Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
INSTITUTION HERE
TO AID SCHOLARS
Three Specializing in Social
Sciences AmaIgamate With
larrc Endowment.

the organization in Washington OF a
national research institution for ad.
vanccd work in the social sciences.
which will operate from the first with
an assured endowment OF several mil
| lions and an annual income. now as
sured. of approximately $400. 900.
A group of buildings to cost ap.
proXimately 5000 600 is to be erected
during 1928, probably on the site Of
| l724 | street This site already has
been purchased. but there Is pos.
| si6iity that some other downtown
site may he selected before building
operations start. The 100000 al.
ready in hand for the building Is a
memorial gi(t. and further funds are
assured II they are needed for con.
struction purposes
Three VIII Combine.
The new institute. to he known as
the Brookings Institution. will start
as an amalGamation OF three already
established here--the Institute of
Economics, the Institute for Govern.
ment Research and the Robert Brook.
ings Graduate School of Economics
+; and Government The first two will
retain their names and continue their
activities as divisions Of the Brook
incs Institution.
The institution Is named In honor
Of Robert :. Brookings. founder of
each Of the three organizations which
are entering the amaIgamation.
The Brookings Institution IL con.
templated as a unique type of re-
search and training center. It's pro-
posed work. az described yesterday
by Harold 6. Moulton. director of the
Institute OF Economics, will be post,
post graduate" II will take up the
task of education and research at the
point where the universities leave Off
No degrees will he granted. Gen.
orally speaking. all Of the personnel
will have doctor of philosophy degrees
or have advanced to approximately
the same stage in university work as
Is represented by this degree.
Notables on Roard.
The following board of trustees are
In charge Robert :. Bookings. DR..
Leo :. Rowe, director general of the
Pan.American Union; Frederick A. De.
lano. formerly of the Federal Reserve
Board; Arthur r. Hadley, president
emeritus of Yale University; John e.
Institution Of Washington: Jerome ID.
Green Of Lee. Higginson & Co. of New
York: WhitefOrd X. Cole. president of
the Louisville 4 Nashville Railroad;
Frank J. Goodnow. president OF John
Hopkins University: Samuel Mather
OF Pickands. Mather a Co. OF cleve.
land: John Barton Payne. chairman
of the American Red Cross: George
Eastman. president OF the Eastman
Kodak Co; DR.. Vernon Kellogg. per.
manent secretary OF the National Re.
search Council: DR.. Ernest NJ. Hop.
kins. president of Dartmouth College:
Harold G. Moulton. director Of the In.
stitutc OF Economics: Raymond =.
Fosdick Of New York City: Bolton
Smith. president OF Bolton Smith &
chairman of the Interna tional Accept.
ance Bank. New York City. and David
r. Houston. former Secretary OF the
Treasury.
Among the resources Of the new in
stitution ARE the following:
A ten.year grant TO the Institute OF
Economics from the Carnegie fNoun.
dalton which still has several years
to run.
A grant which has several years
to run from the Laura Spellmau
Rockefeller Memorial Foundation.
grant from George Eastman Of
the Eastman Kodak Co. which will
not expire for several years.
Like Rockefeller Institution.
These. however. are aside from the
nucleus of several millions upon which
the new organization will operate.
A vaguely similar parallel to the
ir,at tttt MntIttnn ~.
planned may be found In the Rookie
Teller Institution. which began by TAX
Ing exceptionally qualified graduate
research students In medicine and CIV
ing them facilities for working out
certain Fundamental problems. Many
Of them have become university pro-
fessors nd directors of laboratories.
Strictly speaking. the personnel OF
the Brookings Institution Will not be
students but members of the stan. ap
pointed and paid for certain period
Of apprenticeship during which they
will work on definite problems OF gov
ernmentai. political and social re-
search.
Problems Of foreign and domestic
policy will be Investigated and studied
purely from the point of view Of scien.
lists. entirely without bias or contro'
versy, MIR. Mouiton explained.
The trustees will pass upon all pub.
licationA az To the scholarship ana
scientific Split with which the re-
search work has been conducted and
where there In a dissenting opinion to
the conclusions reached on the part
Of any members Of the stan this will
be published ms n minority opinion
somewhat after the method followed
by The Supreme Court
Isrooi.ings u Chairman.
The officers Of the hoard of trustees
ARE: Mir. Brookings. chairman; DR.
Rove, vice chairman: Mr.. Delano.
treasurer.
Primary responsibility for formulat
Ing general! policies and co-ordinatinR
the activities Of the various divisions
Of the institution Ii vested In presi'
dent. Dr. Moulton. as director Of the
Institute OF Economics and chairman
Of the problems and policy committee
Of the Social Science Research Coun'
eli. has been elected to this ONCE.
"Thc Erookirgs Institution" says u
statement. will he unique In Its pro.
vision for series Of specialized re.
search institutes equipped To carry out
comprehensive and interrelated re.
search programs, Such researches are
expected not only To promote n greater
reniism In economic social and politi'
cal thought. but also tn render impor.
tant service IN connection with public
affairs
In iis training function. the insti.
tuition viii moi attempt 10 give an
ordinary graduate training leading Ia
II doctor of philosophy degree The de.
sign In rather Ia extend the period of
research training ana of research op.
portunHv Ia those who have already
completed the formal work Of graduate
schools Nv providing an opportunity
for selected Young scholars 10 spend
from one Ia three years IN we'll
equipped research organization. the
graduate work now done by unisersi.
ties viii he supplemented.