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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 135 (Publication 3344) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1936 MAS Ik ee yelivive ‘ae MOET UE: vt AE oh ay PROS Bis i i a0 sary BEA BN ie LOH mt Lo wrk anya AytOy CEH ACA: an HOw OE atin Chena rAsty aac \ ae] ee the CONTENTS Page TEAS CO) BOLT TICS EH IS) aes Oo re Rear eee arena ay Wnt aoe eee eee eee 1 @utstamedimorevients =e Spey ee eee a Oa 5 Summary of the year’s activities of the branches of the Institution —_-___-_ 6 Melreves tao lisa ert 65 52522 a oe ee se TS eA 9 PINTS © ATG OLE CG OTN GS tes ere ea I gS Ek Po 9 PESSU TN 2330 CS Ss ee SS ta ce RR 10 Mattersvok meneraleimterest seo = ole ey ek a ee eee oes 11 Centenary of the birth of Samuel Pierpont Langley___-_---------- 11 Award of Langley medal to Joseph 8S. Ames_-___------------------ 11 Walter Rathbone Bacon traveling scholarship_-_.-_--------------- 12 Rraus;t nwAcrt hur Mine Cures 2.2 sae, aeeyh Ne be Ne ae a eget alee ore eee gee a apa 13 Smithsonian Institution Exhibit at the California Pacific Interna- GOTTA EGR POSUGLO Tey Oe oie eae Ah ae ge os SP a NT Sa ee rT ct 13 TB pal Cayce Henan av sUeP aK Li aXe) (A coy cans Sp i Se ae ee ee 14 1 EDT] 6) WKCEe eo a pene Ma ag yo le eel CS aoe egress NI ee 15 1 il e219 a UG a a yA RU Ne pen ine lapel agen 16 Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum_-_-__-------- 17 2. Report on the National Gallery of Art_____.--___-------- 24 BL ikea cin Wee sae Callleny OF Anne ool ee 31 4. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology------------- 35 5. Report on the International Exchange Service__----_------ 43 6. Report on the National Zoological Park____..------------ 52 7. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory_-__.------------- 61 8. Report on the Division of Radiation and Organisms_- -- ---- 66 0} Report-on’the Nbrary- 5.2 eee eee ee eee oe aes 68 TORS Eve Orb OMe UTC a Gio see eae eee 78 Report of the executive committee of the Board of Regents._-_.__------ 84 Tes aa BL mh i THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION June 30, 1935 Presiding officer ex officio—FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States. Chancellor.—CHARLES Evans HueHeEs, Chief Justice of the United States. Members of the Institution: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States. JOHN N. GARNER, Vice President of the United States. CHARLES Evans HuGHEs, Chief Justice of the United States. CorDELL Hutt, Secretary of State. Henry MorcENTHAU, JR., Secretary of the Treasury. GEORGE H. Dern, Secretary of War. Homer S. Cummines, Attorney General. JAMmS A. FARLEY, Postmaster General. CrAuDE A. SwANnson, Secretary of the Navy. Haroitp L. IcKEs, Secretary of the Interior. Henry A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture. DANIEL C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce. FRANCES PERKINS, Secretary of Labor. Regents of the Institution: , CHARLES EVANS Hueuus, Chief Justice of the United States, Chancellor. JOHN N. GARNER, Vice President of the United States. JOSEPH T. RoBINson, Member of the Senate. M. M. Logan, Member of the Senate. CHARLES L. McNAry, Member of the Senate. T. ALAN GOLDSBOROUGH, Member of the House of Representatives. CHARLES L. GirrorD, Member of the House of Representatives. CLARENCE CANNON, Member of the House of Representatives. FREDERIC A. DELANO, citizen of Washington, D. C. (reappointment pending). JOHN C. MERRIAM, citizen of Washington, D. C. R. WALTON Moors, citizen of Virginia. RosBert W. BINGHAM, citizen of Kentucky. AvGuSTUS P. LoRING, citizen of Massachusetts. Haecutive committee —FREDERIC A. DELANO, JOHN C. MERRIAM, R. WALTON Moore. Secretary. CHARLES G. ABBOT. Assistant Secretary.—ALEXANDER WETMORE. Administrative assistant to the Secretary— HARRY W. DoRSsEY. Treasurer.—NIGHOLAS W. DORSEY. Editor.—WEBSTER P. TRUE. Librarian.—WILLiAM Ll. CorRBiIn. Personnel officer—HELEN A. OLMSTED. Property clerk.—JAMES H. HI 1. Z ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Keeper ex officio—CHARLES G. ABBOT. Assistant Secretary (in charge).—ALEXANDER WETMORE. Associate Director—JOHN E. GRAF. SCIENTIFIC STAFF DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY : Walter Hough, head curator; W. H. Egberts, chief preparator. Division of Ethnology: Walter Hough, curator; H. W. Krieger, curator; H. B. Collins, Jr., assistant curator; Arthur P. Rice, collaborator. Section of Musical Instruments: Hugo Worch, custodian. Section of Ceramics: Samuel W. Woodhouse, collaborator. Division of Archeology: Neil M. Judd, curator; F. M. Setzler, assistant curator; R. G. Paine, aid; J. Townsend Russell, honorary assistant cura- tor of Old World archeology. Division of Physical Anthropology: AleS Hrdlitka, curator; Thomas D. Stewart, assistant curator. Collaborator in anthropology: George Grant MacCurdy; D. I. Bushnell, Jr. Associate in historic archeology: Cyrus Adler. DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY: Leonhard Stejneger, head curator; W. L. Brown, chief taxidermist. Division of Mammals: Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., curator; Remington Kellogg, assistant curator; A. J. Poole, scientific aid; A. Brazier Howell, collabo- rator. Division of Birds: Herbert Friedmann, curator; J. H. Riley, associate curator; Alexander Wetmore, custodian of alcoholic and skeleton col- lections; Casey A. Wood, collaborator; Arthur C. Bent, collaborator. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians: Leonhard Stejneger, curator; Doris M. Cochran, assistant curator. Division of Fishes: George S. Myers, assistant curator; E. D. Reid, aid. Division of Insects: L. O. Howard, honorary curator; Edward A. Chapin, curator; William Schaus, honorary assistant curator; B. Preston Clark, collaborator. Section of Hymenoptera: S. A. Rohwer, custodian; W. M. Mann, as- sistant custodian; Robert A. Cushman, assistant custodian. Section of Myriapoda: O. F. Cook, custodian. Section of Diptera: Charles T. Greene, assistant custodian. Section of Coleoptera: L. L. Buchanan, specialist for Casey collection. Section of Lepidoptera: J. T. Barnes, collaborator. Section of Orthoptera: A. N. Caudell, custodian. Section of Hemiptera: W. L. McAtee, acting custodian. Section of Forest Tree Beetles: A. D. Hopkins, custodian. Division of Marine Invertebrates: Waldo L. Schmitt, curator; C. R. Shoe- maker, assistant curator; James O. Maloney, aid; Mrs. Harriet Rich- ardson Searle, collaborator; Max M. Ellis, collaborator; William H. Longley, collaborator; Maynard M. Metcalf, collaborator; Joseph A. Cushman, collaborator in Foraminifera; Charles Branch Wilson, col- laborator in Copepoda. Division of Mollusks: Paul Bartsch, curator; Harald A. Rehder, assistant curator; Joseph P. EK. Morrison, senior scientific aid; Mary Breen, col- laborator. Section of Helminthological Collections: Maurice C. Hall, custodian. Division of Echinoderms: Austin H. Clark, curator. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 3 DEPARTMENT OF BroLogy—Continued. Division of Plants (National Herbarium): Frederick V. Coville, honorary curator; W. R. Maxon, associate curator; Hllsworth P. Killip, associate curator; Emery C. Leonard, assistant curator; Conrad V. Morton, aid; Egbert H. Walker, aid; John A. Stevenson, custodian of C. G. Lloyd mycological collection. Section of Grasses: Albert S. Hitchcock, custodian. Section of Cryptogamic Collections: O. F. Cook, assistant curator. Section of Higher Algae: W. T. Swingle, custodian. Section of Lower Fungi: D. G. Fairchild, custodian. Associates in Zoology: C. Hart Merriam, W. L. Abbott, Mary J. Rathbun, C. W. Stiles, Theodore S. Palmer, William B. Marshall. Associate Curator in Zoology: Hugh M. Smith. Associate in Marine Sediments: T. Wayland Vaughan. Collaborator in Zoology: Robert Sterling Clark. Collaborators in Biology: A. K. Fisher, David C. Graham. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY; R. S. Bassler, head curator. Division of Physical and Chemical Geology (systematic and applied) : W. F. Foshag, curator; Edward P. Henderson, assistant curator. Division of Mineralogy and Petrology: W. EF. Foshag, curator; Frank L. Hess, custodian of rare metals and rare earths. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology: Charles EB. Resser, curator; Gustav A. Cooper, assistant curator; Jessie G. Beach, aid; Margaret W. Moodey, aid for Springer collection. Section of Invertebrate Paleontology: T. W. Stanton, custodian of Mesozoic collection ; Paul Bartsch, curator of Cenozoic collection. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology: Charles W. Gilmore, curator; C. Lewis Gazin, assistant curator; Norman H. Boss, chief preparator. Associate in Mineralogy: W. T. Schaller. Associates in Paleontology: E. O. Ulrich, August F. Foerste. Associate in Petrology: Whitman Cross. DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND INDUSTRIES: Carl W. Mitman, head curator. Division of Engineering: Frank A. Taylor, curator. Section of Mechanical Technology: Frank A. Taylor, in charge; Fred C. Reed, scientific aid. Section of Aeronautics: Paul HE. Garber, assistant curator. Section of Mineral Technology: Carl W. Mitman, in charge; Chester G. Gilbert, honorary curator. Division of Textiles: Frederick L. Lewton, curator; Mrs. E. W. Rosson, aid. Section of Wood Technology: William N. Watkins, assistant curator. Section of Organic Chemistry: Aida M. Doyle, aid. Division of Medicine: Charles Whitebread, assistant curator. Division of Graphic Arts: R. P. Tolman, curator; C. Allen Sherwin, scien- tifie aid. Section of Photography: A. J. Olmsted, assistant curator. Loeb Collection of Chemical Types: Aida M. Doyle, in charge. DIvIsion oF History: T. T. Belote, curator; Charles Carey, assistant curator ; Mrs. C. L. Manning, philatelist. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Chief of correspondence and documents.—H. S. BRYANT. Assistant chief of correspondence and documents.—L. H. COMMERFORD. Superintendent of buildings and labor.—J. 8. GOLDSMITH. 4 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 Assistant superintendent of buildings and labor.—R. H. TReMBty. FAiditor.—Pavut H. OEHSER. Engineer.—C. R. DENMARK. Accountant and auditor.—N. W. Dorsey. Photographer.—A. J. OLMSTED. Property clerk.—W. A. KNOWLES. Assistant Inbrarian.—Luma F. CLarK. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Acting director.