94 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE REGENTS. 



Washington, May 1, 1862. 



The Board of Regents met this day at ten o'clock a. m. in the Re- 

 gents' room. 



Present: Hon. L. Trumbull, Hon. EdAvard McPherson, Hon. R. 

 Wallach, General J. G. Totten, Professor A. D. Bache, Dr. Theodore 

 D. Woolsey, and the Secretary. 



General Totten was called to the chair. 



The minutes Avere read and approved. 



The Secretary announced that since the last meeting of the Board 

 Dr. C. C. Felton had deceased, and that Congress had by joint reso- 

 lution appointed Theodore D. Woolsey, LL. D., President of Yale 

 College, to fill the vacancy thus occasioned. 



Professor Bache, after a few appropriate remarks, offered the fol- 

 lowing resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion deeply mourn the loss of their fellow-regent, Cornelius Conway- 

 Felton, the distinguished President of Harvard University, whose 

 profound learning and ready use of the rich stores of ancient and mo- 

 dern lore excited general admiration, while his genial temper, af- 

 fectionate disposition, and open manners, endeared him as a friend to 

 ever}^ member of this establishment. 



Resolved, That in the death of President Felton our country, in 

 the hour of its trial, has lost a wise and influential citizen, our gov- 

 ernment a warm and eloquent supporter. Harvard University a 

 learned and efficient head, and this Institution an active and valued 

 regent. 



Resolved, That we sincerely condole with the bereaved family of 

 President Felton, and oifer to them our heartfelt sympathy in their 

 deep affliction. 



Resolved, That Dr. Woolsey be requested to prepare a suitable no- 

 tice of President Felton, to be inserted in the Journal of the Board 

 of Regents.* 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be communicated by the 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to the family of the deceased, 

 and to the Faculty and Corporation of Harvard. 



Hon. Mr. Trumbull made some remarks relative to the late Judge 

 Douglas, and offered the following resolutions : 



Resolved, That in the death of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas the 

 Smithsonian Institution has been deprived of a most zealous friend ; 

 the Board of Regents of an active and attentive member; and the 

 country of a distinguished and influential citizen. 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents deeply sympathize with the 



" Dr. Woolsey's eulogy will be found at the end of these proceedings, page 109. 



