ABSTRACT OF MINUTES OF THIRTEENTH MEETING OF BOARD 



OF TRUSTEES. 



The meeting was held in Washington, in the Board Room of 

 the Administration Building, on Friday, December 11, 1914, and 

 was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. by the chairman, Mr. Root. 



Upon roll-call by the secretary, the following Trustees re- 

 sponded: Robert S. Brookings, Cleveland H. Dodge, Henry L. 

 Higginson, Charles L. Hutchinson, Seth Low, Andrew J. Mon- 

 tague, William W. Morrow, Wm. Barclay Parsons, Henry S. 

 Pritchett, Ehhu Root, Martin A. Ryerson, Charles D. Walcott, 

 Henry P. Walcott, WiUiam H. Welch, Andrew D. White, Henry 

 White, George W. Wickersham, Robert S. Woodward. 



The minutes of the twelfth meeting were approved as printed 

 and submitted to members of the Board of Trustees. 



The reports of the President, the Executive Committee, the 

 auditor, the Finance Committee, the Auditing Committee, 

 directors of departments, and grantees of the Institution were 

 presented and considered. 



The following appropriations for the year 1915 were author- 

 ized: 



Administration $50,000 



Publication 60,000 



Division of Publications 10 , 000 



Departments of Research 692,312 



Minor Grants 109,300 



Index Medicus 13 ,500 



Insurance Fund 25 ,000 



Reserve Fund 250,000 



1,210,112 



The resignation of Dr. Simon Flexner was presented and 

 accepted with regret. 



Vacancies in the Board were reported, caused by the death 

 of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, by the death of Mr. John L. Cadwalader, 

 by the resignation of Mr. Lyman J. Gage, and by the resignation 

 of Dr. Simon Flexner. Balloting to fill the vacancies resulted in the 

 election of the following persons to membership in the Board: 



Mr. Charles Payne Fenner, of Louisiana. 



Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts. 



Mr. George Wharton Pepper, of Pennsylvania. 



Dr. Theobald Smith, of New Jersey. 



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