ABSTRACT OF MINUTES OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF 

 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



The meeting was held in Washington in the board room of 

 the Administration Building, on Friday, December 13, 1918, 

 and was called to order at lO'^lO"' a. m. by the chairman, Mr. 

 Root. 



Upon roll-call, the following Trustees responded: Robert S. 

 Brookings, Cleveland H. Dodge, Charles P. Fenner, Henry Cabot 

 Lodge, William W. Morrow, James Parmelee, Henry S. Pritchett, 

 EUhu Root, Martin A. Ryerson, Charles D. Walcott, Henry P. 

 Walcott, William H. Welch, Robert S. Woodward. 



The minutes of the sixteenth meeting were approved as 

 printed and submitted to members of the Board of Trustees. 



Reports of the President, the Executive Committee, the 

 Auditor, the Finance Committee, the Auditing Committee, and 

 of Directors of Departments, Associates, and Research Associ- 

 ates of the Institution were presented and considered. 



The following appropriations for the year 1919 were author- 

 ized: 



Administration $55,000 



Publication 60,000 



Division of Publications 15,000 



Departments of Research 753 , 490 



Minor Grants 104, 640 



Index Medicus 12,000 



Insurance Fund 25,000 



Pension Fund 40,000 



Reserve Fund 250,000 



Special appropriation for Departments and Divisions of 



Research 150,000 



SI, 465, 130 



The following officers of the Board and the following members 

 of committees were reelected for a period of three years: 



Chairman, Mr. Root; Vice-Chairman, Mr. Charles D. Wal- 

 cott; Secretary, Mr. Dodge. 



Members of the Executive Committee: Messrs. Parsons, 

 Paton, and Pritchett. 



Members of the Finance Committee: Mr. Dodge (chairman) 

 and Messrs. Pritchett and Wickersham. 



