128 ANNUAL EEPOKT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1913. 



If the Smithsonian Institution contemplate any ceremony for that date or 

 thereabout, the board of management of the Aero Club will be pleased to 

 accommodate its plans to any you may have in view for that time. 

 Very truly, yours, 



A. F. Zahm, 

 Secretary Aero Club of Washington. 



The secretary said that in view of the facts set forth in Dr. Zahm's 

 letter it had occurred to him that the Langley Day celebration would 

 be a very appropriate time for the unveiling of this tablet. 



On motion, the report of the committee was accepted with thanks, 

 and the committee requested to arrange for the unveiling of the 

 tablet on Langley Day. 



THE LANGLEY MEDAL. 



The secretary stated that at the annual meeting on December 15, 

 1908, the board had established the Langley medal, the first of which 

 had been awarded to the Wright brothers on February 10, 1910. 

 The committee was now considering another award, and would be 

 ready to report its recommendations at the meeting of the board in 

 February next. 



THE SECRETARY'S STATEMENT. 



National Museum. — The work of installation in the exhibition 

 halls of the new building has been pushed with so much vigor since 

 the beginning of the year that in the course of another month the 

 last of these halls, being those devoted to the mammals and to prehis- 

 toric archeology, should be ready for the public. 



Evans collection. — It is extremely gratifying to note the continued 

 and very material interest of Mr. William T. Evans, of New York, 

 in the welfare of the National Gallery of Art. Beginning in 1907 

 with a tender of 50 paintings by contemporary American artists, 

 and twice increasing the extent of his offer, first to 100 paintings and 

 later to 100 artists, Mr. Evans has recently completed this important 

 gift, which comprises a total of 139 paintings. The collection is not 

 only the most prominent feature of the gallery now installed in 

 Washington but is also a remarkable presentation of modern Ameri- 

 can art. 



Senator Lodge submitted the following resolution, which was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, hy the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, That the 

 secretary be directed to convey to Mr. "WiUiam T. Evans the expression of their 

 sense of deep obligation for his continued and valuable donations to the National 

 Gallery of Art, constituting a collection representative to a remarkable degree 

 of the work and talent of contemporary American painters. 



