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It will be obvious from the preceding data 

 that the number of university research funds 

 and especially of permanent endowments is 

 small, and that several of our universities 

 which are distinguished for the amount and 

 the excellence of the scientific papers ema- 

 nating from them do not possess such funds, 

 so that by far the greater amount of scientific 

 research which is carried on in this country is 

 sustained by special appropriations. And, fur- 

 thermore, much of the research work pursued 

 in institutions possessing research funds is 

 also sustained by such budget and special ap- 

 propriations. 



In many of the replies received by the com- 

 mittee attention is called to the fact that while 

 there is no endowment for research yet appro- 

 priations sometimes large in amount are reg- 

 ularly made for the purpose. The following 

 abstracts of certain of these replies, although 

 lying somewhat outside of the immediate 

 scope of the inquiry made, will be of interest. 



Ohio State University: several graduate fellow- 

 ships established requiring research work. Johns 

 Hopkins University: besides appropriations for 

 research made in budget for each department, in- 

 come of various funds is drawn upon for purposes 

 of research. Bowdoin College : maintains a table 

 at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods 

 Hole. University of Chicago: special appropria- 

 tions for research made from time to time from 

 the general funds of the university. Field Mu- 

 seum of Natural History: appropriations for sur- 

 veys, investigation, etc., made from general fund. 

 University of North Dakota: $700 annually from 

 departmental appropriations used for research. 

 Denison University: annual appropriation, $500, 

 made for publication of research work done in the 

 university. Dartmouth College: besides general 

 departmental appropriation in budget, special ap- 

 propriations for research are made from time to 

 time. Drexel Institute: pays in part fees for 

 professors engaged in investigation. Cornell Uni- 

 versity: besides appropriations in budget, the uni- 

 versity sometimes releases a professor from teach- 

 ing in order to carry on research. University of 

 Kansas: $8,000 available for fellowships. Mellon 

 Institute of Industrial Besearch: expenses of re- 

 searches met by private subscription. Leland Stan- 

 ford Junior University: appropriations for re- 

 search made from budget. Pennsylvania State 

 College School of Engineering: expended for re- 



search, 1915-16, $1,549. Bose Polytechnic Insti- 

 tute: research work provided for by speeial ap- 

 propriation. University of Arizona: will prob- 

 ably receive $5,000 from the state for research in 

 mining. Tufts College: department of biology 

 maintains a room at Harpswell Laboratory. Wel- 

 lesley College: occasionally an appropriation is 

 made for research carried on by a professor on 

 leave of absence. University of Manitoba: sum of 

 $1,000 has been collected for research in physiol- 

 ogy. Worcester Polytechnic Institute: part of 

 annual appropriation spent for research. 



The data which the committee has gathered 

 regarding research funds, while fulfilling the 

 ends which it was intended to reach, can not 

 furnish any definite idea of the real amount 

 expended annually in this country in aid of the 

 progress of scientific research. Such informa- 

 tion is very desirable, but to obtain it will re- 

 quire a much more extended inquiry than the 

 present one. 



While much care has been exercised in the 

 compilation of the foregoing matter, there will 

 doubtless be found errors both of omission and 

 of statement. The undersigned will be glad 

 to receive corrections of such and to insert 

 them later. Charles E. Ckoss, 



Chairman 



KARL SCHWARZSCHILD 



The American friends of Professor Schwarz- 

 schild hoped that the report of his death was a 

 mistake, but since its confirmation by private 

 letters from Germany, they have felt a great 

 sense of sorrow and loss, not only to science, 

 but to themselves personally. Schwarzschild 

 made a visit to this country in 1910, attending 

 the meeting of the Astronomical and Astro- 

 physical Society of America at the Harvard 

 College Observatory and the meeting of the 

 Solar Union at Pasadena. This visit gave an 

 opportunity for closer acquaintance which 

 ripened into personal friendship, and increased 

 our admiration for the man as well as for the 

 astronomer. 



Schwarzschild was born at Frankfort-on-the 

 Main, 1873, October 9. His first astronomical 

 work was done as assistant at the von Xuffner 

 Observatory in Vienna from 1896 to 1899. 

 This work appeared in volume five of the pub- 



