October 15, 1920] 



SCIENCE 



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Point, 1918; professor of military science and 

 tactics. 



Samuel A, Tenison, H.S., James MiUiian Univer- 

 sity, 1914; assistant professor of physical edu- 

 cation. 



Eoscoe Gr. Dickinson, S.B., Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology, 1915; Ph.D., California Institute 

 lOf Technology, 1920; Nationial Eesearch Coun- 

 cil PeUow; research associate in chemistry. 



Clyde L. E. Wolfe, B.S., Occidental College, 1906; 

 M.S., Occidental CoUege, 1907; A.M., Harvard 

 University, 1908; Ph.D., University of Cali- 

 fornia, 1919; iastructor in mathematics. 



Ernest H. Swift, B.S., in chemistry. University of 

 Virginia, 1918; M.S., California Institute of 

 Technology, 1920; instructor in analytical chem- 

 istry. 



Ered L. Poole, B.S., Oalifkwmia Institute of Tech- 

 nology, 1918; M.S., Union College, 1919; in- 

 structor in electrical engineering. 



Ered K. Converse, B.S., in mechanical engineering. 

 University of Rochester, 1914; instructor in 

 civil engineering. 



Glen G. H. Bowlus, B.S., Purdue University, 1912 ; 

 instructor in mechanical drawing. 



James B. Friauf, A.B., University of Montana, 

 1918; instructor in physics. 



THE HECKSCHER FOUNDATION FOR THE 



PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AT 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



The committee on general administration 

 of tte Cornell University board of trustees, 

 on October 2, adopted a plan for the admin- 

 istration of the income from the Heckscher 

 Foundation for the Promotion of Research 

 in Cornell. August Heckscher gave Cornell 

 University $500,000 last summer as an endow- 

 ment to promote research. The plan of ad- 

 ministration is described in the following 

 resolutions which the committee adopted: 



That the income shall be used only for the pro- 

 motion of research, including the publication of 

 the results thereof. 



That for the present the income shall not be 

 used for permanent research professorships. 



That the income shall not be used to increase the 

 emoluments of any member of the teaching staff. 



That the income Shall not be used intentionally 

 to promote investigation leading to patent rights 

 or to the pecuniary benefit of the investigators 

 through patent rights, or in any similar manner. 



That for the administration of the foundation 



there be established a council to be known as the 

 Heckscher Research Council. This council shall 

 consist of the president of the lUniversity, ex officio, 

 as chairman; two trustees to be elected by the 

 board of trustees whose respective terms as mem- 

 bers of the council shall continue xmtil the expira- 

 tion of ttheir then respective terms as trustees ; the 

 dean of the graduate school, ex officio; four mem- 

 bers of the university faculty, two from each of 

 the two groups known as the group of sciences and 

 the group of letters as specified in Section 2 of 

 Article XII. of the university statutes and relating 

 to the university library; and two emeritus pro- 

 fessors to be selected annually by the council. 



The terms of the four faculty members to be 

 elected by the groups of the faculty shall, at the 

 first election, be for one, two, three and four 

 years, respectively, and thereafter the term of 

 each shall be four years. 



All members of the council shall continue to 

 hold office until their successors are elected. 



This council shall, subject to the approval of 

 the board of trustees, have general supervision of 

 research under the Heckscher Eoundation, the ex- 

 penditure of the income of the fund, and all other 

 matters pertaining thereto. The council shall re- 

 port its recommendations from time to time to the 

 board of trustees and upon the approval of the 

 same the expenditure of appropriations shall 

 follow the usual practise of the university. 



The council shall call annually for requests for 

 grants from individual investigators, or groups of 

 investigators proposing to collaborate, but not 

 from departments of the university as such, nor 

 from colleges. 



The council shall have power to establish and 

 from time to time modify the rules and regulations 

 governing its meetings and the details of appro- 

 priations. 



The annual report of progress shall be made to 

 the council by each investigator or group receiv- 

 ing a grant. An aimual report to the board of 

 trustees shall be made by the council and a copy 

 thereof sent to the founder of the fund. A mini- 

 mum of one hundred copies of all publications of 

 the results of the investigations shall be delivered 

 to the council for preservation in the university 

 library and distribution under the direction of the 

 council. A bound copy of such publications shall 

 from time to time be transmitted to the founder. 



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