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  ANNUAL 
  REFORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  the 
  House 
  of 
  Representatives, 
  together 
  with 
  six 
  other 
  persons 
  other 
  

   than 
  Members 
  of 
  Congress, 
  two 
  of 
  whom 
  shall 
  be 
  resident 
  in 
  the 
  

   city 
  of 
  Washington, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  four 
  shall 
  be 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  some 
  

   State, 
  but 
  no 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  State." 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  regents 
  

   is 
  elected 
  chancellor 
  by 
  the 
  board 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  the 
  selection 
  has 
  fallen 
  

   upon 
  the 
  Vice 
  President 
  or 
  the 
  Chief 
  Justice; 
  and 
  a 
  suitable 
  person 
  

   is 
  chosen 
  by 
  the 
  regents 
  as 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  who 
  is 
  also 
  

   secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  and 
  the 
  executive 
  officer 
  directly 
  

   in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Institution's 
  activities. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  changes 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  personnel 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  : 
  The 
  term 
  as 
  a 
  regent 
  of 
  Senator 
  George 
  Wharton 
  

   Pepper 
  expired 
  upon 
  his 
  retirement 
  as 
  a 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  Senate 
  on 
  

   March 
  3, 
  1927, 
  and 
  Senator 
  Joseph 
  T. 
  Robinson 
  was 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Vice 
  President 
  to 
  succeed 
  him 
  on 
  March 
  4, 
  1927. 
  Senator 
  Reed 
  

   Smoot 
  was 
  reappointed 
  a 
  regent 
  by 
  the 
  Vice 
  President 
  on 
  March 
  

   4, 
  1927. 
  

  

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

   William 
  H. 
  Taft, 
  Chief 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  chancellor; 
  

   Charles 
  G. 
  Dawes, 
  Vice 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States; 
  members 
  

   from 
  the 
  Senate, 
  Reed 
  Smoot, 
  Woodbridge 
  N. 
  Ferris, 
  Joseph 
  T. 
  

   Robinson 
  ; 
  members 
  from 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  Representatives, 
  Albert 
  John- 
  

   son, 
  R. 
  Walton 
  Moore, 
  Walter 
  H. 
  Newton 
  ; 
  citizen 
  members, 
  Charles 
  

   F. 
  Choate, 
  jr., 
  Massachusetts; 
  Henry 
  White, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  ; 
  

   Robert 
  S. 
  Brookings, 
  Missouri; 
  Irwin 
  B. 
  Laughlin, 
  Pennsylvania; 
  

   Frederic 
  A. 
  Delano, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C; 
  and 
  Dwight 
  W. 
  Morrow, 
  

   New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  GENERAL 
  CONSIDERATIONS 
  

  

  Death 
  of 
  Secretary 
  Walcott. 
  — 
  On 
  February 
  9, 
  1927, 
  the 
  fourth 
  

   secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  Charles 
  Doolittle 
  Walcott, 
  

   passed 
  from 
  us. 
  For 
  20 
  years 
  Doctor 
  Walcott 
  had 
  successfully 
  

   guided 
  the 
  destiny 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian, 
  and 
  his 
  death 
  is 
  a 
  severe 
  

   blow 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  bereavement 
  to 
  his 
  friends 
  and 
  

   associates 
  on 
  the 
  staff. 
  This 
  report 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  place 
  to 
  review 
  in 
  

   detail 
  the 
  life 
  and 
  work 
  of 
  Doctor 
  Walcott 
  — 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  done 
  later 
  

   in 
  a 
  biography 
  to 
  be 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  appendix 
  to 
  the 
  Annual 
  

   Report 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  my 
  privilege 
  to 
  be 
  closely 
  associated 
  with 
  Doctor 
  Wal- 
  

   cott 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  20 
  years 
  of 
  his 
  administration. 
  He 
  took 
  a 
  

   genuine 
  kindly 
  interest 
  in 
  his 
  associates, 
  rejoiced 
  without 
  any 
  ges- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  appropriation 
  in 
  their 
  successes 
  and 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  their 
  

   reputations, 
  and 
  sorrowed 
  in 
  their 
  disappointments 
  and 
  troubles. 
  

   From 
  his 
  long 
  life 
  of 
  affairs 
  he 
  was 
  always 
  ready 
  to 
  quote 
  wise 
  or 
  

   illustrative 
  passages, 
  so 
  that 
  his 
  counsel 
  was 
  most 
  helpful 
  and 
  saga- 
  

   cious. 
  He 
  was 
  highly 
  approachable, 
  even 
  in 
  temper, 
  and 
  exceed- 
  

  

  