New-York tribune., 1903-01-25
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION WORK.
Allotment of Funds for This Year Made
Sum of 100000 To Be Used.


Washington, Jan. 24.-The executive commit
tee Of the Carnegie Institution held meeting
here to-day at which the principal features were
the allotment of appropriations to encourage
work in certain branches of science and dis
cussion Of the policy of uraging exceptional
talent by the appointment OF number Of re-
search assistants at fixed salaries. All the men,
bers of the committee were present except Sec
retary Root.
Another meeting will be held here in the
middle of February. The grants decided on to-
day were not made public. in accordance with
the fixed policy to leave the publication OF such
matters to the grantees. None of them. how
ever. of unusual interest. and none involved
large amounts 1t was announced that the total
grants so far made by the institution aggregate
$500, 900, which is the sum allotted by the trus-
tees for this purpose in the year 1903. The re-
search assistants have not yet been selected
The purpose of this work is to discover and de-
velop under competent scrutiny and under IA
yorable conditions, such persons as have un-
u5ual ability, and work of a Lore advanced and
special character is expected # all who receive
these appointments.
The positions will not be those commonly
known as fellowships scholarships. nor is it
intended to contribute to the payment OF me-
chancaI helpers or of assistants in the work
of instruction. 1t also is not intended to pro-
vide means for student to complete his courses
of study nor to assist in the preparation of dis
sertations for academic degrees. The annual
emolument of these will vary according to
circumstances not exceeding $1,000 as rule
Appointments will be for one year at first, but
may be continued, and no limitations are pre-
scribed to age, sex, nationality. graduation
or residence. These appointees to work
under the supervision of investigator known
to the authorities of the Carnegie Institution. TO
be engaged in important field of scientific re-
search, and in a place easy of access to Ii
braries and apparatus.
The yearbook of the Carnegie Institution,
which will be published shortly, makes an an
nouncement of the grants made heretofore.
Among other things the institution allotted
$4,000 to the Marine Biological Laboratory,
Woods Hole, Mass for general support, $1,000
to Dr. Nick Cattell, Columbia University, New
York for preparing list of the scientific men
of the United States and 81, 900 to DR.. Hideyo
Noguchi and Professor Simon Flex1eT, of Phila-
delphia for continuation of their studies on the
Pathological actions OF snake venom and allied
poisons.
The scope of the other appropriations is shown
by the following grants that have been made
to the several departments Of science As
tronomy, S21 900; photography. $4,000; botany,
S1l 700; chemistry $1,000; economics. $4,000;
engineering 81, 500 exploration, $1,000; geology.
S12 900; geophysics, $500; history $4,000; in
vestigation of project for Southern. and solar
y,
physical and geophysical Laboratories, 5000;
investigation of natural history projects. So.OOO
marine biological research, S125OO; paleontology
81 800; physics, $4,000 physiology, 5000; psy-
chology, 81, 900; publications, 5000; research
assistants, S25 900: student research work in
Washington S1O,OO0 zoology, $4,000.
Ex-Fresident Gilman of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity in a signed summary of the yearbook
says:
The methods of administration of the Car
uegie Institution thus far developed are general
rather than specific.
Efforts have been and will be made to secure
cooperation with other agencies esta blished for
the advancement of knowledge, while care will
be exercised to refrain from interference or RI
yalry with them. For example, if medical re-
search is provided for by other agencies, as it
appears to be, the Carnegie Institution will not
enter that field. Systematic education will not
be undertaken Sites or buildings for other in
stitutions will not be provided
Specific grants have been and Will be made
for definite purposes to individual investigators
Young or old, of marked ability, and for as
sistance books, instruments, apparatus and ma
terials 1t is understood that such purchases
are the property of the Carnegie Institution and
subject to it's control. The persons thus aided
will he expected to report the methods fol-
lowed and the results obtained
Appropriations will be made for publication,
especially for the printing of papers of acknowl-
edged Importance abstruse, so extended, or so
Costly that without the aid OF this fund they
may not see the light
With respect TO certain large undertakings
involving much expense, which have been or
NAV be suggested, careful preliminary inquiries
have been and will be made