The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-07
TIME CARNEGIE INSTITUTION
THE INSTITUTION FOUNDED BY
 ANDREW CARNEGIE,
With e Ten Million Dollar EndOw-
 ment.

The Carnegie Institution or NaSnlng- ton is now in the middle of the. second year of it's operations. During the year large body of co-operators in different parts of the country have been enlisted, and when the trustees assemble. in the month of December full reports will be laid before them regarding the various undertakings which have been promo ted by the income of the fund.
 The nature of this foundation differs completely from universities. colleges and learned societies. In some respects it nearly resembles the Smithsonian In stitution of Washington and the Royal Institution of Great Britain, but it diff fers essentially from them. It has no great museums like the Smithsonian, no important laboratories like the institu- tion in London. It is without faculty and without students in the ordinary use of those words.
 MT. Carnegie made his munificent gift for the advancement of knowledge, and not for the instruction of youth, except under extraordinary circumstances. Accordingly, diligent, varied and wide
 spread inquiries have been made with respect to those lines of investigation i that are most promising, and moderate ] allowances have been made in a great many different directions, among them, 1 in astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geology and econom- 1 ics. .-...
 There is one feature in the work of the i ipI, iS Nf XtiHa- spread importance, and that is the selec- ton of five and twenty research assis- tants,' to each of whom is given sum
 of one thousand dollars of twelve hum
 dred dollars. These research assist
 ants'' are, for the most part, young per- sons who have already been well trained
 and are prepared to prosecute definite | lines of investigation under the guid- ance of older, highly qualified leaders.
 These men are not allowed to be ''assis-
 tants," in the ordinary use of that word,
 to the heads of laboratories and obser- vatories, nor are they permitted to en-
 gage in instruction; they are indepen-
 dent attaches, who have shown ability l and are eager to go forward, if encour- aged, in we'll defined lines of scientific i research. Notice of these opportunities
 was sent out last spring to universities and colleges, and nominations were re- tceived from every part of the country. i These nominations were referred to spe- cialists, whose recommendations were afterward brought before the executive committee. and the five and twenty who appeared to be on the whole most prom l ising were appointed and set to work. l Their development will be watched with
 the greatest interest by all who are in- iterested in the development of youth in scientific researches. These research
 assistantships may be regarded as a
 kind of advanced fellowships, bestowed
 on select company who are sufficiently
 forward to give promise of higher
 achievements. ..s., .,.. ..sS.. .s. Another important part of the work of I the Carnegie Institution is the publica- tion of memoirs so abstruse or so costly
 that they cannot readily appear else-
 where. As a beginning, the fundamen- ltal science of mathematics received special recognition in conclusion that
 the mathematical papers of an eminent
 American astronomer Dr. George w.
 Hill, should be collected and given to 1the world. These writings will proba- | ply occupy three volumes quarto; they are already going through the press and
 before long, other publications will fol- l low.
 l Thus far no Appropriations have been
 made for the establishment of laborato-
 ries, or even for the support of those
 (which are now in, existence, with very flew exceptions. A considerable allow ance was made to the marine biological lstation at Woods Hole, and two tables lwere also taken in the Naples L.aborato- Try under Professor Dohrn. To these ex- iceptions may be added the beginning of Ia botanical experiment station in an arid region of the west.
 l By the cooperation of the United
 States Geological Survey, competent ge- l Iologists have been sent to the east of China in order that comparisons may be instituted with regard to the formation Iupon the east coast of northern Asia | with those upon the northwestern part lof our own territory. Another party has been engaged in studying the great sand deposits beyond the Caspian and EAral seas. A competent scholar has Ibeen charged with the duty of inquiring Unto archaeological researches now in progress in Crete, in Asia Minor, in I Greece and other parts of the LIevant, and he will recommend in due time to Ithe trustees such course of procedure las seems to him worth while in this in- lteresting domain.
 l Through the cooperation of the Uni lted States Labor Bureau and the Amer ican Economic association certain im- Iportant economic studies have been taken up, and several of the foremost
 scholars of the country have agreed to
 eo-operate in the solution of problems
 pertaining to the financial, social and
 economical conditions of the United | States.
 l For the study of American archives, a
 bureau is about to be opened in Wash ington and placed in the charge of a 1 highly qualified historian. Two or