Pebruakt 23, 1917] 



SCIENCE 



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SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF 

 NATURAL HISTORY 



According to a press report the trustees of 

 the American Museum of Natural History de- 

 cided at their annual meeting at the home of 

 Mr. Henry C. Frick greatly to broaden the 

 scope of its work in aiding industrial, civil and 

 artistic life in order to make up for some of 

 the foreign deprivations due to the war. 



Because so many American arts and indus- 

 tries have been thrown upon their own re- 

 sources, the institution will intensify its ef- 

 forts to make its collections and publications 

 widely and fully available. A review of last 

 year's work noted that the difficulty of obtain- 

 ing new patterns for dress fabrics and other 

 textiles from abroad has sent designers to the 

 musemn stores of American primitive and In- 

 dian art. Manufacturers of pottery and other 

 wares, too, are sending their designers to study 

 ancient specimens. 



For the extension of the work the trustees 

 adopted the largest budget in its history, ap- 

 propriating $608,590 for the current year. 

 They subscribed $60,000 among themselves to 

 make up a deficit in the maintenance account 

 in addition to $23,500 they already had sub- 

 scribed to give to all employees a 10 per cent, 

 bonus. To meet the higher cost of living it was 

 decided to make the increased salaries perma- 

 nent on a merit basis. 



The income from the Morris K. Jesup en- 

 dowment fund for 1917 was given as $252,500. 

 The museum has received all but 10 per cent, 

 of the $5,000,000 bequest, and expects to have 

 the full amount in the course of the present 

 year. This fund is used exclusively for scien- 

 tific work, exploration, research and publica- 

 tion. 



Dr. Henry Fairfield shorn announced that 

 among bequests to the institution was one of 

 $250,000 from the estate of Amos F. Eno, of 

 this city, and another of $100,000 from that of 

 James Gaunt, of England. Special attention 

 is to be given this year to the department of 

 anthropology, for the work of which in the last 

 ten years $456,000 has been expended. 



The election of officers resulted as follows: 



President, Henry Fairfield Osborn; First Vice- 

 president , Cleveland H. Dodge; Second Vice- 

 president, J. P. Morgan; Treasurer, Henry P. 

 Davison, and Secretary, Adrian Iselin, Jr. 

 The choice of trustees for the class of 1921 re- 

 sulted in the reelection of Charles Lanier, 

 Anson W. Hand, Frederick F. Brewster and R. 

 Fulton Cutting. 



The attendance at the meeting was the larg- 

 est in the history of the institution. Those 

 present were Adrian Iselin, Jr., Joseph H. 

 Choate, Charles Lanier, Percy R. Pyne, T. De 

 Witt Cuyler, A. D. Juilliard, Arthur Curtiss 

 James, Cleveland H. Dodge, John B. Trevor, 

 Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn, Felix M. 

 Warburg, Ogden Mills, Dr. Walter B. James, 

 Madison Grant, Frederick F. Brewster, R. 

 Fulton Cutting, Archer M. Huntington, Henry 

 C. Frick and Cabot Ward. 



HIGHER EDUCATION IN WASHINGTON 



The Washington legislature of 1915 ap- 

 pointed an educational commission of three 

 members and three representatives to make a 

 survey of the educational institutions of Wash- 

 ington (State College of Washington, Univer- 

 sity of Washington and the three normal 

 schools). This commission secured the serv- 

 ices of the TJ. S. Bureau of Education in ma- 

 king the survey, the results of which were 

 recently published as a bulletin by the Bureau 

 of Education. This report recommended the 

 transference of the graduate work in engineer- 

 ing and pure science from the state college to 

 the university, also the transference of several 

 departments from the college to the univer- 

 sity. The matter was brought before the pres- 

 ent legislature in the form of a bill putting 

 into effect the provisions of this report. This 

 bill, however, failed of passage and in its stead 

 a substitute bill was passed providing: 



Sec. S. The courses of instruction of the Uni- 

 versity of Washington shall embrace as exclusive 

 major lines, law, architecture, forestry, commerce, 

 journalism, library economy, marine and aero- 

 nautic engineering and fisheries. 



Sec. 3. The courses of instruction of the State 

 College of Washington shall embrace as exclusive 

 major lines, agriculture in all its branches ajid 



