XII PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 
DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE R. R. HITT. 
The Chancellor announced the death at Narragansett Pier, R. I., 
on September 20, 1906, of Representative Robert R. Hitt, a Regent of 
the Institution, and the following resolution, submitted by Senator 
Cullom, was adopted by a rising vote: 
The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have learned with pro- 
found sorrow of the passing away on September 20, 1906, of the Hon. Robert 
Roberts Hitt, for thirteen years a Regent of this Institution, and since 1901 a 
member of the executive committee; and they here place upon record an expres- 
sion of their sense of loss in the demise of their distinguished colleague. 
Mr. Hitt for a period of more than forty years served his country in various 
diplomatic offices, in the Department of State and in the halls of the National 
Legislature, where, besides furthering all good measures, he was particularly 
distinguished because of his wise action as chairman of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, using all his efforts to promote the welfare of his country and 
the peace of the world. His broadly cultivated mind was especially adapted to 
labors on behalf of this Institution, and at all times as a Representative, a mem- 
ber of the Board, and a member of the executive committee, he served its in- 
terests with ability, fidelity, and conscientiousness. 
To the members of the Board he was a dear friend and a wise counsellor, 
and his absence from our midst is a source of grief and a serious loss. 
The Board tender to Mrs. Hitt and to the family an expression of their sin- 
cere condolence, with the assurance that the memory of her distinguished 
husband will ever be cherished by his colleagues. 
Resolved, That a copy of this minute be spread upon the records of the Board 
and communicated to Mrs. Hitt. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 
The Chancellor announced the reappointment of Dr. Andrew D. 
White as a Regent by joint resolution of Congress approved April 23, 
1906, and of the following appointments by the Speaker on the part 
of the House of Representatives: On June 12, 1906, the Hon. John 
Dalzell in place of Representative Robert Adams, jr., deceased; and 
on December 3, 1906, the Hon. James R. Mann in place of Represen- 
tative Robert R. Hitt, deceased. 
ELECTION OF SECRETARY. 
The Board went into executive session, at which Prof. Henry 
Fairfield Osborn, of New York, was elected Secretary of the Institu- 
tion. The Chancellor was requested to notify Professor Osborn of 
this action. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF JANUARY 23, 1907. 
Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (Chancellor), in the chair; the 
Vice-President, the Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, Senator S. M. Cul- 
lom, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator A. O. Bacon, Representa- 
tive John Dalzell, Representative James R. Mann, Representative 
