40 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



RESEARCH ASSISTANTS. 



The policy in relation to research assistants, as outlined in Year 

 Book No. 2, pp. xlvii-xlviii, was continued, and the persons named 

 below pursued investigations during the year, or for a portion of 

 the year, in the branches of science indicated. The total amount 

 allotted to date for each investigation is appended. 



Agree, Solomon F., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Grant 

 No. 204. Studies of pinacone-pinacolin rearrangement and of 

 urazales, at Johns Hopkins University |;i,ooo 



Allen, Charles E., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Grant No. 

 159. Studies of homologies of the gametophyte and sporophyte, 

 etc., at Bonn University, under Prof. Strasburger 1,000 



BlakESLEE, Albert F., Botanisches Institut, Halle, Germany. Grant 

 No. 160. Investigation of sexuality in lower fungi at German uni- 

 versities .... 1 ,000 



CoBLENTz, William W., Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. Grants 

 Nos. 77 and 198. Investigation of the infra-red emission and ab- 

 sorption spectra 2,000 



Dean, Arthur L,., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Grant No. 161. 



Investigating the proteolytic enzvme.s of plants ........ 1,000 



Doughty, Howard W., 1024 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. Grant No. 

 174. Continuation of work on camphoric acid, conducted by Prof. 

 W. A. Noyes i ,00c 



Farrar, Clarence B., Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Ho.spital, Baltimore, 

 Md. Grant No. 163. Experimental studies on structure and func- 

 tions of the cerebral cortex, its histopathology and physiological 

 psychology' 1 ,000 



Franz, ShEphard I., Hanover, N. H. Grant No. 80. Functions of the 

 cerebrum with special reference to the functions of the association 

 areas i ,000 



Griffin, Lawrence E., Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Mo. Grant 

 No. 81. Expenses of a trip to the Philippine Islands in order to 

 secure material for a study of the embryology, histology, and physi- 

 ology of the Nautilus. i ,000 



Johnson, Roswell H., State Normal School, Cheney, Wash. Grant 

 No. 274. Assistant with Dr. C. H. Davenport at Cold Spring Harbor 

 Laboratory i , 000 



Jones, William, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 

 N. Y., Grants Nos. 173 and 283. Religion of central group of 

 Algonkin Indians 2,000 



King, Arthur S., University of California, Berkeley, Cal. Grant No. 

 164. Production and study of emission spectra at high tempera- 

 ture, in the universities of Bonn and Berlin i ,000 



LEVEne, PhcEbusA., Ward's Island, N. Y. Grant No. 165. Research 

 along the line of determining points in the constitution of proteids, 

 under the direction of Prof. R. H. Chittenden 1,000 



LiLLiE, Ralph S., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. Grant No. 

 166. Physiology of protoplasmic movements ; study carried on at 

 Woods Hole during summer and rest of the year at Naples r,ooo 



LOUDERBACK, GEORGE D., Reno, Nev. Grants Nos. 66 and 167. Basin 

 Range structure and glaucophane and associated schists of Cali- 

 fornia and Nevada 2,300 



LuTZ, Frank E., Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N. Y. Grants Nos. 

 142 and 256. Quantitative study of organic evolution, as assistant 

 in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, with Dr. C. B. Davenport. . . 2,000 



