The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-27
Regents Postpone De-
ciSion Until Later
Date.
FUND OF INSTITUTION
Total Now About 81, 100000,
Says Secl etary Langley
in His Report.


| No decision as to the selection Of a
| resting place for the interment Of James
/ Smithson's remains was made at the
annual meeting of the board OF regents
of the Smithsonian Institution today.
! the matter being postponed to an ad-
/ journed meeting. This was due to the
large amount of other business trans
| acted by the board
resolution was adopted urging upon
| Congress the passage of a bill, ,or the
preservation OF archaeological objects
in the public domain and TO aid In pro-
noting the science of archaeology and
ethnology. The secretary was request
/ ed to present to Congress the draft OF
a bill having this end in view. Secre-
tary Langley. in presenting his annual
report. said the total fund of the insti-
tuition Is now aboEt one million dollars.
The permanent fund of $4,000. now de-
posted in the Treasury. is augmented
/ by certain railroad bonds forming part
of the Hodgkins fund.
Charged With Disbursement.
The Institution, in addition, was
/ charged with the disbursement of Con-
j gressional appropriation for the United
/ States National Museum. the Bureau OF
American Ethnology. the international
Exchanges. the AstrophysicaI Observa-
tory. and the National Geological Park,
amounting in ali TO s472, 400.
Under the Hodgkins fund, a memoir
has been issued by DR.. Barus. entitled
THE Structure Of the Nucleus, and
grants have been made to Prof. NJ. W.
Travers. OF University College, Lon
! don. for researches ''on the attain
ment OF very low temperatures: to Dr.
Victor Schumann. OF I.eipsic. for work
on vacuum spectroscopy, and to Prof.
z. W. Scripture. of Yale University
for the construction of n vowel ma
| chine" The subscription to the Smith
sonian table at Naples geological sta
ton has been renewed. During the year
this table was occupied by eight Amer
lean biologists all OF whom conducted
special researches of value.
Valuable Publications.
In the series OF Contributions 20
| knowledge" two valuable publications
have been issued. those OF DIR. Barus and
DR.. Schumann, while a memoir by Dr.
! Frederick w True. entitled. "The
| Whalebone Whales OF the Western
North Atlantic. Compared With Those
/ Occurring in European Waters. With
Some Observations on the Species of the
/ North Pacific" and a work by Prof n
s. Shaler. of Harvard University. en-
/ titled "a Comparison of the Features
of the Earth and the Moon" are In
course OF publication. A number OF pa
pers have been issued in the series OF
Miscellaneous Collections" and work
by the late DR.. G. Brown Goode. What
Has Been Done in America for Sci
/ L. =
press
The library has received valuable ad-
ditions from Gen. John Watts De
Peyster. The Museum library has re-
ceived two important gifts-the h. A.
| Schwartz collection of books on Ameri-
can Coleoptera, and the W. II. Dali
collection of books on recent and fossil
mollusks. The Institution has taken
/ over for America the work of the Inter-
national Catalogue OF Scientific I.itera-
| ture
Plans for New Building.
At its last session Congress authorized
! the construction of a fire-proof building
| for the use of the National Museum. at
| a cost not to exceed 1880. 900. The
plans for this structure are now practi-
cally finished. and borings for the foun-
| dation have been made The actual work
will begin in warm weather, though it
/ viii probably be three or four years
| before the building is completed
After paying a tribute to the late
/ Major John w. Powell. the first director
| of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
! the report, describes the continuance of
/ the work under the direction of its new
| chief, Prof w. H. Holmes Systematic
field work has been successfully prose-
/ cuted in many States and Territories.
and in Santo Domingo and Porto Rico.
| The preparation Of the Dictionary OF
/ Indian Tribes has been taken up with
| renewed Vigor. The number OF CORES
pondents and benefciaries of the In
/ ternational Exchange service is now
\ over "A 900.
In Zoo Park.
/ In the National Geological Park a new
elephant house has been built. In view
/ Of the increased number of buildings
! in the park. each enc of which has now
/ to be provided with it's own heating an
paratus, II is recommended that a sDe-
/ ciaI building in the park, lying within a
I reasonab bic radius, be erected for a CEN
: trail heating plant. Much interest has
been shown In the park by officers
abroad OF whom there may be specially
mentioned Dr. r. w. Cooling limited
{ States consul at Newcastle, New South
! Wales. who has sent more than 40 spec
/ linens from that region.
The AStrophy Sical Observatory has
! been enriched by a large horizontal tele-
/ scope TO be used for studies of special
/ portions of the solar radiation
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