Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-13

Some Of the Projects That Have Been
Taken Up-rwo Special
Grants Made.
| The annual meeting of the board Of
trustees Of the Carnegie Institution was
held today at the New Willard Hotel. DR..
| John s. Billings. U. s. A., retired, chair
man of the board, presided. and much
business was gone over. The meeting
was called to order at 10 o'clock, and the
| first session continued until after noon,
! when recess was taken until o'clock.
Only three members of the board were
| not in attendance, those present being
John s. Billings, John L. Cadwalader.
Cleveland H. Dodge, William N. Frew.
| Daniel c. Gilman. John Hay, Henry L.
| Higginson. E, A. Hitchcock, Charles L.
| Hutchinson, 8. P. Langley, William Lind
say. Seth Low, Wayne MacVeagh, D. o.
Mills. s. Weir Mitchell. William w. Nor
| row, Elihu Root, Charles D. Walcott, An
drew White. Carroll D. Wright.
The institution was founded by Mr.. An
| drew Carnegie in the winter of 1902,
| when he gave to a board of trustees $10,-
I; 100000 in registered bonds, yielding per
cent income. In general terms he stated
| that his purpose was to found in the
city of Washington an institution which,
| with the cooperation of institutions now
| or hereafter established, there or else
where, shall in the broadcast and most
liberal manner encourage investigation,
research and discovery-show the appli-
cation of knowledge to the Improvement
| of mankind, and provide such buildings
| laboratories, books and apparatus as may
be needed"
BY an &C: of Congress. approved April %
1904, the institution went under the con-
| troll of a board of twenty-four trustees all
| of whom had been members Of the pre-
vious board.
The trustees act through an executive
| committee, by whom grants are made for
specific objects from appropriations made
| by the trustees.
| Applications Received.
During the past two years many applica-
lions have been received. some of them
demanding but slight consideration. while
| others were of great merit. careful Sc
| lection became necessary.
Some large projects which are to be pro-
| NOTED by the Carnegie Institution will alb
sorb much of the income, but the aggre-
gate of the. smaller grants is also quite
| large.
A certain number of research assistants
have been appointed. These are young men
| and young women who have shown unusual
aptitude for scientific investigation and
have manifested a desire to take up some
| specific problem and work at it during one
| or more years. The stipend for these ap-
pointments is usually $1,000 per annum.
The recipient is not allowed to be teacher
| or q laboratory assistant in the usual sense
| Of the word; he Is expected to give all his
time to the object named In his letter of
| application and to report upon the progress
| of his work at such times as the institution
may require. No provision is made for the
| payment of helpers in colleges and labo-
! ratorieS.
The institution has undertaken TO r,hIisb
| certain works which would not readily see
the light without aid from an endowment
! 1t Is not proposed to scatter these publica-
| tions indiscriminately, for their contents
! are of interest only to students of the SUBJ
jects discussed, but they can be bought at
| a low price.
Report of Work for Last Year.
At the meeting of the boara of trustees
this morning printed report of the work
| of the institution for the past year was dis
| cussed at length DR.. Daniel C. Gilman and
DR.. Charles d. Walcott president and sec
! rotary of the institution. respectively ex-
| planned the various items in the report for
| the benefit of those members of the board
who were not members of the executive
committee, and who did not know the exact
| state of the affairs of the institution. From
| the report and the explanation of the two
| officers it was learned that ia grants, the
| entire number made by the executive COM
rnittee during the past fiscal year, which in
| clude large, special and minor grants ag-
gregate 1856, 070.6S. These grants are dis 4
| tr1puted in the following branches of sci
| ence: Anthropology, astronomy, bibliog-
| raphy, botany. chemistry, engineering ex-
ploration, geophysics, geology, history, pail
eontology, physics, physiology, psychology
| and zoology.
The recipients of these grants reside in
| every part of the country and are found
connected with smaller colleges as we'll as
with the great universities, observatories
and laboratories Besides these grants,
! fyt-n fet1r rnI,
| appointed, $4,000 having been appropriated
| by the trustees for this purpose. From
| those aided by grants or by appointments
reports have been received, abstracts of
which have been submitted to the trustees.
Projects Taken Up.
The large projects taken up by the insti-
| tuition during the past fiscal year are as
| follows:
The establishment of department of
| experimental biology, with stations at Cold
| Spring Harbor. L. l., and at the Dry Tor
| tugas, Fla.
| The establishment of department of
economics and sociology
The establishment of bureau of historic
| cal research.
| The establishment of department of in
| ternational researches in terrestrial mag
netiSm.
| Two special grants were made: l. For
! an archaeological expedition to the trans
Caspian region. g For geophysicaI re-
search.
| AS an indication of what are called sec
ondary'' or minor grants the following
| examples may be cited:
For the encouragement Of biological re-
searches at the marine biological Iabra tory,
| Woods Hole, Mass; also at DR.. Dorhn's
| labratery at Naples.
| For anthropological Investigation in the
| United States and archaeological investiga-
| tions in Syria, Palestine Egypt Nubia
etc.
| For important astronomical investiga tons
| in several of the great observatortes and
| elsewhere. 80
| For the publication of the Index Medicus,
a periodical in which the progress of med
| ical science throughout the world is record