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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



by appointing a certain number of re- 

 search assistants. 



These positions will not be those 

 commonly known as fellowships or 

 scholarships; nor is the object of this 

 provision to contribute to the payment 

 of mechanical helpers or of assistants 

 in the work of the institution. It is 

 rather to discover and develop, under 

 competent scrutiny and under favorable 

 conditions, such persons as have un- 

 usual ability. It is not intended to 

 provide means by which a student may 

 complete his courses of study, nor to 

 give assistance in the preparation of 

 dissertations for academic degrees. 

 Work of a more advanced and special 

 character is expected of all who re- 

 ceive appointment. 



The annual emolument will vary ac- 

 cording to circumstances. As a rule, 

 it will not exceed $1,000 per annum. 

 No limitations are prescribed as to 

 age, sex, nationality, graduation or 

 residence. Appointments will at first 

 be made for one year, but may be con- 

 tinued. 



It is desirable that a person thus 

 appointed should work under the super- 

 vision of an investigator who is known 

 to the authorities of the Carnegie In- 

 stitution to be engaged in an impor- 

 tant field of scientific research, and 

 in a place where there is easy access to 

 libraries and apparatus but there may 

 be exceptions to this. 



Applications for appointments may 

 be presented by the head of, or by a 

 professor in, an institution of learning, 

 or by the candidate. They should be 

 accompanied by a statement of the 

 qualifications of the candidate, of the 

 research work he has done, and of that 

 which he desires to follow, and of the 

 time for which an allowance is desired. 

 If he has already printed or written 

 anything of interest, a copy of this 

 should be enclosed with the application. 



Communications upon this subject 

 should be distinctly marked on the out- 



side envelope, and on the inside, Re- 

 search Assistant, and should be ad- 

 dressed to the Carnegie Institution of 

 Washington, 1439 K Street, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



The Carnegie Institution has made 

 a grant to the Marine Biological Lab- 

 oratory and now has at its disposal 

 twenty tables in the Laboratory at 

 Woods Hole, Mass., for the season of 

 1903. These tables are intended for the 

 use of persons engaged in original re- 

 search in biology, and carry with them 

 the right to be furnished with the ordi- 

 nary supplies and material of the 

 Laboratory. Applications for the use 

 of one of these tables should be ad- 

 dressed to the Secretary of the Carnegie 

 Institution, Washington, D. C, stating 

 the period for which the use of the 

 table is desired, and the general char- 

 acter of the work which the applicant 

 proposes to do. 



SCIENTIFIC ITEMS. 

 Dr. Carroll D. Wright, U. S. Com- 

 missioner of Labor, was elected presi- 

 dent of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science at the 

 recent Washington meeting. The vice- 

 presidents for the sections are: Sec- 

 tion A, Mathematics and Astronomy, 

 0. H. Tittmann, U. S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey; B, Physics, E. 

 H. Hall, Harvard University; C, 

 Chemistry, W. D. Bancroft, Cornell 

 University; D, Mechanical Science and 

 Engineering, C. M. Woodward, Wash- 

 ington University; E, Geology and 

 Geography, I. C. Russell, University 

 of Michigan; F, Zoology, E. L. Mark, 

 Harvard University; G, Botany, T. H. 

 Macbride, University of Iowa; H, 

 Anthropology, M. H. Saville, Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History; I, 

 Social and Economic Science, S. E. 

 Baldwin, New Haven; K, Physiology 

 and Experimental Medicine, H. P. 

 Bowditch, Harvard University. 



