18t> ANNUAL KEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1913. 



AERODYNAMICAL LABORATORY. 



The secretary brought before the board the question of the estab- 

 lishment of a laboratory for the study of aerodynamics imder the 

 direction of the Institution. He spoke of the work done by the late 

 Secretary Laiigley under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution 

 and the War Department, and of the studies being conducted by other 

 nations which had regularly established laboratories. 



After full discussion of the question, the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That tlie subject matter of the secretary's recommendations be 

 referred to a committee of three, to be appointed by the chancellor, to report at 

 the next meeting of the board. 



The chancellor appointed as the committee Judge Gray, Dr. Bell, 

 and Mr. Dalzell. 



AMERICAN SCHOOL OF ARCHEOLOGY AT PEKIN. 



The secretary said : 



" The American School of Archeology in China was launched at a 

 meeting held at the Smithsonian Institution at 10 a. m., January 3, 

 1913, by a committee consisting of Dr. Harry L. Wilson, president of 

 the Archeological Institute of America; Dr. Charles D. Walcott, sec- 

 retary of the Smithsonian Institution; and Mr. Charles L. Freer, of 

 Detroit. 



" According to a statement submitted by Prof. Francis W. Kelsey, 

 of the University of Michigan, who appeared before, the committee 

 by invitation, the objects of the school are: First, to prosecute archeo- 

 logical research in Eastern China ; second, to afford opportunity and 

 facilities for investigation to promising and exceptional students, 

 both foreign and native, in Asiatic archeology; third, to preserve 

 objects of archeological and cultural interest in museums in the 

 countries to which they pertain, in cooperation with existing or- 

 ganizations, such as the China Monuments Society, the Societe 

 d'Ankor, etc. 



"The management of the affairs of the school was placed in the 

 hands of an executive committee of five, consisting of Dr. Charles D. 

 Walcott, of the Smithsonian Institution ; Mr. Charles Henry Butler, 

 reporter of the Supreme Court; Dr. Harry L. Wilson, of Johns Hop- 

 kins University; Mr. Charles L. Freer, of Detroit; and Mr. Eugene 

 Meyer, jr., the New York financier. 



" Besides the above mentioned executive committee there were also 

 present by invitation Prof. Francis W. Kelsey, Prof. Mitchell Car- 

 roll, Mr. Frederick McCormick, and Mr. William H. Holmes. 



" The purposes and great possibilities of this movement for first 

 turning American archeological research directly to eastern Asia 



