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for devising and constructing or purchasing apparatus, for devel- 

 oping methods for the determination of oxygen, and for efficiency 

 tests and experiments with men in the apparatus. 



Several tests of the efficiency of the apparatus and method of 

 manipulation were made. The feasibility of the use of the appa- 

 ratus for the experiments with men has also been tested by three 

 experiments with different subjects, with satisfactory results. At- 

 tention is now being devoted to alterations and improvements in the 

 apparatus and to modifications of methods ; efficiency tests and 

 experiments with men are also in progress. 



Arthur Gamgee, Moutreux, Switzerland. Grant No. 62. For pre- 

 paring report on the physiology of nutrition. $6,500. 



Abstract of Report. — Dr. Gamgee began and has carried on a study 

 of the extensive literature on this subject, which had to be mastered 

 for the purpose of the inquiry on which he was engaged. He began 

 by inspecting European laboratories and by visiting scientific men 

 in Europe. He also visited Professor Atwater, at Middletown, 

 Conn. , and acquainted himself with the work now in progress there. 

 He also visited other Americans. It is probable that his complete 

 report will be transmitted in May, 1904. 



Psychology. 



Q. Stanley Hall, Clark University, Worcester, Mass. Grant No. 

 61. For certain investigations o?i the anthropology of childhood. 



$2,000. 



Abstract of Report. — The result of Dr. Hall's work in connection 

 with this grant is best indicated by the titles of the papers he has pub- 

 lished, giving the results obtained during the year. These are : 



1. Reaction to light and darkness. 



2. Children's ideas of fire, heat, frost, and cold. 



3. Curiosity and interest. 



4. Showing off and bashfulness as phases of self consciousness. 



5. Marriage and fecundity of college men and women. 



E. W. Scripture, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Grant No. 

 21. For researches in experimental phonetics. $1,600. 



Report. — Professor Scripture's report is printed in the Accompa- 

 nying Papers in this volume, pp. 243-259. 



