JUNE 14, 1901.] 
1. Organization.—A private foundation independ- 
ent of Government support or control. 
2. Objects.—(a) To facilitate the use of the scien- 
tific and other resources of the Government for re- 
search. 
(b) To cooperate with universities, colleges and 
individuals in securing to properly qualified persons 
opportunities for advanced study and research now 
obtainable only to a limited extent in Washington 
and not at all elsewhere. 
3. Government.—The policy, control and manage- 
ment to vest in a board of fifteen trustees, and in ad- 
dition there shall be an advisory committee composed 
chiefly of the heads of Executive Departments, 
Bureaus, etc. 
The two committees drew up articles of 
incorporation, which were filed May 20, 
1901. 
On May 27, 1901, the incorporators met 
and elected the following board of trustees : 
1. Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, President, Tulane 
University. 
2. Prof. A. Graham Bell, Regent, Smithsonian In- 
stitution. 
3. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Professor of 
Philosophy and Education, Columbia University. 
4, Dr. C. W. Dabney, President, University of 
Tennessee. 
5. Dr. D. C. Gilman, President, Johns Hopkins 
University. 
6. Dr. A. T. Hadley, President, Yale University. 
7. Dr. Wm. R. Harper, President, University of 
Chicago. 
8. Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, Regent, University of 
California. 
9. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, 
Washington Memorial Association. 
10. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. 
11. Dr. Cyrus Northrop, President, University of 
Minnesota. 
12. Dr. H.S. Pritchett, President, Massa chusetts 
Institute of Technology. 
13. Dr. George M. Sternberg, Surgeon-General, U. 
S. A. 
14. Hon. Charles D. Walcott, President, Washing- 
ton Academy of Sciences, and Director, U. S. Geo- 
logical Survey. 
15. Hon. Carroll D. Wright, U. S. Commissioner 
Labor. 
President, George 
On June 3 the trustees met and elected 
the following officers : 
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Dr. D. C. Gilman, President, Johns Hopkins Uni- 
versity, Director. 
Hon. Charles D. Walcott, Director, U. 8. Geolog- 
ical Survey, President Board of Trustees. 
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia Univer- 
sity, Secretary Board of Trustees. 
Mr. C. J. Bell, President, Washington Security 
and ‘Trust Co., Treasurer. 
ADVISORY BOARD. 
President of the United States. 
Chief Justice of the United States. 
Secretary of State. 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
Secretary of War. 
Secretary of the Navy. 
Secretary of the Interior. 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Postmaster-General. 
Attorney-General. 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Commissioner of Education. 
Librarian of Congress. 
Commissioner of Labor. - 
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 
President of the Civil Service Commission. 
President of the National Academy of Sciences. 
President of the National Educational Association. 
President of the Association of American Univer- 
sities. 
President of the Association of Agricultural Col- 
leges and Experiment Stations. 
Dr. Charles W. Eliot. 
TRUSTEES. 
1903. 1904. 1905. 
A. G. Bell, E. A. Alderman, N. M. Butler, 
C. W. Dabney, C. H. Merriam, A. T. Hadley, - 
D.C. Gilman, C. Northrop, W. R. Harper, 
P. A. Hearst, H.S. Pritchett, C. E. Hopkins, 
C. D. Walcott. G. M. Sternberg. C. D. Wright. 
The new institution will attain substan- 
tially the objects desired by the advocates 
of a National University, without being 
subject to the objectionable features of a 
university sustained by the Government in 
competition with the existing universities. 
The committee of the Association of 
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta- 
tions on post-graduate study and research 
in Washington met and approved of the 
organization of the Washington Memorial 
