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work, and the influence of working conditions 

 upon tlie health, output and happiness of the 

 workers, are examples of those which could 

 be made subjects of research. The underlying 

 ideas which led to the conference, were (1) 

 the advantages of studying such questions by 

 the scientific method of gathering facts and 

 using them to reach conclusions instead of 

 discussing opinions and propaganda, and (2) 

 the need for cooperation among the organiza- 

 tions and individuals engaged in such studies. 



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GRANTS FOR RESEARCH MADE BY THE 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



At the Chicago meeting of the association, 

 the Committee on Grants distributed five 

 thousand dollars for the year 1921 in different 

 sciences as follows: 



MATHEMATICS 



One hundred and fifty dollars to Professor Solo- 

 mon Lefschetz, of Kansas University, in support of 

 his work in algebraic geometry. 



PHYSICS 



One hundred and fifty dollars to Professor W. 

 F. G. Swann, of the University of Minnesota, for 

 the investigation of atm-ospheric electric phenom- 

 ena in ithe upper air. 



Two hundred and fifty dollars to Professor H. 

 M. Eandall, of the University of Michigan, in sup- 

 port of his work on the infra-red rotational ab- 

 sorption spectra of gases. 



Two hundred dollars to Professor Walter G. 

 Cady, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecti- 

 cut, in support of his work on electrical reactions 

 produced by piezo-electrdc crystals in high fre- 

 quency circuits, and the internal viscosity of 

 elastic solids. 



One hundred dollars to Professor Paul F. Gaehr, 

 of Wells College, for his study on the specific heat 

 of tungsten at incandescent temperatures. 



One hundred doUars to Professor Arthur L. 

 Foley, of Indiana University, in continuation of 

 a previous grant for his experiments on the speed 

 of sound close to the source. 



CHEMISTRY 



Two hundred dollars to Dr. Gerald L. Wendt, 

 Unversity of Chicago, for investigations at high 

 temperatures. 



Two hundred dollars to Professor Graham 

 Edgar, of the University of Virginia, for the pur- 

 chase of a quartz mercury arc lamp for research 

 in photo-chemistry. 



ASTRONOMY 



Two hundred dollars to Dr. Sebastian Albrecht, 

 of Dudley Observatory, Albany, New York, in 

 support of his investigation of the variation of 

 wave-length of lines in different types of stellar 

 spectra. 



Two hundred dollars to Miss Caroline E. Furness, 

 Vassar College Observatory, for assistance in the 

 measurement and reduction of photographic 



GEOLOGY 



Three hundred dollars to Mr. Frank B. Taylor, 

 Fort Wayne, Indiana, as a second grant in sup- 

 port of his field studies on the stages of the last 

 glacier as it retreated down the St. Lawrence 

 Valley. 



Two hundred dollars to the Seism'ological Society 

 of America, to replenish the fund at their disposal 

 for the immediate investigation of earthquakes by 

 sending a competent observer to the place of oc- 

 currence before much of the evidence has been 

 obliterated. 



ZOOLOGY 



Two hundred dollars to Dr. P. W. Whiting, of 

 St. Stephens College, in addition to previous grants 

 in support of his study of genetics in insects. 



Four hundred and fifty dollars to Dr. N. A.. Cobb, 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 for aid in a series of researches into the physiol- 

 ogy of the cell; also to defray cost of publication 

 of results already on hand. 



BOTANY 



Three hundred dollars to Professor George B. 

 Rigg, of the University of Washington, for work 

 on the sphagnum bogs of the Puget Sound region. 



Five hundred dollars to Professor J. M. Green- 

 man, Missouri Botanical Garden, toward the com- 

 pletion of his work on the Senecio and related 

 genera, 



PSYCHOLOGY 



One hundred and fifty dollars to Professor T. R. 

 Garth, of the University of Texas, for a psycho- 

 logical stndy of Indiana children in the United 

 States Indian Schools at Chilocco, Oklahoma, and 

 Albuquerque, New Mexico. 



One hundred and fifty dollars to Professor E. G. 

 Boring, Clark University, for the preparation of 



