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as a Senator expired January 3, 1935 ; and the appointment by the 

 Speaker on February 21, 1935, of Kepresentative Clarence Cannon, 

 of Missouri, to fill out the unexpired term to December 25, 1935, of 

 Representative E, H. Crump, whose term as a Representative had 

 expired on January 3, 1935. 



The roll of regents at the close of the year was as follows: 

 Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States, Chan- 

 cellor; John N, Garner, Vice President of the United States; mem- 

 bers from the Senate — Joseph T. Robinson, M, M. Logan, Charles L. 

 McNary; members from the House of Representatives — T. Alan 

 Goldsborough, Clarence Cannon, Charles L. Gifford; citizen mem- 

 bers — Frederic A. Delano, Washington, D. C. (reappointment pend- 

 ing before Congress) ; John C. Merriam, Washington, D. C. ; R. 

 Walton Moore, Virginia ; Robert W. Bingham, Kentucky ; Augustus 

 P. Loring, Massachusetts. 



Proceedings. — Only one meeting of the full Board was held dur- 

 ing the year — the annual meeting on January 17, 1935. This date 

 for the annual meeting was fixed by a resolution adopted by the 

 Board on December 14, 1933, naming " the second Thursday follow- 

 ing the first Monday in January " thereafter as the date for the 

 annual meeting, on account of the change of the date for the annual 

 convening of Congress to January 3. The regents present were Chief 

 Justice Charles Evans Hughes, chancellor, Senators Joseph T. Rob- 

 inson and M. M. Logan, Representatives T. Alan Goldsborough and 

 Charles L. Gifford, Frederic A. Delano, Hon. Irwin B. Laughlin, 

 Hon. R. Walton Moore, Augustus P. Loring, Dr. John C. Merriam, 

 and the Secretary, Dr. Charles G. Abbot. 



The Secretary presented his annual report, detailing the activities 

 of the several Government branches and of the parent Institution 

 during the year, and Mr. Delano presented the report of the execu- 

 tive committee, covering financial statistics of the Institution. The 

 Secretary also presented the annual report of the National Gallery 

 of Art Commission. 



The Secretary presented his usual special report reviewing the 

 outstanding events of the year, and Mr. Delano presented resolutions 

 prepared by the Permanent Committee, calling the attention of the 

 President of the United States to the urgency of grants from the 

 Public Works Administration to carry out the Institution's build- 

 ing program. A resolution was adopted authorizing the transfer 

 of the income of the Loeb fund for a chemical type museum to other 

 purposes in connection with the library of the Chemists' Club of 

 New York City, under certain conditions. 



The Board adopted a resolution awarding the Langley Gold Medal 

 for Aerodromics to Dr. Joseph Sweetman Ames. 



