4 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON. 



White was named as a member of the original Board of Trustees 

 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Mr. Carnegie's Deed 

 of Trust. He was absent from the first session of the Board on 

 January 29, 1902, but attended the session on the day follow- 

 ing. His resignation as a member of the Board was dated 

 November 6, 1903, and was presented and accepted at the 

 third meeting on December 8, 1903. 



Mr. White took a vigorous part in discussion of the affairs 

 of the Institution. He favored restricting initial commitments 

 of the Institution for support of investigation to periods not 

 exceeding five years, and was a strong supporter of the plan 

 to establish the reserve fund which has become so important to 

 the Institution in the past year. 



The only adequate review of progress in the work of the In- 

 stitution during the past year must comprise a complete state- 

 „ , ^ ment of researches conducted by our depart- 



Reference to , ... 



Accomplishments meuts and Associates and a list of contributions 

 to knowledge through publications or through 

 other expression of results made available to the public. The 

 reports of departments and of Associates forming the major 

 part of the Year Book of the Institution cover the interesting 

 and important researches of the year. The statement of work 

 completed is also given in part through the list of volumes 

 issued by the Institution and by the bibliography of papers 

 published through other channels. 



The work of the Institution touches in one way or another 

 upon nearly all of the principal fields of research. The investi- 

 gations have been very fruitful. They have not merely pro- 

 duced contributions to knowledge, but are also the basis 

 for much research of application which goes immediately into 

 human use. 



It seems neither necessary nor desirable in this preliminary 

 statement to do more than call attention to some of the most 

 significant results which have signalized certain phases of our 

 work in the past year. 



