a regent to succeed Senator Claude A. 

 Swanson, of Virginia, on the latter's resignation from the Senate. 

 On March 27, 1933, the Speaker appointed Representative Charles 

 L. Gilford, of Massachusetts, a regent to succeed Representative 

 Albert Johnson, of Washington. 



The roll of regents at the close of the year was as follows: Charles 

 Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States, Chancellor; John 

 N. Garner, Vice President of the United States; members from the 

 Senate — Joseph T. Robinson, M. M. Logan, David A. Reed; mem- 

 bers from the House of Representatives — T. Alan Goldsborough, 

 Edward H. Crump, Charles L. Gifford; citizen members — Irwin B. 

 Laughlin, Pennsylvania; Frederic A. Delano, Wasliington, D.C.; John 

 C. Merriam, Washington, D.C.; R. Walton Moore, Virginia; Robert 

 W. Bingham, Kentucky; Augustus P. Loring, Massachusetts. 



Proceedings. — Only one meeting of the Board was held during the 

 year— the annual meeting on December 8, 1932. The regents present 

 were Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, Chancellor, Senator Joseph 

 T. Robinson, Senator Claude A. Swanson, Representative T. Alan 

 Goldsborough, Representative Edward H. Crump, Mr. Frederic A. 

 Delano, Dr. John C. Merriam, Hon. R. Walton Moore, and the 

 Secretary, Dr. Charles G. Abbot. 



The Secretary announced the changes in the personnel of the 

 Board, noted above, and stated that Mr. Moore had been given an 

 ad interim appointment as a member of the executive committee, 

 which the Board, by resolution, made permanent. 



The Secretary then presented his annual report, calHng particular 

 attention to the publications issued by the Institution during the year. 

 Mr. Delano presented the report of the executive committee, a com- 

 pilation of the financial statistics of the Institution, and the Secretary 

 then submitted the annual report of the National Gallery of Art 

 Commission. 



The Secretary presented a special report, reviewing the oustanding 

 events of the year, following which Dr. Wetmore, Assistant Secretary, 

 gave an account of recent exploring and collecting expeditions of the 

 National Museum. 



