Arizona republican., 1904-01-07
THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION.
Worlds UnoraIified Admiration and
 Applause Due to the Founder

The Carnegie Institution at Wash ington is undoubtedly the chief bene- faction of Mr. Andrew Carneg.e, his greatest gift tc. his fellow men. The year book. a summary of the contents of which was printed in the Times of yesterday, gives the public more defi- rite and comprehensive knowledge than it has hitherto possessed of the aims and achievements of the institution Mr. Carnegie's gift of S10G00,0 900 con stitutss an endowment of research. It is not an institution for teaching. but an institution for inquiry, for eXp.oTa- tion and discovery in the arts, the scl- enceS, and in those branches of investi- 9aticn which add 10 the stock of hu- man knowledge. Funds are liberally provided from the sums annually de- voted to such purposes for research Tn any field or upon any subject as to which there is a reasonable promise or human enlightenment. and in respect to which enlightenment would be useful CT desirable There is nowhere else in the world so important a source of fir orcial aid and encouragement for sci entific inquiry.
 The institution had resources amounting to $1O 101. 300. The expenses of administration are relatively small, leaving it's great revenues applicable to the main purpose ce the foundation. For the coming year there is approrri - ated $6O,0OO fo~ administration $l20,OOO for larger projects" S30O.000 for minor projects of research and S43,o00 for special grants, besides $100,O00 for 2 reserve fund. which We suppose is maintained as a provision for unforsee1 objects which may from time to time be presented ss worthy. During tn past year aid has hean given fer the further~nce of research in many special fields. The institution has dafrayed ex penses of ethnological investigations omong the Pawnee Indians. of inquir Q ' nto the evidence of the antiquity Of man in Ar7erica, into the geolcgi al conditions in the tTans-C2 plan region and in easteIn China, into the probl m cr resistance and propulsion in nayiga- tion. into the physiology of nutrition, and among he-subiects of study have been marine biology and ambryology. which was studied in the experimental station at Naples; besides many sub tects in the domain of astronomy and chemistry. Archaeological inves.iga tions have been c7rTied on in Greece and Asia Minor. and an investigation hoe been begun with a view to deter mining the most favorable point in the southern hemisphere f"- the estab- Hshment of an astronomical observa- tory. Studies of the sun and of the moon arc proposed. and histo-ical re- search is mentioned omong the objects encourage ty the institution.
 To say that the world has long need od such a fOund9ticn is to say that Mr. Carnegie showed great good judgment in devoting his r'oney tc this use. That he was able to devote so large a sum of money to it enhances the utility of the gift. It was only by a benefaetoT of MT. Carnesie's great wealth that foundation could be provided adequate for the great object of the institution
 No man can be so rich, SO Gene-Ous and so useful as Mir. Carnegie without provoking criticism and elgende ing hostility. The old story of Aristri5ee Illustrates an enduring quality of hu- man nature. MT. Carnegie has real y done so very much good in the world with his money, is striving with such pains and industry to continue doing good, and by reason of the great store from which he draws lis able 10 make his benefaCtiOns so I04nerous and inn posing that here and there voices are