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(ii) Small projects, which may be carried out by individual experts in a 

 limited period of time. Many grants in aid of this class have been made. 



(iii) Tentative investigations, carried on by young men and women who 

 have shown unusual aptitude for research and have desired to pursue 

 specific problems for one or two years. A limited number of persons 

 have been aided by the Institution in this line of work in the hope that 

 some of them might develop exceptional abilities. Applicants for 

 positions of this kind must have attained a grade equivalent to that of 

 the doctorate degree in order to be eligible. 



Catholic University of America. 



Address. Washington, D. C. 



History. Canonically instituted, Apr. 10, 1887; incorporated under the 

 laws of the District of Columbia, Apr. 27, 1887. Opened Nov. 13, 1889. 



Publications. 



Catholic university chronicle. v. I, Jan.-Dec. 1897. Washington, 

 1897. 8. 



Merged in the following: 



CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY BULLETIN, v. I-XIII, 1895-1907. Washington 

 [etc., 1895-1907]. 8. q. 



To be issued monthly, except Aug. and Sept., from Jan. 1908. 



Prices: $3 a year; single copies, 40C. ; to foreign countries, $3.50 a year. 



Distribution. Exchange with a few periodicals of a scientific and literary char- 

 acter and of equivalent value. On sale at the office of the Treasurer of the 

 University. 



Columbia Historical Society. 

 Address. Washington, D. C. Corresponding Secretary: M. I. Weller, 



602 F Street, N. W. 

 History. Organized April 12, 1894; incorporated May 3, 1894. 



Object. Collection, preservation and diffusion of knowledge respecting the history 

 and topography of the District of Columbia and national history and biography. 



Meetings. Monthly, ad Monday, Nov. to May, at the Shoreham, corner of isth 

 and H Streets. 



Membership. 240 (annual dues, $5; life composition, $50). 



Publications. 



RECORDS . . . v. i-io. Washington, D. C., 1897-1907. 8. 

 Bibliography of the District of Columbia, being a list of books, maps 

 and newspapers, including articles in magazines and other publica- 

 tions to 1898. By W. B. Bryan. Washington, 1900. 8. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



