Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-08
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING IN
SESSION TODAY.
Founder Was Present and Many Large
Projects Were Discussed-Will
Dine Tonight.

The second annual meeting of the trustees
of Carnegie Institution was held in this
city today. There were two sessions, and
a dinner Is to follow this evening. Andrew
Carnegie. who set aside the fund for the
Institution, was present, as was also Alex
ander AgassiZ Of Cambridge Mass, the
president of the National Academy Of Sci
ences. Secretary of War Root abserted
himself from the session of the cabinet to
attend the Carnegie meeting. and the other
trustees present We're: DR.. John Billings
burg. Dr. Daniel c. Gilman, ex-president of
Johns Hopkins University; ex-Secretary Of
the Treasury Lyman j. Gage, Henry L..
Higg1nson of Cambridge, Mass. Charles L.
Lindsay of New York, ex-Attorney General
Wayne McVeagh. DR. 8. Weir Mitchell Of
Philadelphia, Judge William w. Morrow of
San Francisco. DR.. Charles F. Walcott. d.
rector of the geological survey, and Carroll
ID. Wright, commissioner of labor.
Deaths Of Members.
Resolutions on the death Of two members
of the board. ex-Mayor A. s. Hewitt of New
York and w. E. Dodge were adopted Mr..
Hewitt was the chairman of the board, and
that office being vacant, DR.. Billings pre-
sided. The report submitted on the pro-
ceedings of the past year was supplemented
by explanatory statements by Dr. Gilman,
the president of the institution and by DR.
Walcott the secretary. Mr.. Carnegie made
a brief address, in which he commended
the work already done and talked generally
OF the aim of the institution to give a liberal
encouragement, in cooperation with other
institutions, to investga ton. research and
discovery, to provide buildings, laboratories,
books and apparatus and afford advanced
instruction to qualified students.
The report on the years operations show
ed siXty-siX grants made by the executive
committee for scientific research. involving
an aggregate of slJO.OUO, and recipients rep
resenting every part Of the United States
and the smaller colleges we'll as the
larger universities. observatories and lab
oratories. Twenty-Five research assistants
were appointed. The morning session Was
devoted mostly to discussion Of several
large projects, which were stated to be
worthy Of liberal support. They included:
Solar observatory. southern observatory, es-
adjustment of a geophysical laboratory,
trans-C Caspian exploration and archaeolog-
1cai excavation. exploration in the South
Pacific ocean. establishment of biological
experiment laboratories and international
magnetic researches. AS the amount re-
quired for all these would far exceed the
resources. a careful selection was neceS-
sary. No conclusions were announced on
the suggestions made. and the subjects Will
mittee.
Many Grants Made.
1t was announced that arrangements have
peeH mace TOT the early puDllcatlon OF
eleven scientific papers. most of them
elaborate and costly volumes. Among the
minor grants which the executive commit
tee reported making during the year were
the following: For the encouragement Of
biological researches al Woods Hole, Mass,
with the proviso that the Carnegie Insti-
tuition might appoint twenty occupants of
tables in the Marine Biological Laboratory;
a small sum to DR.. Dohrns laboratory at
Naples.
Establishment of desert botanical lab
oratory in Arizona, after careful study
of the problem. in order to investigate the
adaptation of plant life to arid conditions.
For Investigations respecting nutrition. by
Conn, and by further grant for study
of the work now in progress in this field at
home and abroad
For important astronomical researches in
several of the great Observatories liar
ward, Yerkss. Lick. Dupey. etc., many gem
erous grants.
For the re-establishment of the Index
Medicus, a publication In which the prog
ress of medical science throughout the
world is recorded.
For preliminary inquiry respecting the
archaeological and Photographed aspects
of the region beyond the Caspian sea- which
may throw light on certain historical and
geological problems.
For the establishment OF bureau OF
American history in Washington. by which
historians everywhere may be aided.
For a comparison to be made between the
geological features in eastern Asia and
western America.
For study Of the economic conditions
of the United States with reference to a
history of the progress in transportation,
commerce. manufactures. banking. &C.