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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. LIII. No. 1365 



March 27. "The home-commg of our birds." 

 By Thos. S. Roberts, director of the zoological 

 museum, University of Minnesota. 



THE MARSH FUND OF THE NATIONAL ACAD- 

 EMY OF SCIENCES 



At his deatli in 1899 Professor 0. 0. Marsh 

 left to the National Academy of Sciences a 

 sum sUghtly in excess of $7,000, the income 

 from which was to be used for support of re- 

 searches in natural history. By reason of ju- 

 dicious handling, the principal and interest 

 now amount to more than $20,000, and the 

 income is made available to the Committee on 

 the Marsh Fund for grants in accordance with 

 the original purpose of the bequest. At its 

 last annual meeting the National Academy 

 approved the following recommendations of 

 the Committee on the Marsh Fund, namely: 



That in general the income be used for impor- 

 tant pieces of constructive, scholarly work within 

 the field of science to which Professor O. C. 

 Marsh gave his principal effort. It seems appro- 

 priate that grants in the first instance should be 

 used for the support of paleontological and geo- 

 logical research, and that beyond this field the 

 committee should nest consider research in as- 

 pects of biology related especially to paleontology. 



The interest on the Marsh Fund available for 

 the coming year will make possible grants total- 

 ing approximately $1,500. The committee 

 deesires to make the allotments in such a man- 

 ner as to contribute most definitely to the ad- 

 vance of constructive work in the subject to 

 which Professor Marsh dedicated this gift. 

 I Suggestions as to the best utilization of 

 funds will be appreciated. Proposals made 

 imay take the form of recommendations re- 

 garding problems to be solved, or may con- 

 cern individuals or organizations guaranteeing 

 (through their work the type of constructive 

 eilort to which the support of this fund might 

 well be given. 



Applications or recommendations should be 

 forwarded to the secretary of the National 

 Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C, oni or before April 5, 1921. 



John C. Merriah, Chairman, 

 Marsh Fund Committee 



THE ELECTION OF DR. ANGELL AS PRESI- 

 DENT OF YALE UNIVERSITY 



The Yale Corporation at its adjourned 

 meeting on February 20 by unanimous vote 

 elected James Rowland Angell as president of 

 the university to succeed Arthur Twining 

 Hadley at the close of the present vmiversity 

 year. While the decision was reached last 

 week, no formal action was taken until it was 

 ascertained that Dr. Angell could accept. 

 The Corporation has endeavored to choose for 

 its head the ablest educational administrator 

 available in the United States, irrespective of 

 the college of his graduation or the place of 

 his residence. 



Dr. Angell is a son of the late President 

 Angell of the University of Michigan, a 

 graduate of that university of the class of 

 1890, and as professor at the University of 

 Minnesota, professor, dean and acting presi- 

 dent of the University of Chicago, chairman 

 of the National Research Council, and presi- 

 dent of the Carnegie Corporation, he has 

 shown ability as an administrator and as an 

 educational leader. Dr. Angell is a distin- 

 guished psychologist, having been president of 

 the American Psychological Association and 

 being a member of the National Academy of 

 Sciences. Dr. Angell gave the Thomas Lec- 

 ture to freshmen at Yale this year and was 

 sought for by Yale several years ago for a 

 chair in the Department of Philosophy and 

 Psychology. 



The election of Dr. Angell to the Presi- 

 dency of Yale comes as a result of ten months 

 of study on the part of the Corporation to 

 decide on the strongest man in America for 

 the position. President Hadley submitted his 

 resignation April 10, 1920, and a committee 

 was appointed to receive names of possible 

 candidates for the office of president and to 

 transmit them to the Corporation. In this 

 way some eighty names have been under care- 

 ful consideration. The Corporation believes 

 " that no one in America combines the 

 breadth of educational experience, and busi- 

 nes ability, high public service and spiritual 

 ideals more completely than Dr. Angell. He 

 has also shown during his many years of 



