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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  THE 
  BOARD 
  OF 
  REGENTS. 
  

  

  The 
  affairs 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  are 
  administered 
  by 
  a 
  Board 
  of 
  

   Regents 
  whose 
  membership 
  consists 
  of 
  " 
  the 
  Vice 
  President, 
  the 
  

   Chief 
  Justice, 
  three 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  Senate, 
  and 
  three 
  Members 
  of 
  

   the 
  House 
  of 
  Representatives, 
  together 
  with 
  six 
  other 
  persons 
  other 
  

   than 
  Members 
  of 
  Congress, 
  two 
  of 
  whom 
  shall 
  be 
  resident 
  in 
  the 
  

   city 
  of 
  Washington 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  four 
  shall 
  be 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  some 
  

   State, 
  but 
  no 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  State." 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  Regents 
  

   is 
  elected 
  chancellor 
  by 
  the 
  board; 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  the 
  selection 
  has 
  

   fallen 
  upon 
  the 
  Vice 
  President 
  or 
  the 
  Chief 
  Justice; 
  and 
  a 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  person 
  is 
  chosen 
  by 
  them 
  as 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  who 
  

   is 
  also 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  and 
  the 
  executive 
  officer 
  

   directly 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Institution's 
  activities. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  personnel 
  of 
  the 
  board, 
  the 
  following 
  changes 
  

   occurred 
  during 
  the 
  year: 
  Chief 
  Justice 
  William 
  H. 
  Taft 
  became 
  a 
  

   member 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  by 
  virtue 
  of 
  his 
  office; 
  Representative 
  Albert 
  

   Johnson, 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Washington, 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  succeed 
  

   Representative 
  John 
  A. 
  Elston, 
  who 
  died 
  during 
  the 
  year; 
  and 
  Dr. 
  

   Alexander 
  Graham 
  Bell 
  retired 
  from 
  the 
  board 
  at 
  the 
  expiration 
  

   of 
  his 
  term. 
  

  

  The 
  roll 
  of 
  the 
  Regents 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   Calvin 
  Coolidge, 
  Vice 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  chancellor; 
  

   Chief 
  Justice 
  William 
  H. 
  Taft; 
  Henry 
  Cabot 
  Lodge, 
  Member 
  of 
  

   the 
  Senate 
  ; 
  A. 
  Owsley 
  Stanley, 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  Senate 
  ; 
  Medill 
  Mc- 
  

   Cormick, 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  Senate; 
  Lemuel 
  P. 
  Padgett, 
  Member 
  of 
  

   the 
  House 
  of 
  Representatives 
  ; 
  Frank 
  L. 
  Greene, 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  

   House 
  of 
  Representatives; 
  Albert 
  Johnson, 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  House 
  

   of 
  Representatives; 
  George 
  Gray, 
  citizen 
  of 
  Delaware; 
  Charles 
  F. 
  

   Choate, 
  jr., 
  citizen 
  of 
  Massachusetts; 
  John 
  B. 
  Henderson, 
  citizen 
  of 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  ; 
  Henry 
  White, 
  citizen 
  of 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  and 
  

   Robert 
  S. 
  Brookings, 
  citizen 
  of 
  Missouri. 
  

  

  The 
  board 
  held 
  its 
  annual 
  meeting 
  on 
  December 
  8, 
  1921. 
  The 
  

   proceedings 
  of 
  that 
  meeting, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  annual 
  financial 
  report 
  

   of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee, 
  have 
  been 
  printed 
  as 
  usual 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  Regents, 
  while 
  such 
  important 
  matters 
  acted 
  upon 
  as 
  are 
  

   of 
  public 
  interest 
  are 
  reviewed 
  under 
  appropriate 
  heads 
  in 
  the 
  

   present 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  secretary. 
  A 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   bursements 
  from 
  the 
  Government 
  appropriations 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  

   of 
  the 
  Institution 
  for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  

   the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  and 
  other 
  branches 
  will 
  be 
  submitted 
  

   to 
  Congress 
  by 
  the 
  secretary 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  manner 
  in 
  accordance 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  law. 
  

  

  GENERAL 
  CONSIDERATIONS. 
  

  

  Desiring 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  research 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  your 
  

   secretary 
  called 
  a 
  meeting 
  in 
  May 
  of 
  this 
  year 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  

   staff 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  its 
  branches 
  to 
  consider 
  ways 
  and 
  means 
  

  

  