PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 
SONTAN INSTITUTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 
30, 1914. 
ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 15, 1914. 
Present: The Hon. Edward D. White, Chief Justice of the 
United States, chancellor, in the chair; the Hon. Thomas R. Marshall, 
Vice President of the United States; Senator A. O. Bacon; Senator 
Henry Cabot Lodge; Senator William J. Stone; Representative 
Scott Ferris; Representative Maurice Connolly; Representative 
- Ernest W. Roberts; Dr. Andrew D. White; Dr. A. Graham Bell; 
Judge George Gray; Mr. John B. Henderson, jr.; and the secretary, 
Mr. Charles D. Walcott. 
The chancellor explained that this was the annual meeting 
adjourned from December 11, 1913. 
DEATH OF REGENT. 
The secretary announced the death, on December 22, 1918, of the 
Hon. Irvin 8. Pepper, Member of the House of Representatives, 
who was originally appointed Regent in December, 1911, and 
reappointed December 10, 1913, for the ensuing two years. 
Mr. Ferris submitted the following resolution, which was adopted: 
Whereas the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution having learned 
of the death, on December 22, 1918, of the Hon. Irvin S. Pepper, Member of 
the House of Representatives and a Regent of the Institution since December, 
1911: Therefore be it 
Resolved, That the board desire here to record their sorrow at the loss of a 
colleague whose untimely death terminates a career filled with promise and 
whose interest in the affairs of the Institution made him a most valuable member 
of the board. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 
The secretary announced the appointment by the Speaker of the 
following Members of the House of Representatives: 
The Hon. Scott Ferris, reappointed. 
The Hon. Maurice Connolly, to succeed Mr. Pepper, deceased. 
The Hon. Ernest W. Roberts, to succeed Mr. John Dalzell, whose 
term of office had expired. 
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