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Report of the C. M. Warren Committee. 



In a letter dated December 13, 1920, the Corresponding Secretary 

 of the Academy announced to the Committee that Professor H. P. 

 Talbot had been obhged to present his resignation of the chairman- 

 ship and that Professor J. F. Norris had been appointed Chairman by 

 the Council. 



The Committee had at its disposal at the end of the fiscal year in 

 March 1920, $5,683.11. During the year ending March 31, 1921, the 

 Treasurer paid out $1,450 on grants previously made by the Com- 

 mittee, and new grants amounting to $1,022.25 were made. The 

 unexpended balance at the close of the fiscal year was $3,210.86. 



Since March 31, 1921, grants amounting to $750 have been awarded. 

 The Committee has under consideration at present five applications 

 for grants which amount to $1,300. 



The renewed activity in research which followed the war is evident 

 from the large number of men seeking financial assistance in their 

 work, and it is e^^dent that the Committee will be able to use its 

 resources in assisting research of the first importance. 



Since the last annual report the following awards have been made: 



July 1920, $400 to Professor C. James of the New Hampshire Agri- 

 cultural College for an investigation of the atomic weight of yttrium. 



December 1920, $222.25 to Professor J. B. Conant of Harvard 

 University for a study of reversible oxidation processes in organic 

 chemistry. 



December 1920, $250 to Professor H. Hibbert of Yale University 

 for an investigation of the coastitution of cellulose and the reduction 

 of unsaturated aldehydes. 



April 1921, $500 to Professor J. M. Bell of the University of North 

 Carolina for a research on the heats of fusion of the nitrotoluenes. 



Reports of progress have been received from Professors James, 

 Harkins, Kraus, and Conant. 



James F. Norris, Chairman. 

 May 11, 1921. 