—RuvueEt P. ToLmMAn. FREER GALLERY OF ART Curator—JoHN BLLERTON LovGE. Associate curator..—CarRL WHITING BISHOP. Assistant curator.—Gracre DUNHAM GUEST. Associate.—KATHARINE NASH RHOADES. Assistant—ARCHIBALD G. WENLEY. Superintendent.—JouHn Bunpy. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY Chief—MATTHEW W. STIRLING. Ethnologists—Joun P. HarRineron, JoHN N. B. HEWITT, TRUMAN MICHELSON, JOHN R. SWANTON, WILLIAM D. Strona. Archeologist—FRaNK H. H. Roserrts, Jr. Hditor.—StTaANLEY SEARLES. Librarian.—HLua LEARY. Iilustrator.—Epwin G. CASSEDY. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES Secretary (in charge).—Cnarirs G. ABpor. Chief Clerk.—CoaTEs W. SHOEMAKER. NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK Director.—WItLIAM M. Mann. Assistant Director—ERNEST P, WALKER. ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY Director—CHartes G. ABBOT. Assistant director—lLoyau B. ALDRICH. Research assistant.—FREpERIcK B. Fowte, Jr. Associate research assistant.—Wu.iaAmM H. Hoover. DIVISION OF RADIATION AND ORGANISMS Director—CHARLES G. ABBOT. Assistant director.—Earu. S. Jounsron. Associate research assistant.—Epwarp D. McALISTER. Assistant in radiation research.—LELAND B. CLARK. Research associate.—F.orence BE. MEIER. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Cc. G. ABBOT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1935 To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to submit herewith my report showing the activities and condition of the Smithsonian Institution and the Government bureaus under its administrative charge during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1935. The first 16 pages contain a summary account of the affairs of the Institution, and appendixes i to 10 give more detailed reports of the operations of the National Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Freer Gallery of Art, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the International Exchanges, the National Zoological Park, the Astrophysical Observatory, the Division of Radiation and Organisms, the Smithsonian Library, and of the publications issued under the direction of the Institution. On page 84 is the financial report of the executive committee of the Board of Regents. OUTSTANDING EVENTS Despite the continued curtailment of funds available for the Insti- tution’s work, notably the drastic reduction in appropriations for printing the scientific series normally issued by the National Museum and the Bureau of American Ethnology, marked progress has been made along several lines. Study of periodicities in the weather, related to similar periodicities found in the variation of the solar radiation, has progressed to the point where test weather forecasts have been made for 30 stations in the United States for the years 1934, 1935, and 1936. The forecasts for 1934 gave satisfactory agree- ment with the actual weather conditions for about two-thirds of the stations. Reductions of the solar observations for a year at the new Mount St. Katherine station indicate that they will be quite as excel- lent and numerous as those of the best Smithsonian station at Monte- zuma, Chile. John A. Roebling has generously provided funds for the continued occupation of Mount St. Katherine till 1938. Special attention was given to the problem of the so-called Folsom man, to whom is attributed the earliest known phase of aboriginal American culture. In Colorado a Smithsonian expedition unearthed for the first time a variety of implements belonging to that culture, 5 6 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 including many of the typical Folsom points. A number of these implements were found in direct association with bones of an extinct form of bison. Further work at this site was under way at the close of the year. An allotment of $680,000 from the Public Works Administration was made for the erection of three much-needed buildings at the National Zoological Park. The Walter Rathbone Bacon traveling scholarship was awarded to Dr. Richard EK. Blackwelder for an intensive study of the staphylinid beetles of the West Indies. The seventh award of the Langley Medal was made to Dr. Joseph S. Ames, chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronau- tics, for his outstanding work in connection with the scientific devel- opment of aviation in America. Among the year’s publications may be mentioned Dr. Strong’s account of the results of his archeological expedition to the Bay Islands, Spanish Honduras; Dr. Roberts’ paper on his investiga- tions of Folsom man; and the second in the Freer Gallery’s series of Oriental Studies, “A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Miniature Paintings of the Jaina Kalpasitra as Executed in the Early Western Indian Style”, by W. Norman Brown, with 45 full-tone plates. SUMMARY OF THE YEAR’S ACTIVITIES OF THE BRANCHES OF THE INSTITUTION National Museum.—The appropriations for the year totaled $716,071, an increase of $61,200 over last year. New specimens added to the collections numbered 296,468. These included an- thropological material representing many of the North and South American Indian tribes, large collections of natural-history speci- mens resulting from field work in Brazil by Dr. Doris Cochran and from a third Hancock expedition to the Galapagos Islands par- ticipated in by Dr. W. L. Schmitt, biological specimens from Siam and China sent by Dr. Hugh M. Smith and Dr. D. C. Graham, a valuable collection of Paleozoic fossils presented by Edward N. Hurlburt, of Rochester, N. Y., and nearly 50,000 plant specimens from various sources. To the industrial series were added the motor- less sailplane Falcon (1934), the cup presented to the winner of the first Vanderbilt automobile race 30 years ago, several interesting ship and locomotive models, and a complete Mergenthaler linotype (no. 9). Field work, though greatly limited from lack of funds, was carried on chiefly through the cooperation and generosity of out- side individuals, through grants from the Smithsonian Institution, and through assistance from the P. W. A. It will be described in detail in the special report of the Museum in Appendix 1. Visitors to the several Museum buildings during the year totaled 1,841,306. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY Fi Under the auspices of various educational, scientific, or Government agencies, 17 special exhibits were held during the year in the foyer of the National Museum. National Gallery of Art—Seven special exhibitions were held dur- ing the year, representing the work of Clayton Knight, Alexander Trowbridge, Emil Jacques, William Woollett, Elena and Bertha de Hellebranth, Howard Fremont Stratton, and the artists enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps camps. A number of art works were accessioned subject to transfer to the Gallery if approved by the National Gallery of Art Commission. Under the Catherine Walden Myer fund, two early American miniatures were purchased for the Gallery. The 14th annual meeting of the National Gallery of Art Commission was held on December 11, 1934. Freer Gallery of Art-—The year’s additions to the collection in- clude Chinese bronzes, jade, and ceramics, Syrian glass, Arabic and Persian manuscripts, Chinese, Indian, and Persian paintings, Persian silver, and Arabic wood-carving. Curatorial work was devoted to the study of Chinese, Japanese, Armenian, Arabic, and Persian ob- jects, and of the texts and seals associated with them. During the year 1,268 objects and 153 photographs of objects were submitted to the curator for an opinion as to their identity, meaning, or his- torical or esthetic value. Visitors totaled 130,346, and 78 groups were given docent service. The special exhibition of Whistler’s work installed on May 14, 1984, in honor of the Whistler Centenary, was taken down on December 26. Bureau of American E'thnology—sSystematic researches conducted by members of the Bureau staff included investigation of finds of the eastern type of Folsom points in Virginia, inspection of mound excavations near Macon, Ga., examination of archeological sites in Georgia and Florida, researches on the ethnology of the Indians of California and other related western Indians, and extensive study and publication on the problem of Folsom man, based on explora- tions at the Lindenmeier site, Colorado. Linguistic studies were conducted on several Indian languages, including Timucua, Natick, and Algonquian. Further researches were carried on relating to the League of the Iroquois, and a number of Indian songs were recorded at the Century of Progress Exposition. Extensive reports were pub- lished on the archeology of Nebraska and of the Bay Islands of Spanish Honduras. International Eachanges—In the official exchange with other countries of governmental and scientific documents, the exchange service handled during the year a total of 654,131 packages, weigh- ing 560,381 pounds. There are now 111 full and partial sets of governmental documents and 102 copies of the daily issue of the Congressional Record sent to foreign depositories. 8 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 National Zoological Park.—Accessions to the collection during the vear numbered 627, and removals through various causes totaled 695, leaving the collections at the close of the year at 2,170 animals, representing 665 different species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and other forms. The number of visitors was 2,046,149, including groups from 394 schools in 20 States and the District of Columbia. An allot- ment of $680,000 was made on January 26, 1935, by the Public Works Administration for the construction of a small mammal house, a pachyderm house, an addition to the bird house, and mechanical shops, buildings that have been urgently needed for many years. Work was immediately started on the plans and specifications in the office of the Supervising Architect, with Edwin H. Clarke as con- sulting architect. Much work was also done on the buildings and grounds with labor and materials supplied by the Emergency Works Administration. The greatest need of the Zoo is for more liberal appropriations for the purchase of specimens. Astrophysical Observatory—Regular observations of the solar constant of radiation have been continued daily at the three solar observing stations at Table Mountain, Calif.; Montezuma, Chile; and Mount St. Katherine, Egypt. The observations from Mount St. Katherine have been reduced at the central station at Washing- ton under the direction of the assistant director, L. B. Aldrich, assisted by a special staff of computers made available under a grant from John A. Roebling. The results indicate that this station, established in 1933, will prove to be one of high excellence. Analysis of solar variation since 1920 has revealed 12 periodicities, all aliquot parts of 23 years. These periodicities are also found in temperature and precipitation records for six terrestrial stations for the past cen- tury, and the 23-year cycle is found in the levels of lakes and streams, the widths of tree-rings, the catches of ocean fish, varves of Pleisto- cene and Eocene geologic age, and other phenomena depending on weather. Forecasts of temperature and precipitation for 1934, 1935, and 1936 for over 30 stations in the United States have been made, and satisfactory agreement between forecasts and the events have been found for two-thirds of the stations during 1934. Division of Radiation and Organisms.