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SCIENCE 



[Vol. LV. No. 1410. 



ters may indicate a desirable change — required, 

 for putting into effect, the approval and defi- 

 nite action of the Field estate, the Swiss Nat- 

 ural Science Association, the National Re- 

 search Council, and the Rockefeller Founda- 

 tion. I obtained the formal agreement of the 

 Field estate and Swiss Association before 

 leaving Zurich and now the Research Council 

 and the Rockefeller Foundation have signi- 

 fied formal approval and taken the necessary 

 definite action. 



This arrangement, which Avould require too 

 much space to set out in detail here, provides 

 for the control of the Concilium, until some 

 later arrangement for control by a satisfac- 

 tory international board can be made, by a 

 special Commission set up by the Swiss Nat- 

 ural Science Association on which there shall 

 be an official representative of the National 

 Research Council whose acquiescence must be 

 obtained for any major activity or expenditure 

 of funds proposed by the commission. In 

 addition, the National Research Council sets 

 up a special committee on Concilium matters 

 to advise and instruct the Council representa- 

 tive on the Swiss Commission. This commit- 

 tee of the Research Council is composed of 

 Drs. R. M. Terkes and L. R. Jones, and my- 

 self as chairman. I am also appointed as the 

 Council's representative on the Swiss Commis- 

 sion. 



To clear up the current obligations of the 

 Concilium and help maintain it during the next 

 five years the Rockefeller Foundation has ap- 

 priated and pledged to the National Research 

 Council the following sums : Appropriated : 

 to meet outstanding obligations, $15,000, and 

 for maintenance during 1922, $20,000 ; pledged : 

 for maintenance during 1923, $20,000; during 

 1924, $15,000; 1925, $10,000; 1926, $5,000, 

 after which the Foundation assumes no fur- 

 ther financial obligation for the Concilium. This 

 means that the Concilium must arrive at a self- 

 sustaining condition by January 1, 1927, or 

 have found by then other philanthropic as- 

 sistance. 



It is proposed that a staff composed of a 

 director, a competent secretary-bookkeeper, 



three trained technical assistants, three un- 

 trained assistants, and the needed stenograph- 

 ers and messengers, be arranged for at once. 

 To maintain this staff and provide the neces- 

 sary office expenses (postage, telegraph, tele- 

 phone, fuel, lighting, etc.) the Concilium has 

 not only the Rockefeller Foundation subven- 

 tion but an annual subsidy of 5,000 francs 

 (Swiss) a year from the Swiss Government 

 and one of 1,000 francs (Swiss) from the 

 Canton of Zurich. It has also whatever income 

 can be derived from sale of its bibliograptiic 

 cards and books. It has a building of its own, 

 well suited and fairly well equipped for its 

 work. 



Thus the Concilium has, thanks to the gen- 

 erous action of the Rockefeller Foundation, a 

 new lease of life and Dr. Field's noble and 

 self-sacrificing work and his plans for increas- 

 ing the Concilium's usefulness are not to go 

 unregarded. Plans for extending the biblio- 

 graphic work to other fields not now covered 

 by it, and for a possible development of an 

 abstracting system in addition to the present 

 subject, title and author references, are under 

 consideration. In this connection the manag- 

 ing board of the Conciliiun will need and will 

 welcome all the advice that can be given it. 



There should be, also, a greatly increased 

 list of subscribers to the cards and books issued 

 by the Concilium. The National Research 

 Council will undertake a campaign to add to 

 the list of American subscribers, and the Di- 

 rector (in Zurich) will institute a similar cam- 

 paign in Europe. So I shall have occasion to 

 ask the editor of Science for space in the near 

 future for still another note about the Con- 

 cilium. 



Vebnon- Kellogg 

 The National Research Council 



HENRY TURNER EDDY 



The death of Henry Turner Eddy occun-ed 

 at his home in Minneapolis on December 11, 

 1921, due to an acute attack of pnemnonia, 

 after only a few days' illness. 



Dr. Eddy was born at Stoughton, Mass., on 

 June 9, 1844. He was the son of Henry Eddy, 



