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exhibits, and the Smithsonian building would be used for the fine 
arts, if suitable provision for the reception of the paintings could be 
made. 
At its last meeting the board recommended that an appropriation of 
$60,000 be asked of Congress to be used in adapting the large anthro- 
pological hall of the Smithsonian building to this purpose. The 
estimate was submitted but had not been acted upon by Congress. 
It was hoped that the matter would be taken up at an early day, as 
it was becoming more and more necessary to make adequate provision 
for the collections that were being presented to the national gallery 
of art. 
REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 10, 1909. 
Present: Hon. M. W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States 
(chancellor), in the chair; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Representa- 
tive James R. Mann, Dr. James B. Angell, Hon. George Gray, and 
the secretary, Mr. Charles D. Walcott. 
AWARD OF LANGLEY MEDAL. 
The secretary stated that since the adoption of the resolution es- 
tablishing the Langley medal he had appointed a committee of award 
composed of the following gentlemen of recognized attamments in 
the science of aerodromics: 
Mr. Octave Chanute, of Chicago, chairman. 
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. 
Maj. George O. Squier, U. S. Army. 
Mr. John A. Brashear, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. 
Mr. James Means, formerly editor of the Aeronautical Annual, Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts. 
Senator Lodge said that the results attained by the Wright broth- 
ers would certainly entitle them to the Langley medal. He had been 
in Paris last summer during the flights of Wilbur Wright and had 
noticed the great interest aroused by them and the marked recogni- 
tion given Wright by foreign nations. He thought that the United 
States should also honor these citizens for their great work in this 
science, and he was very anxious that they should be the first recip- 
ients of the Langley medal. Therefore, while he did not desire to 
interfere with the committee of award appointed by the secretary, 
he was anxious that immediate action be taken, and he thought that 
the committee’s hands might be strengthened by a formal expression 
of the board. He therefore offered the following resolution, which, 
after discussion, was adopted: 
Resolved, That the Langley medal be awarded to Wilbur and Orville Wright for ad- 
vancing the science of aerodromics in its application to aviation by their successful 
investigations and demonstrations of the practicability of mechanical flight by man. 
