PEOCEEDINGS OF THE EEGENTS 169 



Gari Melchers, Herbert Adams, and Charles Moore be reelected as members 

 of the commission for the ensuing term of four years, their present teims having 

 expired. 



The matter of the purchase and erection of the Bush-Brown statue, 

 The Indian Buffalo Hunt, was brought up, and on motion it was 

 resolved to refer it to the executive committee with power to act. 



The secretary then presented a supplementary report, mentioning 

 a number of special events and activities during the year. He spoke 

 particularly of the support by the Research Corporation of the work 

 of the Division of Radiation and Organisms; of continued generous 

 gifts by John A. Roebling to aid the Institution's solar-radiation 

 researches; of additions by Mr. Gellatly to the very valuable art 

 collection previously given to the Institution; of the considerable 

 sum already received in royalties from the sale of the Smithsonian 

 Scientific Series; of the completion of the series North American Wild 

 Flowers, by Mary Vaux Walcott; and of the important discoveries 

 in European archives of early manuscripts relating to the Americas 

 by Dr. C. U. Clark, working under a grant from Ambassador Charles 

 G. Dawes. 



At the request of the Secretary, Doctor Wetmore described certain 

 of the year's explorations under the Institution. Doctor Wetmore 

 also spoke of the status of the proposed additional wings on each 

 side of the Museum Building. 



It was announced that a telegram had been received from Admiral 

 Byrd fixing March 27, 1931, as a convenient date for the presentation 

 of the Langley gold medal awarded to him at the last meeting of the 

 board. 



REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 12, 1931 



Present: Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes, chancellor in the chair, 

 Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Senator Claude A. Swanson, Representa- 

 tive Robert Luce, Frederic A, Delano, and the secretary, Dr. 

 C. G. Abbot. Dr. Alexander Wetmore, assistant secretary, was also 

 present. 



The secretary mentioned, with explanatory remarks, recent finan- 

 cial receipts by gifts and otherwise, including royalties from the 

 Smithsonian Scientific Series; a grant from the Research Corporation 

 to promote studies of radiation and plant growth; the final payment 

 of the Bruce Hughes fund to establish the Bruce Hughes alcove; the 

 Frederic D. Barstow fund for purchase of living animals. National 

 Zoological Park; the Zerbee fund for an aquarium as a memorial to 

 Frances Brinkle Zerbee, National Zoological Park; and a gift from 

 Otto T. Mallery for special archeological work under the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology. He also announced a proposed bequest by a 

 citizen of New York State for the encouragement and reward of 

 scientific research. 



