Juny 26, 1918] 
1. No funds especially assigned to research as 
distinct from teaching, though a large part of the 
labor of the director and his assistant is devoted 
to research. 
2. Publications of the Flower Astronomical 
Observatory. 
' Three complete volumes, each consisting of three 
parts, have been issued, and also Part 1 of a fourth 
volume. 
Various papers by members of the staff are pub- 
lished in astronomical journals. 
Allegheny Observatory, University of Pittsburgh, 
Pittsburgh, Pa. Frank Schlesinger, Director. 
1. The institution is wholly devoted to research. 
Annual income at present is $13,500. 
2. Publications of the Allegheny Observatory 
contain most of its researches. Occasional papers 
published in Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical 
Journal, ete. 
Vassar College Observatory, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Caroline E. Furness, Director. 
1. Research fund, $2,000, yielding about $100 
per annum, and not available for academic work or 
apparatus for students. 
2. Publications of Vassar College Observatory. 
Three volumes have thus far appeared. 
Princeton University Observatory, Princeton, N. J. 
Henry Norris Russell, Director. 
1. Total funds appropriated as follows: 
Thaw Fellowship, principal $10,000, annual in- 
come $500. 
Annual gift for research of $1,000 from Mr. A. 
D. Russell promised until 1919. 
Half of annual budget of department from uni- 
versity, which may be credited to research, a mini- 
mum estimate, $3,200. 
Total, $4,700 per annum. 
2. Contributions from the Princeton University 
Observatory. Four numbers thus far published— 
300 quarto pages—dealing with variable stars. 
Articles published in Astrophysical Journal, As- 
tronomical Journal, Monthly Notices R. A. S. and 
other journals. 
The material published by the Observatory dur- 
ing the past five years amounts to very nearly 500 
pages, dealing with variable stars, especially 
eclipsing variables, stellar statistics and evolution, 
planetary albedo and various other subjects. 
Ladd Observatory, Brown University, Providence, 
R. I. Roland G. D. Richardson, Acting Director. 
. 1, Is devoted to teaching only. 
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Blue Hill Observatory, Harvard University, Read- 
ville, Mass. Alexander MeAdie, Director. 
1. Devoted wholly to research. Research fund 
of $50,000, yielding income of $2,300 annually, 
applicable to maintenance of observatory and re- 
search, 
‘2. Results of investigations published in the 
Annals of Harvard College Observatory. 
Sayre Observatory, Lehigh University, South 
Bethlehem, Pa. Charles L. Thornburg, Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics and Astronomy. 
1, None. 
2. No stated organ of publication for occasional 
papers. 
John Payson Williston Observatory, Mount Hol- 
yoke College, South Hadley, Mass. Anne S§S. 
Young, Director. 
1. No permanent funds available for research. 
2. Work accomplished, a portion of which has 
been in cooperation with workers in some other ob- 
servatory, has been published in various places. 
Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore College, Swarth- 
more, Pa. John A. Miller, Director. 
1. No permanent research funds. 
The work of the observatory is chiefly carried 
on by teachers of the college and is sustained by 
appropriations from the college and outside 
sources. 
2. Publications of Sproul Observatory. Four 
numbers issued, chiefly devoted to stellar parallax. 
Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 
Tucson, Arizona. Andrew E. Douglass, Pro- 
fessor of Physics and Astronomy. 
1. Department of astronomy is in process of or- 
ganization. 
The university possesses a fund of $10,000, the 
income of which is available for the purchase of 
instruments of precision. 
A certain amount of astronomical research is 
in progress. 
University of Illinois Observatory, Urbana, Ill. 
Joel Stebbins, Director. 
1. Observatory is supported entirely by current 
appropriations from university. 
Of these $3,000 per annum, including proportion 
of salaries and expenses, may properly be charged 
to research. 
2. Scientific results published principally in 
Astrophysical Journal. 
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B. 
C. J. 8. Plaskett, Director. 
1. This observatory is devoted entirely to re- 
