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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  announcement 
  of 
  awaed 
  by 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  regents 
  

  

  June 
  4, 
  1927. 
  

  

  The 
  Langley 
  medal 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsoniau 
  Institution 
  was 
  established 
  by 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  in 
  1908 
  as 
  a 
  tribute 
  to 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Secretary 
  

   Samuel 
  Pierpont 
  Langley 
  and 
  his 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  science 
  of 
  aerodromics. 
  

  

  This 
  medal 
  has 
  been 
  awarded 
  — 
  

  

  To 
  Wilbur 
  and 
  Orville 
  Wright 
  on 
  February 
  10, 
  1909, 
  " 
  for 
  advancing 
  the 
  

   science 
  of 
  aerodromics 
  in 
  its 
  application 
  to 
  aviation 
  by 
  their 
  successful 
  inves- 
  

   tigations 
  and 
  demonstrations 
  of 
  the 
  practicability 
  of 
  mechanical 
  flight 
  by 
  man 
  " 
  ; 
  

  

  To 
  Glenn 
  H. 
  Curtiss 
  on 
  February 
  13, 
  1913, 
  " 
  for 
  advancing 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  aero- 
  

   dromics 
  by 
  his 
  successful 
  development 
  of 
  a 
  hydroaerodrome 
  whereby 
  the 
  safety 
  

   of 
  the 
  aviator 
  has 
  been 
  greatly 
  enhanced 
  " 
  ; 
  

  

  To 
  Gustave 
  Eiffel, 
  of 
  Paris, 
  on 
  February 
  13, 
  1913, 
  " 
  for 
  advancing 
  the 
  science 
  

   of 
  aerodromics 
  by 
  his 
  researches 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  resistance 
  of 
  the 
  air 
  in 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  aviation." 
  

  

  Believing 
  that 
  the 
  achievements 
  of 
  Capt. 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Lindbergh 
  entitled 
  him 
  

   to 
  consideration 
  as 
  a 
  recipient 
  of 
  this 
  medal, 
  the 
  acting 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Insti- 
  

   tution 
  appointed 
  a 
  committee, 
  which 
  has 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Johns 
  Hopkins 
  University, 
  

  

  Baltimore, 
  Md., 
  June 
  S, 
  1927. 
  

   The 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

   Gentlemen 
  : 
  The 
  committee 
  designated 
  by 
  the 
  Acting 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  consisting 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Joseph 
  S. 
  Ames, 
  chairman 
  ; 
  Admiral 
  

   D. 
  W. 
  Taylor, 
  Dr. 
  S. 
  W. 
  Stratton, 
  and 
  Admiral 
  H. 
  I. 
  Cone, 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  

   award 
  of 
  the 
  Langley 
  medal 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  has 
  unanimously 
  voted 
  that 
  Capt. 
  

   Charles 
  A. 
  Lindbergh, 
  for 
  his 
  magnificent 
  nonstop 
  flight 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  

   Paris, 
  is 
  justly 
  entitled 
  to 
  receive 
  this 
  medal, 
  and 
  recommends 
  that 
  it 
  be 
  

   awarded 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

   Very 
  truly 
  yours, 
  

  

  (Signed) 
  Joseph 
  S. 
  Ames, 
  Chairman. 
  

  

  The 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  has 
  approved 
  the 
  above 
  recommendation 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mittee, 
  and 
  I 
  take 
  pleasure 
  in 
  announcing 
  that 
  the 
  Langley 
  medal 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  is 
  hereby 
  awarded 
  to 
  Capt. 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Lindbergh 
  for 
  his 
  

   flight 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  Paris, 
  made 
  on 
  May 
  20 
  and 
  21, 
  1927. 
  

  

  Wm. 
  H. 
  Taft, 
  

   Chancellor, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

   By 
  the 
  Chancellor: 
  

  

  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  Acting 
  Secretary. 
  • 
  

  

  SMITHSONIAN 
  RADIO 
  TALKS 
  

  

  The 
  series 
  of 
  Smithsonian 
  radio 
  talks 
  over 
  station 
  WRC 
  of 
  the 
  

   Radio 
  Corporation 
  of 
  America, 
  begun 
  in 
  1923, 
  continued 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  with 
  undiminished 
  popularity. 
  As 
  in 
  previous 
  years, 
  the 
  

   program 
  was 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Austin 
  H. 
  Clark. 
  This 
  is 
  

   obviously 
  an 
  effective 
  method 
  of 
  diffusing 
  knowledge 
  of 
  scientific 
  

   matters, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  primary 
  functions 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  An 
  increas- 
  

   ing 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  talks 
  have 
  been 
  published 
  as 
  magazine 
  or 
  news- 
  

   paper 
  articles, 
  thus 
  insuring 
  their 
  permanent 
  preservation. 
  Because 
  

  

  