SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY. 



MEMORIAL MEETING. DECEMBER 3, 1906. 



At a meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, March 6, 1906, the Chancellor announced the death, on Feb- 

 ruary 27, 1906, of Samuel Pierpont Langley, Secretary of the 

 Institution from 1887 to 1906, and it was 



Resolved, That the Executive Committee be requested to arrange 

 for a memorial meeting to be held in Washington. 



A meeting was accordingly arranged for the evening of December 

 3. 1906, and invitations were sent to a large number of officials and 

 friends of the late Secretary. 



The meeting was called to order by the Chancellor of the Institu- 

 tion, who presided. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



Thk Chief Justice;: The fame of men who have achieved emi- 

 nence in science and in kindred activities, as well as in administra- 

 tion, is a common heritage, and those who are not experts in the 

 particular art are as much entitled to bear witness to their apprecia- 

 tion of that fame as the experts themselves or the rare individuals 

 who may be said to have taken knowledge for their province. 

 We proceed tonight to pay due tribute to our dear friend, Doctor 

 Langley, and to his distinguished scientific labors in general and 

 especially as Secretary of this Institution. 



It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Doctor Andrew D. 

 White, whose illustrious career as diplomatist, publicist, university 

 president, and author is too widely known to justify more than a 

 mere allusion. 



SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY. 



BY ANDREW DICKSON WHITE. 



The Smithsonian Institution, devoted as it is to "the increase and 

 diffusion of knowledge among men," has given inspiration and force 



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