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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  director 
  emeritus 
  of 
  the 
  School 
  of 
  Hygiene 
  and 
  Public 
  Health 
  of 
  

   Johns 
  Hopkins 
  University; 
  Dr. 
  S. 
  W. 
  Stratton, 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  

   Massachusetts 
  Institute 
  of 
  Technology; 
  Dr. 
  Simon 
  Flexner, 
  director 
  

   of 
  the 
  Rockefeller 
  Institute 
  for 
  Medical 
  Research 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Camp- 
  

   bell, 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  California 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Fairfield 
  

   Osborn, 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  

   George 
  E. 
  Vincent, 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  Rockefeller 
  Foundation; 
  Mr. 
  

   Chauncey 
  J. 
  Hamlin, 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  of 
  Mu- 
  

   seums; 
  Gen. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Lord, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  Budget; 
  and 
  

   Senator 
  Reed 
  Smoot. 
  

  

  The 
  very 
  definite 
  concensus 
  of 
  opinion 
  was 
  apparent 
  from 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   cussion 
  that 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  has 
  a 
  most 
  important 
  place 
  

   to 
  fill 
  in 
  future 
  as 
  the 
  inspirer 
  and 
  coordinator 
  of 
  research 
  in 
  pure 
  

   science 
  as' 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  past, 
  and 
  that 
  both 
  governmental 
  and 
  

   private 
  support 
  should 
  unite 
  in 
  making 
  available 
  more 
  adequate 
  

   means 
  to 
  enable 
  it 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  that 
  worthy 
  mission. 
  Chairman 
  Mor- 
  

   row, 
  in 
  closing 
  the 
  discussion, 
  said 
  in 
  part: 
  

  

  I 
  li.'ivo 
  been 
  deeply 
  impressed 
  with 
  this 
  meeting. 
  I, 
  like 
  Doctor 
  Flexnor, 
  

   have 
  learned 
  much 
  about 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  to-day. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  honor 
  to 
  be 
  

   associated 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  with 
  such 
  an 
  institution. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  honor 
  to 
  those 
  

   of 
  us 
  on 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  to 
  have 
  so 
  many 
  distinguished 
  men 
  respond 
  to 
  

   our 
  invitation 
  to 
  advise 
  with 
  us 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  future 
  policy 
  and 
  field 
  

   of 
  service 
  of 
  an 
  institution 
  which 
  has 
  had 
  so 
  honorable 
  a 
  past. 
  We 
  are 
  

   particularly 
  grateful 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  you 
  who 
  have 
  taken 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  discussion. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  conference 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  some 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  funds 
  

   available 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  from 
  the 
  Government 
  for 
  those 
  bureaus 
  which 
  

   are 
  administered 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  and 
  those 
  funds 
  available 
  from 
  the 
  

   original 
  endowment 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian. 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  that 
  General 
  Lord 
  is 
  

   correct 
  when 
  he 
  tells 
  us 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  greater 
  percentage 
  of 
  increase 
  

   in 
  the 
  Government 
  appropriations 
  for 
  the 
  bureaus 
  administered 
  by 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  than 
  for 
  the 
  other 
  Government 
  bureaus. 
  We 
  must 
  all 
  remember, 
  

   however, 
  the 
  point 
  that 
  Doctor 
  Merriam 
  brougM 
  out 
  when 
  he 
  referred 
  very 
  

   beautifully 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  designed 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  original 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Foundation 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  holy 
  of 
  holies." 
  This 
  " 
  holy 
  of 
  holies 
  " 
  remains 
  pretty 
  

   much 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  when 
  John 
  Quincy 
  Adams 
  induced 
  Congress 
  to 
  grant 
  the 
  

   charter 
  which 
  makes 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  James 
  Smithson 
  go 
  on. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  Now, 
  when 
  one 
  thinks 
  of 
  the 
  splendid 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

   when 
  we 
  think 
  of 
  what 
  devoted 
  men 
  have 
  been 
  doing 
  and 
  are 
  doing 
  upon 
  

   inadequate 
  salaries, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  only 
  way 
  to 
  resolve 
  this 
  dispute 
  

   as 
  to 
  whether 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  should 
  be 
  supported 
  by 
  the 
  Gov- 
  

   ernment 
  or 
  supported 
  by 
  private 
  benefactions 
  is 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  Government 
  and 
  the 
  

   private 
  benefactors 
  into 
  such 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  mind 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  vie 
  with 
  each 
  

   other, 
  the 
  benefactors 
  insisting 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  do 
  it 
  all 
  and 
  the 
  Government 
  

   insisting 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  do 
  it 
  all. 
  

  

  And 
  in 
  saying 
  good-bye 
  to 
  you, 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  leave 
  a 
  text 
  in 
  your 
  mind. 
  

   * 
  * 
  * 
  You 
  will 
  find 
  the 
  text 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  earlier 
  chapters 
  of 
  Deuteronomy. 
  

   It 
  reads 
  like 
  this 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Thou 
  Shalt 
  not 
  muzzle 
  the 
  ox 
  when 
  he 
  treadeth 
  out 
  the 
  corn." 
  

  

  That 
  was 
  a 
  practical 
  injunction 
  to 
  a 
  practical 
  people. 
  The 
  ox, 
  who 
  was 
  

   doing 
  a 
  real 
  work, 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  muzzled. 
  I 
  offer 
  no 
  apology 
  to 
  the 
  devoted 
  

  

  