XXII PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OP REGENTS. 



Exhibit E. — A summary of points on which there is agreement l)etween the com- 

 mittees of the National Educational Association and the agricultural colleges, drawn 

 up by President Har]>er and myself after a (;onference on this matter January 11, 

 1900. 



I may add that all the plans which have been proposed by the three associations 

 referred to in the above statement have been based on the idea that the Smithsonian 

 Institution should be the leader in this enterprise, that it should have a free hand in 

 the formation and execution of plans for carrying on this work, and that this new 

 enterprise should be undertaken by the Smithsonian Institution only so far as it can 

 obtain funds for the jjurpose from Congress and private sources. There is entire 

 agreement on the proposition that the funds at present at the disposal of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution should not be used for this new work. 



1 am authorized by the committee on graduate study of the Association of Agri- 

 cultural Colleges and Experiment Stations to act as their representative here, and as 

 such I shall be glad to give you any further assistance in my power to make plain 

 the attitude of this Association in this matter. 

 Very respectfully, yours, 



A. C. True, 

 Secretary of Committee on Graduate Study of the Asisociation 



of Agricultural College.^ and ExpeHmeni Stations. 



Exhibit E. 



Points of agreement liehveen rommiitee of National Educ<dional Association and American 

 Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, regarding the work which 

 the Smithsonian Institution might undertake for the benefit of graduates of colleges and 

 rmiversities. 



Memorandum made by President Harper, of Chicago University, of the committee 

 of National Educational Association, and A. C. True, Director of the Office of Exper- 

 iment Stations, of the committee of the American Association of Agricultural Col- 

 leges and Experiment Stations, January 11, 1900. 



1. That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution ask the Congress of the United 

 States for a special appropriation for the work of research and investigation, to be 

 conducted under their supervision by persons properly qualified therefor. Such 

 work to be so conducted as to utilize the libraries, scientific collections, ajjparatus, 

 and laboratories owned by the United States, and in charge of the officers of the 

 United States, for investigations and researches, under regulations to be prescribed 

 by the said Regents, and as far as shall be mutually agreed upon between the said 

 Regents and the heads of the several Executive Departments of the Government, the 

 Librarian of Congress, Commissioner of Labor, Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, 

 and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, with a view of carrying out the 

 policy of Congress, declared in the joint resolution of April 12, 1892. 



2. That the Regents ask the general public for gifts of money, to be used in providing 

 buildings, laboratories, equipments, and endowments, for purposes of instruction, 

 such instruction to be limited to students who are graduates of properly accredited 

 institutions or those who are otherwise properly qualified, it being understood that 

 it shall not be the purpose of the Smithsonian Institution to confer degrees of any 

 kind in connection with such instruction. 



3. That tlie Regents formulate a jjlan for the appointment of an advisory board; 

 the members of said board to represent the leading educational institutions of the 

 country, with a view to securing the active coojieration of the colleges and universities 

 of the country in carrying on this enterprise. 



