MINUTES OF FIFTH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

 [Abstract.] 



The meeting was held in Washington, at the New Willarcl Hotel, on 

 Tuesday, December lo, 1907. 



The meeting was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. by the Chairman, Mr. 

 Billings. 



Upon roll call by the Secretary, the following Trustees responded : John 

 S. Billings, John L. Cadwalader, Cleveland H. Dodge, William N. Frew, 

 Lyman J. Gage, Henry L. Higginson, Charles L. Hutchinson, Seth Low, 

 S. Weir Mitchell, William W. Morrow, Elihu Root, Henry S. Pritchett, 

 Charles D. Walcott, William H. Welch, Andrew D. White, Robert S. Wood- 

 ward and Carroll D. Wright. 



Absent: Daniel C. Oilman, E. A. Hitchcock, William Lindsay, D. O. 

 Mills, William H. Taft. 



The minutes of the fourth meeting were approved as printed in abstract. 



The reports of the President, of the Executive Committee, of the Auditor, 

 of the Finance Committee, of heads of departments, and of grantees of the 

 Institution were presented and considered. 



Hon. Andrew J. Montague, of Richmond, Virginia, and Mr. William 

 Barclay Parsons, of New York, N. Y., were unanimously elected to fill the 

 two vacancies in the Board. 



The trustees unanimously approved the reports of the Subcommittee on 

 Site and Building and of the Executive Committee concerning the Adminis- 

 tration Building, and the action taken by these committees in directing the 

 President to enter into a contract for the erection of said building in ac- 

 cordance with the plans and specifications approved. 



The Secretary read and presented to the Board the following letter from 

 Mr. Carnegie: 



New York, December 4, 1907. 



Dear Sir: I have watched the progress of the Institution under your 

 charge and am delighted to tell you that it has been such as to lead me to 

 add Two Millions of Dollars more to its endowment. 



It has borne good fruit and the Trustees are to be highly congratulated. 

 In their hands and yours I am perfectly satisfied it is going to realize not 

 only our expectations, but our fondest hopes, and I take this opportunity to 

 thank one and all who have so zealously labored from its inception. 

 Very truly yours, 



(Signed) Andrew Carnegie. 



Dr. R. S. Woodward, 



President, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C. 



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