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ance to other institutions, but this should be given only on the prin- 

 ciple that the teachers and the faculties which are so helped should 

 act with and be eraplojed by the Institution. Even with this con- 

 dition, the extension of financial aid to such institutions should be 

 very carefully guarded. 



Feilou'ships.- Two classes of fellowships appear to be contemplated. 

 The first is for life, and its character is indicated in No. 2. The 

 man who wins one of these awards would receive an income on which 

 he could live comfortably, and this income would continue so long 

 as he sliould devote himself to the work selected and should perform 

 it for the Carnegie Institution. The second class, provided by No. 

 5, is of more limited period, and would consist of resident fellowships 

 in Washington. To these it would probably be expedient to add a 

 traveling class, which might enable students to pursue their special- 

 ties in other cities and countries. 



Two conditions should be recognized in granting thesefellow.ships : 

 Firsts they should be given only to candidates of established abil- 

 ity ; second, the holders must recognize that their work belongs to 

 the Carnegie Institution, through which the results of it will be 

 given to the world. The awards will be one of the most difficult 

 tasks which the Institution has to perform. 



Publication. — The duty of the department of publication will be to 

 publish promptly the results of the work of the Institution, this in- 

 cluding everything that may be done in other institutions which are 

 temporarily acting in conjunction with it. Promptness will be a 

 prime necessity, as the value of the results of new investigations 

 decreases rapidly with time. It will be expedient to issue two series 

 of publications — the first in the form of advance sheets for immediate 

 distribution among people known to be engaged in kindred studies, 

 the second final memoirs it; corrected shape. 



As there is nothing in which time and money can be wasted more 

 completely than in poorly conducted investigations, it will be impor- 

 tant to classify different departments and subdivisions of depart- 

 ments which are recognized as proper fields of work for the Institu- 

 tion. Until such classification is made, it is very doubtful whether 

 any specific grants should be given ; furthermore, until the organiza- 

 tion of the Institution is effected it is doubtful whether anything 

 more should be dotie than to pass on the general expediency of 

 propositions submitted, leaving final determinations for the future. 



There is danger that, under the provision which permits subsi- 

 dies, funds may be deflected from this Institution to purposes for 