—The following investiga- tions were undertaken by the scientific staff of the Division: The dependence of the growth of algae and wheat on the wave lengths of radiation, determined by experiments conducted with Christiansen filters specially adapted to this work by improvements made in the Division; growth experiments on tomato plants under control as to temperature, humidity, and color and intensity of radiation; experi- ments in cooperation with the United States Department of Agri- culture on the promotion and inhibition of the germination of seeds under different selected wave lengths of light; and an experiment REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 9 on the growth of wheat under out-of-door conditions with controlled quantities of carbon dioxide. Several papers embodying the results of these investigations were published during the year in the Smith- sonian Miscellaneous Collections, and others were in preparation. THE HSTABLISHMENT The Smithsonian Institution was created by act of Congress in 1846, according to the terms of the will of James Smithson, of Eng- land, who in 1826 bequeathed his property to the United States of America “to found at Washington, under the name of the Smith- sonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” In receiving the property and accepting the trust, Congress determined that the Federal Government was without authority to administer the trust directly, and, therefore, constituted an “establishment” whose statutory members are “ the President, the Vice President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of the executive departments.” THE BOARD OF REGENTS The affairs of the Institution are administered by a Board of Regents whose membership consists of “the Vice President, the Chief Justice, three Members of the Senate, and three Members of 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 of 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. Changes in the personnel of the Board during the year included the appointment on January 23, 1935, of Senator Charles L. McNary, of Oregon, as a regent to succeed Senator David A. Reed, whose term as a Senator expired January 3, 1935; and the appointment by the Speaker on February 21, 1935, of Representative Clarence Cannon, of Missouri, to fill out the unexpired term to December 25, 1935, of Representative E. H. Crump, whose term as a Representative had expired on January 3, 1935. The roll of regents at the close of the year was as follows: Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States, Chan- cellor; John N. Garner, Vice President of the United States; mem- bers from the Senate—Joseph T. Robinson, M. M. Logan, Charles L. 10 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 McNary; members from the House of Representatives—T. Alan Goldsborough, Clarence Cannon, Charles L. Gifford; citizen mem- bers—Frederic A. Delano, Washington, D. C. (reappointment pend- ing before Congress); John C. Merriam, Washington, D. C.; R. Walton Moore, Virginia; Robert W. Bingham, Kentucky; Augustus P. Loring, Massachusetts. Proceedings.—Only one meeting of the full Board was held dur- ing the year—the annual meeting on January 17, 1935. This date for the annual meeting was fixed by a resolution adopted by the Board on December 14, 1938, naming “ the second Thursday follow- ing the first Monday in January” thereafter as the date for the annual meeting, on account of the change of the date for the annual convening of Congress to January 3. The regents present were Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, chancellor, Senators Joseph T. Rob- inson and M. M. Logan, Representatives T. Alan Goldsborough and Charles L. Gifford, Frederic A. Delano, Hon. Irwin B. Laughlin, Hon. R. Walton Moore, Augustus P. Loring, Dr. John C. Merriam, and the Secretary, Dr. Charles G. Abbot. The Secretary presented his annual report, detailing the activities of the several Government branches and of the parent Institution during the year, and Mr. Delano presented the report of the execu- tive committee, covering financial statistics of the Institution. The Secretary also presented the annual report of the National Gallery of Art Commission. The Secretary presented his usual special report reviewing the outstanding events of the year, and Mr. Delano presented resolutions prepared by the Permanent Committee, calling the attention of the President of the United States to the urgency of grants from the Public Works Administration to carry out the Institution’s build- ing program. A resolution was adopted authorizing the transfer of the income of the Loeb fund for a chemical type museum to other purposes in connection with the library of the Chemists’ Club of New York City, under certain conditions. The Board adopted a resolution awarding the Langley Gold Medal for Aerodromics to Dr. Joseph Sweetman Ames. The meeting then adjourned, and the regents inspected the special exhibits in the Secretary’s office illustrative of some of the Institu- tion’s recent activities, FINANCES A statement will be found in the report of the executive committee, page 84. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 11 MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY On August 22, 1934, the Institution commemorated the one- hundredth anniversary of the birth of Samuel Pierpont Langley, its third Secretary, and one of the foremost American scientists of the nineteenth century. On that date there was issued a pamphlet consisting of extracts from Langley’s own writings, in which he de- scribed his important discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics, physics, and aeronautics. This pamphlet reveals strikingly the value and breadth of Langley’s researches. To the public, his name is best known in connection with his work in aeronautics, but to men of science his fundamental researches in astronomy and physics are of outstanding importance. The titles of some of the papers from which quotations are given in the memorial pamphlet will reveal the scope of his interest: “On the minute structure of the solar photosphere”’; “The total solar eclipse of July 29, 1878”;-“ The bolometer and radiant energy”; “On the amount of atmospheric absorption ”; ‘‘ The temperature of the moon”; “On hitherto un- recognized wave-lengths”; “On a possible variation of the solar radiation and its probable effect on terrestrial temperatures.” A special exhibition was also arranged in the Smithsonian Build- ing of scientific apparatus invented by Langley and of articles as- sociated with him during his lifetime. Outstanding among his inventions was the bolometer, an electrical thermometer capable. of detecting a change of heat as little as a millionth of a degree . Centigrade. AWARD OF LANGLEY MEDAL TO JOSEPH S. AMES The Langley Medal for Aerodromics of the Smithsonian Insti- tution was presented on May 21, 1935, to Dr. Joseph S. Ames, of Johns Hopkins University, Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and for years one of the foremost figures associated with the scientific development of American aviation. The presentation was made by Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes, Chancellor of the Institution, in accordance with the award of the Board of Regents at their annual meeting in January. The award, it was stated in the resolution accompanying the medal, was “in recognition of the surpassing improvement of the performance, efficiency, and safety of American aircraft resulting from the funda- mental scientific researches conducted by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics under the leadership of Dr. Ames.” He was one of the 12 original members of this committee appointed by President Wilson in 1915. He has served on 20 of its i. ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 subcommittees and acted as chairman of many of them. He has been executive head of the organization since 1919, during which time it has developed the famous Langley Laboratory, where many airplane improvements now universally in use have been devised. In accepting the medal, Dr. Ames said: Mr. CHANCELLOR: It is with the utmost pleasure that I accept the Langley Medal, and I beg to express to you and your associates my sincere thanks for the great honor paid me. There is no honor in the field of aeronautics as great as this. When your secretary, Dr. Abbot, informed me that it had been voted to bestow the medal upon me, I was overwhelmed by a feeling of unworthiness. I had not made any contribution of note either to the science or to the art of aeronautics. But I soon realized that the award was not made to me as the result of such services as these, but rather as the result of my connection with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. I think everyone will grant that no single factor has had such a great influence in the notable progress in both theoretical and applied aeronautics in this country during the past 20 years as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and I am proud to think that your Committee of Award consider me as in some way responsible for the guidance of this work. This point of view I can under- stand. For I have been a member of the committee since it was established and its executive head for many years. But only I know how far from justi- fied any one is in attributing the good work of the committee to me. I have simply done my best to make it possible for our scientists and engineers to perform their investigations and to so cooperate with my associates on the committee as to direct its policy wisely. In recognizing this type of administrative work as of such value as to merit the award of the Langley Medal, I think that your committee, Mr. Chancellor, is not alone justified but also wise, and I am particularly pleased by the fact that this honor comes to our committee while I am its chairman. WALTER RATHBONE BACON TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP The Walter Rathbone Bacon traveling scholarship of the Smith- sonian Institution was awarded in May 1935 to Dr. Richard E. Blackwelder, at that time engaged in entomological work at the United States National Museum, for an intensive study of the staphylinid beetles of the West Indies. Dr. Blackwelder will collect these beetles, comprising one of the largest and least-known animal families on earth, on 25 West Indian Islands, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. Because of the small size and, as a rule, economic unimportance of this family, it has been much neglected. The entomologist will make an intensive search for specimens in West Indian anthills. Several species are commensal with ants and, because of this way of life, have developed curious forms. Some of them seem to be kept by the ants as “ domestic animals.” They are REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 13 housed, protected, and fed by their hosts because of the body secre- tion, which is a favorite food of the hosts. Some, on the other hand, seem to live with the ants entirely for the purpose of feeding on them and on their young. Even these are tolerated by their hosts, who apparently have no realization of how they are being victimized. Staphylinid beetles are also numerous in fungous deposits and in decaying vegetable matter. They remain hidden much of the time, so that little information is available on their habits and life his- tories. They are found over most of the world. Large collections have been made in Europe and in the United States, and the Na- tional Museum has a considerable representation of the different species. ‘The West Indies constitute largely unexplored territory, so far as these beetles are concerned, and it is probable that many new species will be identified from Dr. Blackwelder’s collection. After completing his work in the West Indies, Dr. Blackwelder will study the large collections in the British Museum. FOURTH ARTHUR LECTURE Under a bequest received in 1931 from the late James Arthur, of New York City, a lecture is delivered each year at the Institution on some phase of the study of the sun. The fourth annual Arthur Lecture was given in the auditorium of the National Museum on December 18, 1934, by Dr. Walter S. Adams, director of the Mount Wilson Observatory, on “ The Sun as a Typi- cal Star.” Dr. Adams, one of the foremost astronomers of the world, has made original researches on the place of the sun among the billions of stars of the galaxy. The lecture will be published in the general appendix to the Smithsonian Report for 1935. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION EXHIBIT AT THE CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTER- NATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1935 The Smithsonian exhibit at the California Pacific International Exposition, which opened at San Diego May 29, 1935, was prepared under the direction of Car] W. Mitman, head curator of arts and industries, National Museum. It is one of a group visualizing activ- ities of the major departments and independent establishments of the Federal Government. All these exhibits are installed in a newly constructed permanent building simulating an Aztec temple erected in the Exposition grounds. They are distributed over the single floor of the building, the area of which is 170 by 150 feet. The space assigned to the Smithsonian Institution is 38 feet long by 138 feet wide, and is situated along the wide wall to the west or right of the main entrance. 24001—35——2 14 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 The limited allotment of space and money for the participation of the Smithsonian Institution in the Exposition precluded the prepara- tion of either a general exhibit of all Smithsonian activities or a complete exposition of any single activity. A small exhibit was, therefore, prepared to indicate some of the ethnological work of the Institution in the Southwest. The space is arranged in the form of a rectangular alcove, the sides of which are exhibition cases 12 feet deep by 9 feet wide. For the rear wall area there was designed a pictorial map of the South- west, 8 by 6 feet in size, This was painted by Benson B. Moore, of Washington, D. C., in old cartographic style and portrays the journeys of the Spanish explorer, Coronado, in the Southwest in 1540-1548, together with many sites of modern explorations made in this area by the Institution. According to the historic record of his explorations, Coronado first contacted the Apache Indians and subsequently conquered the Zuni. In the exhibition cases flanking the map, therefore, there are installed life-size habitat groups of these tribes; the Apache family group of five figures on the left flank and the Zuni family group of eight figures on the right flank—all dressed in original cos- tumes from the National Museum collections. Landscapes typical of the country in which these tribes live are painted on the closed sides of the cases and form realistic backgrounds for the groups. These paintings were executed by Richmond I. Kelsey, of San Diego, Calif. A descriptive label for each group is mounted on the rear wall in the space between the map and exhibition case. A third label records briefly the Institution’s history and activities. The Exposition was still open at the close of the year and was expected to remain open at least until November 1935. EXPLORATIONS AND FIELD WORK Although still considerably hampered in its field operations by lack of funds, the Institution conducted or took part in 20 expedi- tions, 7 more than in the previous year. Secretary Abbot and his colleagues continued the study of the radiation of the sun, both at Washington and at the three field stations, Table Mountain, Calif., Mount Montezuma, Chile, and Mount St. Katherine, Egypt. Dr. W. F. Foshag collected minerals and studied mineral deposits in both northern and southern Mexico. Dr. C. Lewis Gazin directed an expedition to collect vertebrate fossils in the Snake River basin of Idaho. Dr. G. A. Cooper established a correlation of middle Devo- nian deposits in Ontario, New York, and Michigan. Dr. W. L. Schmitt again accompanied the Hancock expedition to the Gala- pagos Islands. Rev. David C. Graham continued his zoological col- REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 15 lecting for the Institution in Szechwan, China. Dr. Hugh M. Smith collected birds, mammals, and other forms in various parts of Siam. ‘ Austin H. Clark collected butterflies in Bedford and Princess Anne Counties, Va., in continuation of his survey of the little-known butter- fly fauna of Virginia. Jason R. Swallen collected grasses in north- eastern Brazil. Dr. C. W. Bishop, director of the Freer Gallery Field Expedition to China, brought the work to a close in 1934 and returned to the United States. The work of the expedition occupied a period of over 4 years and included the excavation of a number of archeological sites and an archeological reconnaissance of nearly the entire province ef Shansi. Dr. AleS Hrdlicka continued his archeological investiga- tions on Kodiak Island, Alaska, unearthing much new evidence on the identity of the ancient inhabitants of the site. H. W. Krieger, through an allotment of P. W. A. funds, excavated archeological sites in Oregon in the area that will be flooded with the completion of the Bonneville Dam. M. W. Stirling supervised several archeo- logical projects in Florida conducted in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Dr. F. H. H. Roberts, Jr., ex- cavated a camp site and workshop in Colorado attributable to Folsom man, bringing‘to light for the first time a variety of implements belonging to that early horizon. Dr. Roberts also excavated an extensive Indian site on the former battlefield at Shiloh National Military Park, Tenn. Dr. W. D. Strong conducted archeological excavations at Buena Vista Lake, Calif., and later made a brief archeological reconnaissance of the Cuyama Valley and also of the mountainous district adjacent to the Sisquoc River. W. M. Walker excavated ancient Yokuts shellmounds near Taft, Calif. Dr. J. R. Swanton was successful in further determining points on the route followed by Hernando De Soto in 1540 through Georgia and part of South Carolina. Dr. J. P. Harrington conducted ethnological studies among the Indians of California. Dr. Truman Michelson studied the Passamaquoddy Indians on the State reservation on the coast of Maine. These expeditions are briefly described and illustrated in the pamphlet entitled “ Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithson- ian Institution in 1934”, Smithsonian publication no. 3300. PUBLICATIONS Again this past year the drastic curtailment of printing funds for the Government bureaus under the Institution has vitally affected the work of those bureaus. The scientific series normally published by the National Museum and by the Bureau of American Ethnology have again been virtually suspended. During the emergency period 16 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 of the depression, when ordinary governmental expenditures were greatly reduced, the brunt of the cut in Smithsonian appropriations was borne by the printing fund, as only there could a saving be made ' without throwing employees out of work. For 3 years the printing appropriation has been reduced to a point where it is possible only to do routine printing of blank forms and reports and a few very small pamphlets, with the result that there is now on hand an ac- cumulation of valuable manuscripts, many of them representing the results of years of research by the Institution’s specialists. This basic information