The Washington times., 1903-02-06
Publication Giving Details Of
Organization, Action Of
Officers, and Suggestions
of Advisory Boards.
AlIotments Made for This
Year, But List Withheld
Because All BenefiCiaries
May Not Accept FaVors.

ton Is about 10 HuBlSn . koillut OF vtp /
pages containing minute particulars Of /
the organization, the action of the trus-
tees. Of the executive committee, and |
suggestions received from many advisory /
boards. This is the statement made by
DR.. Daniel C.. Gilman in the 'Independ- !
emit
The developments of the past year are |
thus set forth by The president
Advisory committees have been ap- /
pointed to act as preliminary counseloTs /
respecting the needs Of the various de /
partments of science. and members of /
the executive committee went to Europe /
TO study kindred formations in the Old
World. All papers were submitted 10 the /
first annual meeting of the trustees in
Washington las November. The appro- /
priatfons Of the board were restricted to
$500 600 for researches: $40, 600 for pub
LEGATION: SlO0, coo for a reserve fund, and
SO. 900 for administrative purposes in the
coming year
Allotments for I9o2-o3 Withheld.
~AIIotments for IsO2-O3 have been
made, but the list is withheld because it /
is not certain that they VIII be accepted
BY the persons favored In certain cases
conditions are attached, and these require
correspondence ana possibly adjustment
Moreover, such statement would not
make a fair presentation Of the scope of
the Carnegie Institution, but would only
indicate beginning in certain directions
No objections are made if any one Of the
persons receiving a grant Is disposed 10
make il public that he Is working with an
allowance from the Carnegie Institution;
and. in fact. many such announcements
have reached the public through the daily
press.
of these grants I viii give some IL
Illustrations. Two projects relating TO
natural history have received encouT-
agement. One Of these is the Marine Bio
logical Laboratory at Woods Hole, an
important establishment for the study
of marine zoology, which has long been
maintained by private subscription and
the dues received from students, quite
independent Of the Government IatoTa-
tory at the same seaboard sta. On.
without assuming any responsibility for
The methods employed or the teachers
engaged in the laboratory, the Carnegie
Institution will in the coming year, as
it did in 1902, make a liberal appropria-
ton for the carrying on Of work which
is regarded as Of fundamental impor-
lance in the promotion OF biological
studies in this country.
Vegetation IN the Desert.
Another example takes Us from the
ocean to the island desert. The botan-
the economists. have long been DESTROYS
Of making certain Investigations in re
spect 10 the influence OF environment
upon vegetation, and especially with re-
gard TO the methods by which plants
perform their functions under the eE-
tTaoTdinary conditions existing in des-
erts. Comparatively little. said the DO
tanIcal advisers. is known about the
peculiar fundamental processes OF
plant growth under the unusual condi-
lions surrounding plant life in the arid
regions Of this country TIE necessary
inquiries are Of so general a character
so expensive and so difficult that NJ
agricultural experiment station has as yet
undertaken them and there is no pros.
pect that any station viii do so. When
however. the processes Of plant growtt
III our deserts have been thoroughly in
vestigated and are well understood, the
botanists Of the agricultural experiment
stations in the arid States viii be in q
position TO make a practical applica-
ton of This knowledge 10 the special
agricultural crops of the region.
Study Of the Labor Movement.
"A third illustration viii be taken
from a totally different department oil
knowledge It was represented TO the
Carnegie Institution that there is an
immense field Of promising study sug-
gested by the economic and legislative
experience OF the United States A vast
number of facts have been accumulated
but the Government officers have not
been in a position 10 treat these facts
with the freedom demanded by science
Accordingly. the Carnegie Institution
has made a generous appropriation. anc
placed IL under most competent guild
anee. for the study OF the labor move.
menr industrial development. taxation
finance, and the regulation Of corpora.
tiOas, and also the social legislation o.
the several States. which viii be ax.
zmined with reference to it's results.
Prom these three illustrations som,
impression can be formed regarding III,
larger projects which have thus far beer
considered. Many small sums have beer
granted TO individual workers The,
are devoted 10 astronomers. chemists
engineers, explorers. biologists. his
uoTiaHs. maJhematiciaus. physicists
psychologists, and psychologists
with respect 10 publication, if is IN,
purpose Of the Carnegie Institution [,
aid in printing memoirs which are 0
great Importance 20 the world bu
which appeal 20 such q limited nuube
OF students that their publication can
not be secured by the ordinary agencies
Take, for example the highest bTaucbe
Of astronomical mathematics Arrange
ments are IN progress for The collection
and printing Of the mathematical worl
OF an eminent American astronomer
Mr. George w Hill II may BE- in sew