FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY I5 



similar committee. A number of conferences were held and the fol- 

 lowing resolutions were finally passed by the George Washington 

 Memorial Association and the Board of the Academy. 



Resolved^ That the Washington Academy of Sciences cooperate 

 with the George Washington Memorial Association to found in the 

 city of Washington an institution to be known as the Washington 

 Memorial Institution ; and be it further 



Resolved^ That in such cooperation the George Washington Mem- 

 orial Association undertake to secure a suitable site and erect thereon 

 a substantial, dignified building sacred to the memory of George 

 Washington ; and that the Washington Academy of Sciences under- 

 take to provide for the maintenance and conduct of the Institution in 

 the interest of science and literature ; and there may be joined with it 

 in this work the National Educational Association, and the Association 

 of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. 



Resolved^ That when the Washington Memorial Institution is in- 

 corporated, its conduct and maintenance shall pass into the control of 

 the Board of Trustees of said institution. 



Resolved^ That the management, control and policy of the Institu- 

 tion be vested in a Board of Trustees, consisting of the Chief Justice 

 of the Supreme Court, Vice-President of the United States, Secretary 

 of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the Interior and 

 Secretary of Agriculture, as trustees ex-officio, and twelve other per- 

 sons whose term of office shall be three years ; their selection the first 

 year to be made by the incorporators of the said Washington Memorial 

 Institution ; said Board of Trustees shall have power to fill vacancies 

 and to elect four trustees annually. The incorporators shall be se- 

 lected by the committees now representing the Board of Trustees of 

 the George Washington Memorial Association and of the Washington 

 Academy of Sciences. 



The Washington Memorial Institution was incorporated May 16, 

 1 901, and on May 27 elected the following Board of Trustees : 

 Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst, 



Prof. A. Graham Bell, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, 



Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 

 Dr. C. W. Dabney, Dr. Cyrus Northrop, 



Dr. D. C. Gilman, Dr. H. S. Pritchett, 



Dr. A. T. Hadley, Dr. Geo. M. Sternberg, 



Dr. William R. Harper, Hon. Chas. D. Walcott, 



Hon. Carroll D. Wright. 