in biology, geology, and anthropology should with- out further delay be made available to students and research workers, and it is the hope of the Institution that, now the peak of the de- pression is past, adequate funds will again be made available so that a normal flow of scientific publications may again issue from this Institution, whose very purpose, as incorporated by act of Congress, is “the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” The publications issued during the year, paid for mostly from the private funds of the Institution, totaled 64; 54 of these were pub- lished by the Institution proper, 8 by the National Museum, 1 by the Bureau of American Ethnology, and 1 by the Freer Gallery of Art. The number of publications distributed was 124,186. : LIBRARY The accessions to the Smithsonian library during the year num- bered 6,105 volumes and 6,578 pamphlets and charts, bringing the total number of items in the library to 848,517. Most of the addi- tions were exchanges for Smithsonian publications, but there were also the usual large number of gifts from organizations and indi- viduals. In addition to the routine work of the library, the staff completed several important projects begun last year, with the as- sistance of F. E. R. A. workers assigned to the hbrary; these proj- ects included sorting and arranging foreign scientific and technical duplicates in the west stacks of the Smithsonian building, and sorting and reassigning the contents of the sectional libraries of administra- tion and engineering. Respectfully submitted. C. G. Aszor, Secretary. APPENDIX 1 REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the condition and operation of the United States National Museum for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1935: Appropriations for the maintenance of the National Museum for the year totaled $716,071, which was $61,200 more than for 1934. COLLECTIONS Material added to the collections during the year came in 1,/94 separate accessions, mostly as gifts from outside individuals and organizations, and was varied and representative in character. It totaled 296,468 specimens, divided as follows: Anthropology, 3,758; biology, 258,692; geology, 28,528; arts and industries, 3,808; history, 1,682. Gifts to schools and other educational institutions numbered 4,039 specimens. Exchanges of duplicate material with other insti- tutions and individuals totaled 17,194 specimens, and 17,783 specimens were lent to workers outside of Washington. Following is a summary of the more important accessions received in the various departments: . Anthropology—American ethnological material received from va- rious sources represented the Point Barrow Eskimos, the Haida Indians of British Columbia and Alaska, the Navaho, the Tarahu- mare Indians of Mexico, the Delaware, Osage, Plains, Pueblo, and Yakima Indians of North America, and the San Blas Indians of Panama. From Matto Grosso, Brazil, came a number of weapons of the fierce Parintintin Indians, and from the head-hunting Jivaro of Ecuador a collection of textiles and adornments received through the Bureau of American Ethnology. Specimens came also from Africa, Oceania, and Malaysia. As in former years, ethnological material presented by Dr. Hugh M. Smith, fisheries adviser to the Royal Siamese Government, was extensive. Among the noteworthy archeological material received was a plaster cast, presented by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, of the elaborately carved surface of a Maya altar at Quirigua, Guatemala, regarded as one of the finest examples of aboriginal sculpture recovered from the Maya area. By transfer from the Bureau of American Ethnology came over 300 specimens collected by Dr. W. D. Strong from the Bay Islands and from the mainland 17 18 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 of Spanish Honduras. Also may be mentioned 214 flint objects from a Paleolithic deposit in Mugharet et-Tabun (Cave of the Oven), near Mount Carmel, Palestine, deposited by the Archeologi- cal Society of Washington; 1,188 stone artifacts, basketry frag- ments, and other material collected by Frank M. Setzler from 2 caves in Val Verde County, Tex.; 3 terra-cotta cones from Ur of the Chaldees, Iraq, bearing inscriptions that date them about 2075 B. C., given by the Bruce Hughes fund; 52 stone implements from South Africa, donated by W. C. Abbott, of Cape Town; and earthenware vessels from Panama, ivory and bone harpoon heads from St. Law- rence Island, Alaska, and Paleolithic implements from the Thames Valley, England. Skeletal material received came from Florida, California, and North Carolina, and from Kodiak Island, Alaska, collected by Dr. AleS Hrdlicka. Skeletons collected by Frank M. Setzler, though few in number, were important because of the new type and area represented. Biology.—A special feature of this year’s biological accretions was. the large number of genera and species new to the collections. Much invaluable type material also was received. Many rare species of mammals and birds from Siam and China came from Dr. Hugh M. Smith and Dr. D. C. Graham, respectively. who contributed from these countries also considerable collections of reptiles and amphib- ians, fishes, insects, mollusks, marine invertebrates, and plants. Among the forms now represented for the first time were the Saiga antelope from the Kalmuk Steppes of South Russia (of which the Museum formerly had only a skeleton), a sloth (Scacopus) and a monkey (Brachyteles) from South America, a porpoise taken on the third Hancock Galapagos expedition, 15 genera of birds, and a number of species of West Indian beetles. Other notew orthy acces- sions include: A large collection of Brazilian reptiles, amphibians, fishes, insects, and mollusks made by Dr. Doris Cochran; over 3,000 fishes comprising the private collection of Dr. G. S. Myers; 2,400 Florida fishes collected by C. R. Aschmeier; a collection of South American Homoptera made by the late Dr. F. W. Goding; a collec- tion of Oriental insects made by T. R. Gardner; the J. E. Guthrie collection of Collembola; 3,000 New England insects, mostly Ho- moptera, from P. W. Oman; a valuable series of invertebrates col- lected under the auspices of the late C. C. Nutting, of the University of Iowa; crustaceans and other forms collected by Dr. W. L. Schmitt on the third Hancock expedition to the Galapagos Islands; about 30,000 mollusks, chiefly European, from Dr. H. R. K. Agersborg; and nearly 50,000 specimens of plants from many sources, repre- senting a wide variety of localities, REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 19 Geology.—To the Canfield collection were added 174 mineral spec- imens, including a rich mass of North Carolina uraninite showing crystals and weighing over 5 pounds, obtained through the interest of Dr. H. P. Barret. Through the income of the Roebling fund 393 mineral specimens were added, of special interest being a collection of minerals from pegmatitic pockets in the granite area of Striegau, Germany, and the material resulting from Dr. W. F. Foshag’s field work in Mexico under the auspices of the fund. Many of the Museum’s friends contributed valuable mineral specimens, many of them from Mexico. Species of minerals new to the Museum include ahlfeldite, blockite, kolbeckite, and selenolite from Bolivia; aglau- rite from Czechoslovakia; igalikite, metajarlite, and naujakasite from Greenland; johannsenite from Mexico; repossite from Italy; and sahlinite from Sweden. Dr. Eugene Poitevin presented a speci- men of his new mineral ashtonite. The increase in the meteorite collection was especially notable, 25 new falls being added, bringing to 592 the total number of distinct meteoric falls now represented. About 500 rock specimens were added to the Henry S. Washington petrographic series. Accession of ores was of increased importance, several mining companies as well as individuals donating valuable samples. From the United States Geological Survey a collection of described material was received illustrating the petrology of the Louisiana and Texas cap-rocks. The outstanding gift of the year in invertebrate paleontology was the Hurlburt collection of Lower Paleozoic fossils, especially rich in rare New York Ordovician trilobites, crinoids, cystids, and moilusks. This collection was presented by Edward N. Hurlburt, of Rochester, N. Y., as a memorial to his father, who assembled it in the early days ot American paleontology. Nine gifts furnished fossils from coun- tries beyond North America, which are especially valuable for com- parative purposes. About 30,000 Devonian and other Paleozoic fossils were collected for the Museum by Dr. G. A. Cooper in Mich- igan, Ontario, and New York, and (with R. D. Mesler) about 10,000 fossus in Virginia, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Materials resulting from the field expedition to Idaho under Dr. C. L. Gazin are of first importance in vertebrate paleontology. Fos- sil remains of the extinct horse Plesippus shoshonensis formed the bulk of the collections. An excellent skeleton of the sauropod dino- saur Camarasaurus was obtained through exchange with the Car- negie Museum of Pittsburgh. Arts and industries.—The outstanding accession in aeronautics was the motorless sailplane Falcon, built in 1934 for the late Warren Eaton, which well illustrates modern progress in aerodynamic ef- ficiency. It was presented by Mrs. Genevieve J. Eaton. The May- 20 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 bach Motor Co. presented a Maybach engine, type VI-2, like that used in the Graf Zeppelin and other recent airships. Other aero- nautic material received included the magnetic compass used by Admiral Byrd in his 1926 North Pole flight, 18 excellent scale models of aircraft, and a series of aluminum alloy fittings and airship girders. In mechanical technology, models of watercraft figured in the ac- cessions, the most important being the original models of the schooner James S. Steele and the knockabout Helen B. Thomas, designed by Capt. Thomas F. McManus. The automobile collection was enhanced by the gift of William K. Vanderbilt of the cup presented to the winner of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race 30 years ago. One railroad accession was received—a model of the locomotive DeWitt Clinton and train, the first loco- motive to run in the State of New York. One hundred and eight specimens of new textile fabrics, illustrat- ing new weaves and combinations; 31 dioramas showing the history of medicine-making; and a complete Mergenthaler linotype (no. 9) were among other outstanding accessions. History.