XVTII PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



chairman and Mr. True secretary. Mr. Buckhani briefiy explained tlie purpose of 

 the Association in favoring the esta))Ushment of a Bureau of Graduate Study in the 

 Smithsonian Institution, urged the importance of this step to the colleges and uni- 

 versities of tlie country, and explained that the Association comprised State univer- 

 sities as well as agricultural and mechanical colleges. The following outline plan 

 for a Bureau of Graduate Study in the Smithsonian Institution was then read by the 

 secretarv, with the prefatory remark that it was merely tentative and had been 

 drawn in definite terms to serve as a basis for discussion: 



PLAN KOK JUTREAU t)F GRADUATE STUDY IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



The Committee on Graduate Study of the American Association of Agricultural 

 Colleges and Experiment Stations (including all the universities and colleges organ- 

 ized under the Morrill Act of 1862) asks the Smithsonian Institution to organize and 

 conduct a Bureau of Graduate Study, having as its principal functions the following: 



1. The keeping of a register of graduates of approved colleges and universities who 



desire opportunities for graduate study in connection with the different branches 

 of the United States Government. 



2. The conducting of negotiations with the different branches of the Government on 



behalf of registered graduates to secure for them opportunities for study and 

 research according to their qualifications and aims. 



3. The establishment and maintenance of lecture courses and seminars by specialists 



on the subjects on which researches are being made by the Government and 

 the Smithsonian Institution. 



The requirements of this Bureau shall be: 



1. A competent chief to organize and manage it. 



2. An office force to conduct the routine business. 



3. A building for administration offices and lecture rooms. 



4. An annual income to pay administrative officers, lecturers, and miscellaneous 



expenses. 



Methods of securing the needed funds: 



1. Ask Congress to provide without delay a new building for the National Museum, 



part of which may be utilized for the offices and lecture rooms of the Bureau 

 of Graduate Study. 



2. Ask Congress for an appropriation of |50,000 annually to pay running expenses, 



lectures, etc., including rental of temporary quarters until permanent building 

 is provided. 



3. Announce that the Smithsonian Institution will gladly receive funds from private 



sources for scientific researches in which graduates of American colleges may 

 participate and the methods and results of which will be taught to graduate 

 students connected with the Bureau. 

 Legislation required : 



1. Act of Congress establishing the Bureau and defining its functions. 



2. Appropriation for current expenses. 



3. Appropriation for building for National Museum. 



4. Act of Congress permitting officers of the Government participating in the work 



of Bureau to receive extra compensation for services performed outside of official 

 hours; this compensation to be determined by regulations made by the Regents 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Reasons why the Smithsonian Institution should undertake the management of a 

 Bureau of Graduate Study: 



