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t rather and son), Ferrel, the two Peirces, 

 Gould the astronomer, and others ; of Cap- 

 tain Derby, the "John Phoenix" of the 

 world of wit and humor ; of Blake, the in- 

 ventor, and many others, but in this I may 

 not indulge myself. 



If I could summon their spirits from the 

 "vasty deep" I am sure those of the former 

 superintendents who are dead would join 

 with those who are living- in congratulating 

 their successor who has recently been 

 charged with the responsibility of direct- 

 ing its operations, on the thoroughly 

 trained and competent corps of assistants 

 who will aid him in carrying the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey into its second century. 

 But perhaps even more important than 

 these will be the traditions of a hundred 

 years which he will not lightly put aside. 



I confess to a feeling of nausea in these 

 latter days whenever I hear the word effi- 

 ciency, wrenched as it has been from its 

 original meaning and made to stand for 

 "the greatest possible output in the least 

 possible time. ' ' The Survey has often been 

 the object of adverse criticism, based on 

 ignorance of the character of its work, be- 

 cause of the slowness of some of its opera- 

 tions. It is to its everlasting credit that as 

 far as known no one has ever found fault 

 with it for not keeping its work up to the 

 highest standard attainable at the time. 



Not ' ' how much ? ' ' but ' ' how well ? ' ' has 

 been its criterion. 



It is only by persistently adhering to 

 standards of quality rather than quantity 

 that it will continue to be as it was in the 

 middle, and still is at the end, of its first 

 century, "the admiration of the scientific 

 world" T. C. Mendenhalp 



Bavenna, Ohio 



funds which are available for medical re- 

 search in the United States and Canada. 

 Bender Hygienic Laboratory, Albany, N. T. Dr, 

 Ellis Kellert, Director. Income, not exceed- 

 ing $200; available at discretion of Director, 

 Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Mass, 

 Dr. E. H. Bradford, Dean. Funds approxi- 

 mately "between $350,000 and $375,000" ex- 

 clusive of teaching fellowships, many of which 

 are utilized for research. 

 Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, Boston, 

 Mass. Dr. E. C. Bichardson, Director. Evans 

 Memorial Department of Clinical Beseareh 

 and Preventive Medicine. Income from fund 

 of $260,000 available. 

 University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 

 Bush Medical College. Dr. J. M. Dodson, Dean. 



Appropriations from General Budget. 

 Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute. Dr. H. 

 Gideon Wells, Director. Approximately $35,- 

 000 per annum appropriated for research in 

 medicine, used chiefly in paving salaries of 

 research workers. 

 Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases, Chi- 

 cago, 111. Dr. Ludvig Hektoen, Director. In- 

 come from $2,000,000 devoted to research in 

 infectious diseases. 

 Northwestern University, Chicago, 111. Dr. C. W. 

 Patterson, Dean. 

 James A. Patten Eund for Medical Beseareh. 

 $200,000. Income approximately $10,000. 

 Available in all departments of medical re- 

 search but used mainly in department of bac- 

 teriology and in research on tuberculosis. 

 James A. Patten Eund for scholarships in med- 

 ical research. $50,000. Income approximately 

 $2,500. Available under sane conditions as 



GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

 MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND LABORATORIES 



(Continued from Vol. XLIII., p. 681) 

 The following list contains such facts as 

 the committee has ascertained regarding the 



"Vail Beseareh Fund. $2,000. Income available 

 for a research fellowship. 



Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohi). Dr. 

 C. A. Hamann, Dean. 

 Cushing Eund. $170,000. (Cushing Laboratory 

 of Experimental Medicire.) Apparatus Eund 

 $17,000. Payne, Crile Eund $8,000. Hanna 

 Fellowship Fund $12,000. 



McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Dr. Francis 

 J. Shepherd, Dean. Douglas Beseareh Fellow- 

 ship in Pathology. $25,000. 



Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Dr. George 

 Blumer, Dean. Francis E. Loomis Fund. 

 $20,000. Up to 1915 interest appropriated 

 chiefly for departments of anatomy, physiol- 

 ogy and pharmacology. 



