REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE 

 WORK OF THE YEAR 



Introduction. 



Immediately after the Board of Trustees adjourned, November 

 25, 1902, the Executive Committee began to consider its various 

 directions, and also such matters as had been recommended by the 

 Committee and approved by the Board. 



During the fiscal year the Executive Committee held nine meet- 

 ings. 



Its organization continued the same as last year — Mr. Gilman, 

 Chairman, and Mr. Walcott, Secretary. Mr. Marcus Baker con- 

 tinued as Assistant Secretary, taking charge of editing, printing, 

 accounting, and the general direction of all routine work in the office. 



Grants Made and Reports Thereon. 



At the last annual meeting the Trustees set apart $200,000 for 

 grants for research during the fiscal year 1 902-1 903. The following 

 is a list of grants made by the Executive Committee under such 

 authority. Each one is accompanied by a brief statement of the 

 results thus far obtained. When an investigation is completed, a 

 final report will be submitted by the grantee. This may be printed 

 either in abstract or in full in the Year Book. 



Anthropology. 



Q. A. Dorsey, Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111. Grant No. 

 43. For ethnological investigation among the Pawnees. $2,500. 

 Abstract of Report. — This scheme of investigation will require four 

 or five years for its completion. It is a study of the religious cere- 

 monies of the Pawnee Indians, with direct reference to the mytho- 

 logical origin of each ceremony, and to obtaining a clear and com- 

 prehensive understanding of the religious systems of the Pawnees. 



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