PROCEEDINGS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE XXXIX 



utive Committee recommended to the Trustees that there be placed 

 at its disposal for \.h& fiscal year igo2-os, two hundred thousand dol- 

 lars for aid to special researches in various branches of science, and 

 $40,000 for the publication of the results achieved. During the 

 year plans will be perfected, data secured, and experience gained 

 that will be of great service in formulating recommendations for the 

 ensuing year. 



In the opinion of the Committee, the most effective way to dis- 

 cover and develop the exceptional man is to put promising men 

 upon research work under proper guidance and supervision. Those 

 who do not fulfil their promise will soon drop out, and by the survival 

 of the fittest the exceptionally capable man will appear and be given 

 opportunity to accomplish the best that is in him. When the genius 

 is discovered, provide him with the best equipment that can be 

 obtained. 



In making grants the wisest policy appears to be to make them to 

 individuals for a specific purpose rather than to institutions for gen- 

 eral purposes. 



Grants. — Under the authority conferred upon it by the Trustees 

 at their first meeting, the Executive Committee made three grants, 

 as follows : 



March 25, 1902. To the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 



Mass. , for general support |4)000 



April 15, 1902. To Dr. J. McK. Cattell, Columbia University, New 

 York, for preparing a list of the scientific men of the 

 United States 1,000 



April 15, 1902. To Dr. Hideyo Noguchi and Professor Simon Flexner 

 Philadelphia, Pa., for continuation of their studies 

 of the toxicological actions of snake venom and 

 allied poisons 1,000 



Total $6,000 



Since the second meeting of the Trustees, on November 25, 1902, 

 the Executive Committee has made the following grants in the sev- 

 eral departments of science mentioned ; anthropology, mathematics 

 and other branches will be acted upon later : 



Astronomy $21,000 



Bibliography 15,000 



Botany 11,700 



Chemistry 3, 000 



Economics I5)000 



Engineering • • • 4»5oo 



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