﻿EEPOBT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  9 
  

  

  Whereas 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  Commission 
  has 
  recommended 
  to 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  the 
  acceptance 
  of 
  this 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  high 
  merit 
  ; 
  and 
  

  

  Whereas 
  the 
  said 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  have 
  approved 
  in 
  principle 
  this 
  recom- 
  

   mendation 
  : 
  Therefore 
  be 
  it 
  

  

  Resolved 
  hy 
  the 
  Senate 
  and 
  House 
  of 
  Representatives 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   of 
  America 
  in 
  Congress 
  assembled, 
  That 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  is 
  re- 
  

   quested 
  to 
  convey 
  suitable 
  acknowledgment 
  to 
  the 
  donor, 
  and 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  

   include 
  in 
  its 
  estimates 
  of 
  appropriations 
  such 
  sums 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  needful 
  for 
  

   the 
  preservation 
  and 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  deed 
  of 
  gift 
  the 
  collection 
  is 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  in 
  trust 
  for 
  exhibition 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Gal- 
  

   lery 
  of 
  Art. 
  It 
  will 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  Heckscher 
  Building 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   City, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  housed, 
  for 
  four 
  years. 
  It 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  by 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  that 
  period 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  building 
  and 
  the 
  collection 
  can 
  then 
  be 
  transferred 
  to 
  

   Washington. 
  

  

  DIVISION 
  OF 
  RADIATION 
  AND 
  ORGANISMS 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  early 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  its 
  operations 
  

   were 
  well 
  rounded. 
  The 
  natural 
  history 
  sciences 
  and 
  the 
  physical 
  

   sciences 
  shared 
  nearly 
  equally 
  in 
  its 
  work. 
  Of 
  la^e 
  years 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  

   Astrophysical 
  Observatory, 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  minor 
  extent 
  in 
  chemical 
  in- 
  

   vestigations 
  in 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  

   have 
  the 
  physical 
  sciences 
  been 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  Institution's 
  re- 
  

   searches. 
  However, 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  has 
  

   developed 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  experience 
  in 
  the 
  measurement 
  of 
  radiation 
  and 
  

   of 
  heat, 
  and 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  large 
  pieces 
  of 
  optical 
  apparatus, 
  which, 
  

   combined, 
  comprise 
  a 
  unique 
  preparation 
  for 
  research 
  on 
  the 
  rela- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  radiation 
  to 
  life. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  with 
  unusual 
  satisfaction 
  that 
  I 
  record 
  the 
  establish- 
  

   ment 
  on 
  May 
  1, 
  1929, 
  of 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Radiation 
  and 
  Organisms. 
  

  

  The 
  staff 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  composed 
  of 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  S. 
  Brackett, 
  research 
  

   associate 
  in 
  charge 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  S. 
  Johnston, 
  consulting 
  plant 
  physiologist 
  ; 
  

   Mr. 
  L. 
  B. 
  Clark, 
  research 
  assistant; 
  and 
  Miss 
  V. 
  P. 
  Stanley, 
  stenog- 
  

   rapher 
  and 
  laboratory 
  assistant. 
  With 
  these 
  cooperate 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  

   the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory. 
  Offices 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  available 
  by 
  

   remodeling 
  the 
  flag 
  tower 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Building 
  and 
  installing 
  

   an 
  elevator, 
  and 
  laboratories 
  are 
  being 
  constructed 
  and 
  equipped 
  in 
  

   the 
  basement. 
  These 
  include 
  plant-growth 
  chambers, 
  spectrograph 
  

   and 
  photometer 
  rooms, 
  a 
  physical 
  laboratory 
  accommodating 
  infra- 
  

   red 
  spectroscopes, 
  a 
  chemical 
  laboratory, 
  and 
  a 
  glass-blowing 
  room. 
  

   At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  work 
  was 
  nearly 
  completed 
  on 
  the 
  prepara- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  these 
  laboratories 
  and 
  general 
  equipment 
  and 
  special 
  apparatus 
  

   were 
  being 
  arranged 
  for. 
  

  

  