I- AliVIKTlSEMKNT. 



Aft. . liberation, tlu- Kev'onts ro>olved to appnrtion th<- annual 



j,j(.,,i, ly anx.ns? tlie ilifferent objoct> and operations of the Institution 



i;, such Mtlgmein i<\' the H«'i,'ent8. be ' -y and 



|,n,p(.rt r-.-i.ii!i_, ■■■ .»- M.irin-'-- '"t - ■'':<> ■•!■' '■" " 'j ' 



fr.itli w'i .\V 



1 II .'tails of tlif part- nf the iri'Mcivil pl.m ..I'Mifanization 



|H-,,visio d :il tiie meeting nf the Regents December -S. 1H47 : 



DITAILS OF THK KIUST I'ART OF TIIF PLAN. 



I. To I.N ]vnowi>p:i)GE. — It is proposed to stimul ale research by oj^'friivj 



Is for original memoirs on all siibjecU of invest i//ati on. 



,"i;- iiiii> obtained t^) be publishe.i in .i .-< . .■ - ■•! volunit.- 



' riititled •' .Sniitlisoiiian r'dntribntinn-; to Knowledge." 



ibjcctsof phv>- -epted for jtublieation 



litioii to liuinaii k iiowjedge, resting on 

 iirculatinns to lie n jo'ted. 

 liistitutinii to be suliniitted for exainina- 

 |Mitation for learning in the branch to 



ir pertains, and to be accepted for |>ul)lii'ation only in case the 



iiiinission is favorable. 



.mission to be chosen by the otticers of the lii-stitution, and the 



lior. as far as pra(;tiialde, concealed, unless a favorable decision 



limes of the memoirs to lie exchanged for the transactions of 

 iitific societies, and cnpies to be given to all the colleges and 

 ica in this country. One part of the remaining copies may be 

 md the other carefully preserved to form ci)mpletp sot-s of the 

 lire demand from new institutions. 



. or popular account, of the contents of these memoirs to be 

 .-,,, ''■••■■"■jl. tl. • ■.|)ii>i il '•■ I t ■■f the Regents to Congress. 



> 



\NowLr:T>uK.— // is ii/.tn jiroposi'd to appropriate a portion of 

 uiilli/ to '<pecial ohifi-t-' nf rese/irr/i. under the direction of 



the amount ainivoiiria d by couii- 



i'-cts, so that in coui'se 



'I uuif 



