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changed in April to cabinet shop, and steps were taken for the ap- 

 pointment of an assistant foreman of the shop to be directly charged 

 with its building-repair activities. 



Eight persons were retired for age or disability, as follows — 

 through age : Frank H. Cole, assistant mechanical superintendent in 

 charge of the carpenter shop, on February 28, 1937, with over 39 years 

 of service; William F. Wicks, guard, on May 31, 1937, with 10 years 

 of service ; Minor R. Stonnell, tinner's helper, on June 30, 1937, with 

 nearly 27 years of service ; Mrs. Hanorah Downey, attendant, on Oc- 

 tober 31, 1936, with nearly 25 years of service; and Mrs. Elizabeth 

 Merritt, charwoman, on November 30, 1936, with nearly 22 years of 

 service. Through disability : William Henry Goldsmith, foreman of 

 laborers, on April 30, 1937, with 41 years of service (Mr. Goldsmith 

 died on May 4, 1937, 4 days after his retirement) ; Mrs. Elizabeth E. 

 Dorsey, foreman of charwomen, on June 15, 1937; and Mrs. Ger- 

 trude Green, charwoman, on May 6, 1937. 



Dr. George S. Myers resigned as assistant curator of fishes on 

 September 15, 1936, to accept an appointment at Stanford University. 

 Dr. Leonard P. Schultz, of the University of Washington, was ap- 

 pointed to succeed Dr. Myers, December 31, 1936. Dr. Waldo R. 

 Wedel was appointed assistant curator of archeology on August 15, 

 1936, The designation of Dr. William R. Maxon as head of the di- 

 vision of plants (the National Herbarium) was changed from asso- 

 ciate curator to curator on February 1, 1937. Mrs. Agnes F. Chase, 

 senior botanist in the United States Bureau of Plant Industry, long 

 associated with the late Dr. A. S. Hitchcock, was given honorary 

 appointment on February 15, 1937, as custodian of the section of 

 grasses in the Museum. 



Other additions to and changes on the staff during the year in- 

 cluded the appointments of Henry Kaskowitz as junior scientific 

 aid in the division of vertebrate paleontology on August 1, 1936, 

 and of Andreas J. Andrews as scientific aid in the department of 

 anthropology on May 14, 1937; the reallocation of Mrs. Bertha T. 

 Carwithen to senior clerk, assistant personnel officer, on February 16, 

 1937 ; the appointment of Owen F. Croggon, senior mechanic (senior 

 cabinetmaker) on July 1, 1936, to fill a new position included in the 

 appropriations for the year ; the advancement of John H. Chance to 

 assistant engineer, on September 19, 1936; of Ernest Desantis from 

 guard to principal guard (sergeant of watch) on November 1, 1936, 

 and of John J. Queeney from guard to foreman of laborers on June 

 19, 1937. 



On January 1, 1937, Norman H. Boss, chief preparator, inverte- 

 brate paleontology, returned to duty from temporary detail to the 

 Texas Centennial Exposition, at Dallas, and on June 16, 1937, he 



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