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the same time to increase the activity of the older men and to estab- 

 lish in the 5'ounger men a habit of research. 



We set down in conclusion a summary of the specific recommenda- 

 tions of this report : 



Subventions in aid of publication : Collected works — G. W. Hill, 

 for six years, $2,000 a year ; Euler, for twelve years, $3,000 a year. 

 Mathematical journals of reseach as listed above, $3,000 a j-'ear. 

 Subventions in aid of research : Toward the establishment of a 

 lending library' of books and models, $1,000 a j'ear. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



E. H. Moore, Chairman, 

 Frank Morley, 

 Ormond Stone. 



Committee. 

 November 5, 1902. 



[^Letter from, F. N. Cole, Secretary American Mathematical Society, to 



Prof. Morley^ 



501 West ii6th vStreet, New York, 



August 28, 1902. 

 My Dear Professor Morley : 



In reply to your recent letter in which you suggest an expression 

 of my viev.s in regard to the distribution of that portion of the Car- 

 negie fund which may be assigned to mathematics, I should like to 

 present the following considerations : 



Assuming that other mathematical interests of the countr>^ will 

 receive desen-ed recognition, I shall confine myself to a presentation 

 of the claims of the American Mathematical Society, and the dis- 

 cussion of the manner in which any funds which it may receive may 

 be most eificiently employed. 



If the Carnegie fund is intended to help those who can help them- 

 selves, then the record of this society entitles it to most liberal recog- 

 nition. For fourteen years it has been the center of mathematical 

 activity in this country. Including in its membership nearly every 

 American mathematician of any standing, it represents their organ- 

 ized strength and interests. It has stimulated their great advance 

 and been stimulated in return until its overwhelming prosperity 

 taxes its administrative resources to the utm^ost. It publishes two 



