134 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1924 



tured scientific man who must also have considerable administrative 

 ability. 



After full discussion, on motion, the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



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

 the need of an additional assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 whose salary shall be provided for by congressional appropriation ; the said 

 assistant secretary to be charged with the administration, under the direction 

 of the secretary, of the National Museum, Art Galleries, Zoological Park, and 

 Bureau of American Ethnology, and with such other duties as may from time 

 to time be assigned to him by the secretary. 



FINANCIAL OUTLOOK 



The secretary spoke of the urgent need of a larger endowment for 

 the institution; that work of the most important character was 

 being held back for lack of funds to carry it on. 



The secretary presented a supplemental statement giving a brief 

 resume of the activities of the various branches of the Institution 

 during the past fiscal year. These will be described more fully in 

 the annual report for 1924. 



REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 14, 1924 



Present: Senator A. Owsley Stanley: Representative R. Walton 

 Moore; Representative Walter H. Newton; Mr. Charles F. Choate, 

 jr.; Mr. Robert S. Brookings; Mr. Irwin B. Laughlin; and the sec- 

 retary, Dr. Charles D. Walcott. Mr. Choate presided. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



The secretary announced that the Speaker of the House had reap- 

 pointed Messrs. Albert Johnson and R. Walton Moore as Regents 

 and had filled the vacancy caused by Mr. Greene's election to the 

 Senate by the appointment of Mr. Walter H. Newton, of Minnesota. 



BUILDING FOR ART AND HISTORY 



The secretary spoke of the proposed building for the National 

 Gallery of Art and History, displaying sketch plans of its general 

 outline and its location, stating that it comprehended a building 

 somewhat over 500 feet long by 300 feet deep, with an elevation of 

 about 80 feet. He quoted the act granting the use of the site on 

 B Street NW., between Seventh and Ninth Streets. 



ARCHITECT FOR ART AND HISTORY BUILDING 



At the annual meeting of the board, on December 13, 1923, the 

 National Gallery of Art Commission reported that provision would 



