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Justice Harlan F. Stone as Chancellor of the Institution, to succeed 

 former Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes, and the appointment by 

 Joint Resolution of Congress approved August 21, 1941, of the 

 Honorable Frederic C. Walcott, a citizen of Connecticut, to succeed 

 the late R. Walton Moore. By Joint Resolution of Congress approved 

 August 21, 1941, Frederic A. Delano, of the city of Washington, D. C, 

 was reappointed to succeed himself for the statutory term of 6 years. 



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

 Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States, Chancellor; 

 Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States; members 

 from the Senate — Charles L. McNary, Alben W. Barkley, Bennett 

 Champ Clark ; members from the House of Representatives — 

 Clarence Cannon, William P. Cole, Jr., Foster Stearns; citizen 

 members — Frederic A. Delano, Washington, D. C. ; Roland S. Mor- 

 ris, Pennsylvania; Harvey N. Davis, New Jersey; Arthur H. Comp- 

 ton, Illinois; Vannevar Bush, Washington, D. C. ; and Frederic C. 

 Walcott, Connecticut. 



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

 held on January 16, 1942. The regents present were Chief Justice 

 Harlan F. Stone, Chancellor; Vice President Henry A. Wallace; 

 Representatives Clarence Cannon, William P. Cole, Jr., and Foster 

 Stearns ; citizen regents Frederic A. Delano, Roland S. Morris, Harvey 

 N. Davis, Vannevar Bush, and Frederic C. Walcott; and the Secretary, 

 Dr. Charles G. Abbot. 



The Board received and accepted the Secretary's annual report 

 covering the year's activities of the parent Institution and the sev- 

 eral Government branches. The Board also received and accepted 

 the report by Mr. Delano, of the executive committee, covering 

 financial statistics of the Institution; and the annual report of the 

 Smithsonian Art Commission. 



In his special report the Secretaiy outlined some of the more im- 

 portant activities carried on by the Institution and the branches 

 during the year. 



FINANCES 



A statement on finances will be found in the report of the exec- 

 utive committee of the Board of Regents, page 99. 



MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST 

 SMITHSONIAN RADIO PROGRAM 



The educational radio program known as "The World Is Yours," 

 sponsored jointly by the Smithsonian Institution, the United States 

 Office of Education, and the National Broadcasting Co., was ter- 

 minated with the broadcast of May 10, 1942, after nearly 6 years 



