Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-26
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Annual Meeting Of the Board Of Regents
Held Today.
Resolutions In Memory of Gardiner
Hubbard Notwithstanding Lang
ley's Report Submitted.

Inc annual meeting OF the board OF re-
gents of the Smithsonian Institution was
held this morning at 10 o'clock, Vice
President Hobart, Chief Justice Fuller.
Senators Morrill,. Cullom, Gray. Represen-
tatives Hit, Wheeler and Adams, ex-Sen-
ator Henderson, William L. Wilson. Prof.
Alexander Graham Bell and Secretary
Langley being present. Andrew D. White
and DR.. Angel were absent by reason Of
their appointment to the German embassy
and Turkish mission, respectively, and
President William Preston Johnston of
Tulane University was unable to attend.
The chancellor, Chief Justice Fuller. pre-
sided. Secretary Langley announced the
death of Mr.. Gardiner G. Hubbard, a re-
gent, on December II, 1897, and Mr.. Will
son offered the following resolutions, which
were adopted by rising vote
The regents of the institution place upon
their records this testimonial of their re-
spect and admiration for Mr.. Hubbard as
a singularly public-spirited citizen, an ever
generous promoter of education and active
patron of scientific work, and this express
sion of the sincere regret for the loss of
colleague and friend, whose life was
adorned by so many personal virtues, aud
whose association with them has left so
many enduring memories.
Resolved, That a copy of this minute be
engrossed and transmitted to the family OF
Mr.. Hubbard.
1t was announced that the terms of the
regents on behalf of the House of Repre-
sentatives having expired. the Speaker had
on December %, 1897, reappointed Joseph
Wheeler, r. r. Hit and Robert Adams.
jr The terms of j. B. Henderson Of Wash
ington city and Of DR.. William Preston
Johnston of Louisiana having expired.
they were reappointed by joint resolution
Of Congress. approved January "a, 1898,
and MIR. Alexander Graham Bell was ap-
pointed by joint resolution to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Mr.. Hub
lard. Mr.. Henderson was reelected chair
man of the executive committee and Mr..
Bell was elected to fill the place occupied
by Mr.. Hubbard.
The Secretary's Report.
The secretary presented his report for
the year ending June 80, 1897. 1t showed
the Smithsonian fund to consist at pres
ent of $4,000, which Is deposited in the
United States treasury, and gave sue
cinct account Of the operations of the
Smithsonian Institution, Including the Ma
tfonal Museum, the bureau of ethnology
bureau Of exchanges. National Geological
Park and Astro-Physical Observatory dur
ing the past year.
Under the heading of research the sec
rotary spoke of his own experiments with
the aerodrome. He mentioned, among
others grants, to Mr.. A. Lawrence
Rotch Of the Blue Hill Meteorological OBJ
servatory, to be used in securing meteoro-
logical conditions at high attitudes by
means of kites. The money had been part
ly expended in procuring kites of unusual
form and dimensions with special machin-
cry for winding in the cords. and very
interesting results had been obtained, the
kites having recently reached in one case
since the printed report was prepared the
unexampled altitude of something over
two miles above the station. itself 900 feet
above the sea level.
At the request of the leading biologist of
fhn rnfr ho laos of fho Until f,r,{o
table at the geological station at Naples
had been renewed. .
The museum received during the year
10000 specimens, representing an increase
of more than so per cent over the previous
year. The iron galleries, now almost fin
ished, authorized by Congress. will consid-
erably relieve the crowded appearance OF
the museum. <
rensive surveys and excavations In Arizona
and New Mexico, resulting in the richest
collection of prehistoric pottery thus far
obtained, and the regents were invited to
present before Congress the desrability of
the enactment of law declaring archaeo-
logical sites on the national domain public
monuments.
The international exchange service ham
died 247,444 pounds of matter, comprising
81 1872 packages Of publications. The SER
vice now has Fl 600 foreign correspondents,
a greater number than ever before reached.
The Geological Park.
The Geological Park has continued to
grow steadily, although the supply OF ami
mails from the Yellowstone National Park
has been disappointing. Owing to the in
roads of poachers the supply of bison in
the Yellowstone Park has been greatly de-
creased. 1t was pointed out that Texas is
especially rich in animals that would be of
great advantage to the national collections
The Astro-Physical Observatory has been
supplied with manV and imnOrtant
struments, and during the year between 2OO
and 300 lines in the infra-red solar spec
trum have been accurately established.