—Over 1,600 articles of historical and antiquarian import were received, many falling within the military and naval categories. The numismatic collection was increased by 186 coins and the phila- telic series by 1,314 stamps. EXPLORATIONS AND FIELD WORK Field work carried on during the year was financed mainly through grants from the invested funds of the Smithsonian Insti- tution, with some additional assistance from such outside sources as the P. W. A. and interested friends. Anthropology.—In December, Herbert W. Krieger, curator of ethnology, brought to a close the archeological work commenced last year in the Columbia River Valley. Search for new light on early Virginia tribal life was made by Mr. Krieger and H. B. Collins, Jr., in field studies made at Indian village sites along the lower Potomac River and elsewhere in the State. Frank M. Setzler, assistant curator of archeology, late in 1934, accompanied Dr. John R. Swanton in a trip by automobile through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, to seek information concerning the route traveled by Hernando De Soto in 1539 and 1540 and to examine vestiges of certain Indian vil- lages mentioned by the chroniclers of the De Soto expedition. Dr. Ales Hrdli¢ka, curator of physical anthropology, with a group of five students, continued his archeological work on Kodiak Island, Alaska, which has been in progress intermittently since 1932. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 21 Biology.—Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, curator of marine invertebrates, by invitation participated again in Capt. G. Allan Hancock’s expe- dition to the Galapagos Islands on the yacht Velero III, and brought back several thousand natural-history specimens. Dr. Doris M. Cochran, assistant curator of reptiles and am- phibians, under a grant from the Smithsonian Institution, was de- tailed to Brazil to study Brazilian amphibians. She returned early in June with many thousand specimens, including not only am- phibians and reptiles but also representing several other branches of zoology. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., curator of mammals, spent several weeks study- ing the fauna of the outlying keys of southern Florida and made extensive collections there of mammals, reptiles, and other forms. Dr. Hugh M. Smith, honorary associate curator of zoology, who for many years has represented the Museum in explorations in Siam, returned to Washington and brought with him large collections that added greatly to the Museum’s Siamese material. Dr. D. C. Graham, honorary collaborator in biology, from his headquarters at Chengtu, China, continued to send valued specimens resulting from his excursions in the Chinese province of Szechwan. Jason R. Swallen, Department of Agriculture botanist, brought to a close a successful period of exploration for grasses in Brazil during which he obtained 8,000 specimens. Another piece of field work concluded was that of Dr. Alan Mozley, working under the Walter Rathbone Bacon traveling scholarship in a study of Siberian mol- lusks. Also may be mentioned local work by members of the Mu- seum staff on a study of the biota of Maryland and Virginia: Dr. G. S. Myers and E. D. Reid studied and collected fresh-water fishes from this area; Dr. Paul Bartsch made extensive collections of mol- lusks, amphibians, and birds with reference to the District of Colum- bia fauna; and Austin H. Clark studied Virginia butterflies, visit- ing 54 counties of the State. Prof. C. E. Burt, of Southwestern College, under a grant from the Smithsonian, worked in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas collecting a series of turtles for the Museum. Geology.—C. W. Gilmore, curator of vertebrate paleontology, near the close of the year left for Montana to take charge of an expedi- tion into the Judith River (Upper Cretaceous) of that State, where a search was to be made for dinosaur material. The expedition under the direction of Dr. C. L. Gazin, assistant curator of vertebrate paleontology, at the fossil quarries near Hager- man, Idaho, was gratifyingly successful, the material acquired nearly equaling the previous combined collections from the same locality. Fossil remains of the horse Plestppus formed the bulk of the material. 22 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 Dr. W. F. Foshag, curator of mineralogy, spent 4 months in Mex- ico collecting minerals under the auspices of the Roebling fund, visiting important mining districts in the Sierra Madres of western Chihuahua and vicinity and in southern Mexico. EK. P. Henderson, assistant curator of mineralogy, investigated reports of meteorites and collected minerals in Arkansas, Kansas, and Virginia. Dr. G. A. Cooper, assistant curator of stratigraphic paleontology, with a group of Geological Survey geologists, studied the region near Phillipsburg, Quebec, and collected many fossils. He also vis- ited the lower peninsula of Michigan, to study the Devonian strata near Alpena, as well as southwestern Ontario, northwestern Ohio, and western New York. Also, with R. D. Mesler, of the Geological Survey, he collected fossils at Batesville, Ark. MISCELLANEOUS Visitors.—Visitors during the year to the various Museum build- ings totaled 1,841,306, an increase of 377,931 over the previous year. The annual attendance in the several buildings was recorded as follows: Smithsonian Building, 307,240; Arts and Industries Build- ing, 798,535; Natural History Building, 606,145; Aircraft Building, 129,886. During April 1935 there were 307,739 visitors, the largest number ever recorded for a single month. Publications—On account of the greatly curtailed allotments for printing, the publication output of the Museum was small. Only 8 papers were issued during the year, including the annual report for 1934 and 7 Proceedings papers. These are listed elsewhere in this report. Volumes and separates distributed during the year to libraries and individuals throughout the world aggregated 26,592 copies. Work was continued, under the supervision of the Museum editor, on the preparation of the index to Museum publications started last year. Special exhibits—Seventeen special exhibits were held during the year, under the auspices of various educational, scientific, and Gov- ernment agencies, including, among others, the American Forestry Association, the Potomac Rose Society, the District of Columbia Dental Society, the American Society of Photogrammetry, the Pub- lic Works Administration, and the Commission of Fine Arts. Changes in organization and staff—Dr. Edward A. Chapin, of the United States Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, was appointed on July 1, 1934, to succeed the late Dr. John M. Aldrich as curator of the division of insects. In the division of REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 23 mollusks, Dr.. Joseph P. KE. Morrison was appointed senior scientific aid on August 2. A realignment of work in the division of graphic arts resulted in the permanent appointment on May 20, 1935, of C. Allen Sherwin as scientific aid. Miss Mary EK. Dillingham was appointed junior scientific aid in the division of textiles on October 15, 1934. Three Museum employees were transferred from the active to the retired list, as follows: Philip N. Wisner, assistant clerk, on No- vember 380, 1934, through disability; Mrs. Amelia Turner, under pho- . tographer, on June 30, 1935, through section 8 (a) of the Economy Act; and Mrs. Rachel Turner, charwoman, on August 31, 1934, through age. Necrology—The Museum lost through death 2 of its honorary staff members and 7 of its active workers, as follows: Dr. Albert Mann, honorary custodian of diatoms since January 8, 1913, who died on February 1, 1935; Dr. David White, honorary associate cura- tor of paleobotany since May 23, 1905, who died February 7, 1935; Peter Hanson, machinist, who died on March 6, 1985; Frank W. Mullen, electrician’s helper, on February 18, 1935; Michael Colohan, John J. Gallagher, and Harrison M. Kinnison, guards, on July 11, 1934, December 9, 1934, and June 4, 1935, respectively; Mrs. Marie Ellis, charwoman, on March 29, 1935; and Mrs. Lula Bryant, attend- ant, on April 16, 1935, Respectfully submitted. ALEXANDER WETMORE, Assistant Secretary. Dr. Cuartes G. ABBOT, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. APPENDIX 2 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the activ- ities of the National Gallery of Art for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1935: In the past 12 months several events have taken place which may have a bearing on the future of the National Gallery of Art, and so it will be of interest to record them here. The press has reported that the Mellon Foundation may locate in Washington a gallery of art to house the Mellon collection of paint- ings as well as other masterpieces. The details of the foundation and its relation to the National Gallery of Art have not been definitely decided. Senator David I. Walsh, of Massachusetts, introduced into the Senate a bill which may lead to the formation of a National Portrait Gallery under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution. Representative William I, Sirovich, of New York, Chairman of the Committee on Patents, held extensive hearings on House Joint Reso- lution No. 220, which relates to the proposed formation of a new Government department to be called the “ Department of Science, Art, and Literature.” The Government has placed artists in the Citizens Conservation Corps camps to record their activities. It has also awarded many contracts for the decoration of Government buildings throughout the United States. These events show that there is a widespread interest in art in our country and raise the hope that the Government will sooner or later provide a building where the works of art in its possession can be properly shown. Collectors as a rule want their treasures in some permanent museum, and would be attracted by the high standing of a national gallery comparable to those of the European countries. Sel- dom are collectors able to do as did Mr. Freer—furnish the material, the building, and also the money for its upkeep, so that the Freer Gallery is an almost independent unit under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution. Many collectors, when they shall see a proper building for the National Gallery of Art, and the material in it properly cared for, will feel that they have found the most suitable 24 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 25 place to give their collections. But without a building, with no room to expand, our collections must stand still. APPROPRIATIONS For the administration of the National Gallery of Art by the Smithsonian Institution, including compensation of necessary em- ployees, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, traveling ee: uniforms for guards, and necessary incidental expenses, 82,768 was appropriated. THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART COMMISSION The fourteenth annual meeting of the National Gallery of Art Commission was held at the Smithsonian Institution on December 11, 1934. The members present were: Dr. Charles G. Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who is ex-officio member and also the secretary of the Commission; Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., vice chairman; Herbert Adams; Gifford Beal; Charles L. Borie, Jr.; James E. Fraser; Frederick P. Keppel; John E. Lodge; George B. McClellan; Charles Moore; Edmund C. Tarbell; and Mahonri M. Young. Ruel P. Tolman, curator of the division of graphic arts in the United States National Museum and acting director of the National Gallery of Art, was also present. The Commission recommended to the Board of Regents the re- election for the succeeding term of 4 years of the following members: Herbert Adams, Gifford Beal, and Charles Moore. The following officers were re-elected for the ensuing year: Joseph H. Gest, chairman; Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., vice chairman; and Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary; as well as the members of the executive committee: Charles Moore, Herbert Adams, and George B. McClellan. Joseph H. Gest, as chairman of the Commission, and Dr. Charles G. Abbot, as secretary of the Commission, are ex-officio niembers. The following resolution was adopted as an expression of the Com- mission’s general policy in connection with gifts or bequests offered with certain undesirable restrictions: Resolved, That it is the recommendation of the National Gallery of Art Commission that the Smithsonian Institution do not in general accept for the National Gallery of Art gifts or bequests of miscellaneous collections of objects of art when a condition is attached thereto that the objects must be exhibited in perpetuity. [Joseph H. Gest, chairman of the National Gallery of Art Commis- sion, died on June 26, 1935, at Cincinnati, Ohio. | 26 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 ART WORKS RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR Accessions of art works by the Smithsonian Institution are as follows: Two portraits by George Peter Alexander Healy (1808-1894), of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, 1866, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution in 1871 and 1878; and of Mrs. William Tecumseh Sher- man (Ellen Boyle Ewing Sherman), 1868. Presented by their son, P. Tecumseh Sherman, of New York, N. Y. (Accepted for the National Portrait Gallery.) Two portraits by Jean Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845-1902), of the Honorable John B. Henderson, Regent of the Institution from 1892-1911, and of Mrs. Henderson (Mary Newton Foote Hen- derson). Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary F. Henderson through Dr. Charles Moore. Three paintings by Georg Ernst Fischer (1815-1874): “Amer- ican Country Life, about 1860”, “Cupids”, “Gratitude”, and a plaque of Francis Davis Millet (1846-1912) at the age of 32, dated Paris, March 1879, by Augustus Saint Gaudens. Gift of Ernst G. Fischer, of Washington, D. C. Portrait of His Majesty King George V of Great Britain, by Frank O. Salisbury. Presented to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the American Nation by the artist in commemoration of the valiant service rendered by the Republic of the United States of America and the British Empire in behalf of justice and peace. May 6, 1935. Jubilee Year. Accepted by President Roosevelt at special presentation exercises, July 11, 1935, at the White House. A peachblow vase, product of the K’Ang-hsi period, presented to the Government of the United States for the National Museum by the Imperial Chinese Government in 1908, was transferred by the Museum to the National Gallery of Art. THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND Two Early American miniatures were acquired from the fund established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden Myer— a fund for the purchase of first-class works of art for the use and benefit of the National Gallery of Art, as follows: “ Portrait of Jane Stone ”, by Benjamin Trott (about 1770-1839) ; from Miss Marion Lane, of Washington, D. C. “ Portrait of Judge Thomas Waties ” (born in Georgetown, S. C., in 1760), by Charles Fraser (1782-1860); from Miss Marie R. Waties, of Washington, D. C. (A loan from Miss Waties during the last fiscal year.) REPORT OF THE SECRETARY DAT LOANS ACCEPTED BY THE GALLERY Portraits by Henry Inman (1801-1846) of Col. Robert Charles Wetmore and of his wife, Adeline Geer Wetmore, bequeathed to the United States National Museum by Florence Adele Wetmore, late of New London, Conn. Lent by the United States National Museum. A pair of Meissen vases, 2314 inches high. Lent by Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Patten, of Du Bois, Pa. Three neil bronzes Ie A. L. Barye (1796-1875), as follows: “Panther Surprising Civet Cat”, “Stork on Tortoise”, and “ Seated Hare.” Lent by Leonard C. Gunnell, of the Smithsonian Institution, Two pastel portraits in profile by James Sharples (about 1751- 1811), of Gen. George Washington and of Martha Washington. These were the property of Washington and hung originally in Mount Vernon. Lent by Mrs. Robert E. Lee, of Washington, D. C., Dr. George Bolling Lee, of New York, N. Y., Mrs. Hanson E. Ely, Jr., of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. William Hunter de Butts, of Upperville, Va. Bronze group by Herbert Haseltine, 1920, entitled “Field Artil- lery.” Lent by the Honorable Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D. C. An oil painting (one side of a diptych) by Gabrielle DeV. Clem- ents, entitled “An Angel.” Lent by the artist, and withdrawn by her before the close of the year. A collection of 8 miniatures, 2 silver snuff boxes, a watch, a mourning ring, and a portrait ring. “The Theodosia Lawrence Barnard Talcott Collection”, lent by Miss Lucia B. Hollerith, of Washington, D. C. Six miniatures of the Shippen family as follows: Rebecca Lloyd (1785 or 1787), attributed to Richard Cosway (1740-1821); Jane Gray Wall, by John Francis Burrell, London (about 1800); Ann Hume Shippen, attributed to Benjamin Trott (about 1770-1839) ; Mrs. Thomas Lee Shippen, signed Bridport; Thomas Lee Shippen, by James Peale—signed I. P. and dated 1793; William Shippen, by James Peale—signed I. P. and dated 1794. Then by Dr. Lloyd P. Shippen, of Washington, D. C. GALLERY LOANS RETURNED The “ Portrait of Mrs. Price”, by William Hogarth, lent to the Art Institute of Chicago for “A Century of Progress Loan Exhibition of Fine Arts”, from June 1 to October 31, 1984, was returned to the gallery on orveel an 9, 1934. Sixteen bound volumes: c Random Records of a Lifetime Devoted to Science and Art, 1846-1932”, by W. H. Holmes, consisting of 28 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 letters, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, and sketches, compiled and presented to the National Gallery library by Dr. Holmes, but retained by him for additions when he retired from Government service, were returned by his family during the year. LOANS BY THE GALLERY TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS Five paintings by contemporary American artists, from the Wil- liam T. Evans collection, were lent to the M. H. de Young Me- morial Museum of San Francisco, Calif., for an important exhibi- tion of American paintings from the eighteenth century to the pres- ent day, held from June 7 to July 7, 1935, as follows: “ Moonrise ”, by Ralph Albert Blakelock; “September Afternoon”, by George Inness; “ High Chiff, Coast of Maine”, by Winslow Homer; “ Moon- light ”, by Albert Pinkham Ryder; and “ Caresse Enfantine ”, by Mary Cassatt. (These paintings have been returned to the National Gallery.) Five portraits were lent to the Public Library of the District of Columbia for exhibition in the central library from June 18, 1985, for 6 months, as follows: “John Tyler”, by G. P. A. Healy; “A Lady”, by Gilbert Stuart; “Col. Robert Charles Wetmore”, by Henry Inman; “Andrew Jackson ”, by Rembrandt Peale; and “ Com- modore Stephen Decatur ”, by Gilbert Stuart. WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS Seven pieces of Early English, Irish, and American silver, re- ceived as a loan on June 23, 1934, from Mrs. George Morris, Wash- ington, D. C., were withdrawn by the owner on October 10, 1934. The portrait of Thomas Amory, by Gilbert Stuart, formerly the property of Mrs. O. H. Ernst, was delivered at Mrs. Ernst’s direction on November 6, 1934, to her daughter, Mrs. William Grinnell, of New York, N. Y., the present owner. SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS Seven exhibitions were held in the foyer of the Natural History Building of the United States National Museum, as follows: July 6 to August 31, 1934.—Water colors and black-and-white drawings (114) by Clayton Knight, made during a 20,000-mile jour- ney by air over South America, the West Indies, and Central Amer- ica. Cards were issued by the Gallery, and a seven-page catalog furnished by the exhibitor. January 10 to 31, 1935—Water-color studies (30) of Mexico and Massachusetts, made during the summers of 1934 and 1933, by Alex- ander Trowbridge. Cards were issued by the Gallery, and a folder- catalog supplied by the exhibitor. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 29 January 10 to 31, 1935.—Oil paintings (56) by Emil Jacques, in- structor in the art department of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Cards were issued by the Gallery and folder-catalogs sup- plied by the.exhibitor. February 14 to March 15, 1935.—¥orty lithographs of Boulder Dam by William Woollett, architect. No catalogs were provided, each specimen being plainly labeled. April 4 to 30, 1935.—Oil paintings and water colors by the Misses Elena and Bertha de Hellebranth, exhibited under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Hungary, John Pelenyi. Cards were issued by the Gallery and folder-catalogs furnished by the exhibitors. May 2 to 31, 1935—Exhibition of pastel studies (65) of Egyptian peasant types, by Howard Fremont Stratton, under the patronage of His Excellency Ibrahim Ratib Bey, E. E. and M. P. of His Majesty the King of Egypt, and others. Cards were issued by the Gallery, but no catalogs were furnished, each specimen being plainly labeled. June 4 to 20, 1935.—Oi1 paintings, water colors, and drawings by artists enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps camps were shown under the direction of the Director of Emergency Conservation Work and members of his Advisory Council. THE NATIONAL GALLERY REFERENGE LIBRARY The library now comprises over 4,500 publications, accessions for the year amounting to 568, acquired by gift, exchange, and purchase. Books totaling 773, in addition to 1,162 parts of publications, were transferred from the section of administration of the United States National Museum to form part of the National Gallery Library when cataloged. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES The acting director visited various museums throughout the coun- try for the purpose of studying their collections as follows: A visit was made (July 27 to Aug. 24, 1934) to Philadelphia, Princeton, Newark, and to practically all the public art collections in New England, from New Haven, Conn., to Brunswick, Maine, to Burlington, Vt., and down the Connecticut Valley back to New Haven, A special exhibition of 50 paintings by Frans Hals was visited at the Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Mich., in February 1935. The opportunity was taken to visit and study the exhibition of miniatures, the product of the leading painters of the eighteenth and 24001—35——-3 30 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 nineteenth centuries, shown at the Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, Charleston, S. C., February and March 1935. Glass, and the making of glass, at the Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y., were studied in June 19385, in connection with the work of John Northwood, of which the National Gallery has a fine example in the John Gellatly Collection. PUBLICATIONS TotMAN, R. P. Report on the National Gallery of Art for the year ending June 30, 1934. Appendix 2, Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1934, pp. 23-28. The technique of Charles Fraser, miniaturist. Part I. Antiques, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 19-21, 11 ills., Jan. 1985. Part II. Antiques, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 60-62, 12 ills., Feb. 1935. Loven, J. E. Report on the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ending June 30, 1934. Appendix 3, Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1934, pp. 29-382. CATALOG: Water colors and black and white drawings by Clayton Knight. Made during a 20,000-mile journey by air over South America, the West Indies, and Central America. July 6-Aug. 31, 1934. National Gallery of Art, Smith- sonian Institution, Washington, D. C., 7 pp. Privately printed. CaTALoc: Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, Washington. HEx- hibition of oil paintings by Emil Jacques. From Thursday, January 10 until Thursday, January 31, inclusive, 1935. 4-page leaflet, privately printed. CATALOG: Water Color Studies of Mexico and Massachusetts made during the summers of 1934 and 1933 by Alexander Trowbridge. January 10 to January 31, inclusive, 1935. National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Wash- ington, D. C. Leaflet of 3 pp. Privately printed. CaTALoc: Exhibition of Paintings by Bertha de Hellebranth and Elena de Helle- branth. Sponsored by His Excellency John Pelényi, the Minister of Hungary, at the United States National Museum, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., April 4-30, 1935. 3-page leaflet, privately printed. Respectfully submitted. R. P. Totman, Acting Director. Dr. C. G. Apzor, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. APPENDIX 3 REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART Str: I have the honor to submit the fifteenth annual report on the Freer Gallery of Art, for the year ended June 30, 1935: THE COLLECTIONS Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows: BRONZE 35.12. Chinese, Chou period. A ceremonial covered vessel of the type chia, with four legs and three handles. The surface is decorated with designs in delicate low relief; a bird finial on the cover. Green patina. Inscription inside. Height, 0.407 over all. (Illustrated.) 35.6. Chinese, T‘ang period. A miniature mirror with scalloped edge, its back inlaid with sheet gold having concentric designs of running animals, 6-petaled rosettes, and a scroll pattern executed, respectively, in high, medium, and low relief. Diameter, 0.055. 35.13. Chinese, Han or earlier. A mirror, with a glossy mottled black and gray patina and malachite encrustations. Decoration: A landscape with groups of people and animals in sharply cut low relief repeated four times; ornamented knob. Diameter, 0.184. (Ilustrated.) 35.14. Chinese, Han or earlier. A mirror (one repair) with a glossy black patina and patches of azure. Decoration: A scroll pattern in sharply cut relief on a bed of fret work. Diameter, 0.233. (llustrated.) CERAMICS 34.22. Chinese, T‘ang dynasty. Mortuary pottery: A long-necked flask; the belly decorated with an incised design of lotus flowers and foliage, the whole glazed with green, yellow, and cream color; the surface now largely iridescent. 0.252 by 0.136. 35.3. Chinese, Sung dynasty. Lwung-ch‘iian yao: A tea bowl, covered with a lustrous celadon glaze. 0.052 by 0.188. 35.4. Chinese, Sung dynasty. Kwan yao: A round covered box with a celadon glaze of brilliant luster. Decoration: A floral design in relief under the glaze. 0.028 by 0.093. 35.5. Chinese, Ming dynasty. A pottery bowl glazed in brilliant blue; deco- rated with incised line drawing under the glaze. Mark, Chéng Té (1506-1521). 0.056 by 0.117. GLASS 35.15-35.16. Syrian (Christian), late fourth century. A pair of altar cruets, each one 6-sided with trefoil lip and hollow handle. Dark brown, translucent blown glass with areas of partial disintegra- tion appearing in cream-colored flecking and brilliant iridescence. Decoration: Early Christian symbols in counter-sunk relief. 0.162 by 0.094; 0.157 by 0.101. 31 32 ANNUAL REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1935 JADE 35.7. Chinese, Chou period. A badge of rank of the type kuei. Color: Deep cream and soft light brown, with a few streaks of darker brown. 0.175 by 0.040 by 0.012. MANUSCRIPTS 34.24-34.28, Arabic (North Africa), twelfth century. Bound volume of a por- tion of the Qur‘dn; parchment. Written in maghribi script in dark brown ink; orthographical signs in red, blue, and yellow; illuminated lectionary marks. Four pages illuminated in gold (34.25-34.28). 0.165 by 0.115. 35.18. Persian, sixteenth century (A. D. 1546). Bound book; Gay u-Chawgan (The Ball and the Polo-mallet) by Arifi of Herat; calligrapher, Shah Mahmud Nishaptri. Text in nasta‘liq script. Two illustrations (see below under Paintings: 35.19, 35.20). PAINTINGS 35.8. Chinese, Sung period. Women bathing and dressing children: An album picture. Painted in full color on a fan-shaped piece of silk; 10 seals on the painting. 0.227 by 0.244. (Illustrated.) 35.9. Chinese, Sung period. Two women with attendants: An album picture. Painted in full color on a fan-shaped piece of silk; 11 seals on the painting. 0.227 by 0.244. (Illustrated.) 35.10. Chinese, twelfth—thirteenth century. Sung period. By Yen T2‘i-yii. Landscape: An album picture. Painted in ink and tint on silk. Signature and 10 seals on the painting. 0.253 by 0.258. (Illustrated. ) 35.11. Chinese, tenth-eleventh century. Sung period. Tun-huang_ type. Ksitigarbha (Ti-tsang) and one of the Ten Kings of Hell. In the lower register, Vajrasattva and a donor. Painted in full color on silk. 1.064 by 0.582. (Illustrated.) 35.17. Chinese, Sung period. By Mi Yu-jén (1086-1165). “ Wooded hills and autumn mists.” Painted in ink monochrome. Title, signature, and 14 seals on the painting. Paper makimono, 0.23 by 2.319. 35.2. Indian, A. D. 1600, or earlier. RaAjput, Rajasthani. Krisna and Radha. Painted on paper in solid colors and slight gold. 0.205 by 0.157. (Illustrated. ) 39.19-25.20. Persian, sixteenth century (A. D. 1546). Safawid period. Two illustrations from the manuscript book of Giy u-Chawgan (35.18; see above). Painted in colors and gold on paper: (a) A polo game, 0.194 by 0.1238. (Tllustrated.) (b) Scene in a polo field, 0.195 by 0.128. (Illustrated.) SILVER 34.23. Persian, fourth century. Sasanian period. A memorial plate, deco- rated with the figure of Sapor II (A. D. 309-880) on horseback hunt- ing wild boar, executed in applied hollow relief, gilded. Diameter, 0.24. (Illustrated.) WOOD-CARVING 35.1. Arabic (Persia), late eleventh century. Seldjuk period. One leaf of a double door (repaired; four patches). Decoration consisting of in- scriptions in ornamented kifie script, cut in counter-sunk relief to a depth of 0.019. 1.440 by 0.483 by 0.05. (Illustrated. ) Secretary's Report 1935.—Appendix 3 PLATE 1 SOME RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTION OF THE FREER GALLERY OF ART. Secretary's Report 1935.—Appendix 3 : fee. RL AE 2 35.12 SOME RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTION OF THE FREER GALLERY OF ART. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY oo Curatorial work within the collection has been devoted to the study of Chinese, Japanese, Armenian, Arabic, and Persian objects, and of the texts and seals associated with them, including those newly acquired ; also to the examination of objects submitted to the curator by other institutions or by private owners for an opinion as to their identity, their meaning, or their historic or esthetic value.