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cludes most of the leading scientific men 
of Washington and the country at large. 
The Academy, familiar with conditions in 
Washington and with the efforts of the 
committees of the Association of Agricul- 
tural Colleges and Experiment Stations 
and the National Educational Association, 
and knowing that the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution would not, under its limitations, take 
an active part, realized that the time was 
opportune for anew organization. Its com- 
mittee drafted and secured the passage of 
the act of Congress approved March 3, 
1901. The committee next drafted a plan 
of organization, which was accepted by the 
Academy and Memorial Association. The 
plan was, in brief, as follows: 
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. 
(bd) To cooperate with universities, colleges and 
individuals in securing to properly qualified persons 
opportunities for advanced study and research. 
3. Government.—The policy, control and manage- 
ment to vest in a board of fifteen trustees, and in 
addition there shall be an advisory board composed 
chiefly of heads of executive departments, bureaus, 
etc. 
Articles of incorporation were then drawn 
up and executed, and were filed on May 20, 
1901. They read as follows: 
Articles of Incorporation, Washington Memorial 
Institution. 
We, the undersigned, persons of full age and citizens 
of the United States, and a majority of whom are 
citizens of the District of Columbia, being desirous to 
establish and maintain, in the city of Washington, an 
institution in memory of George Washington, for 
promoting science and literature, do hereby associate 
ourselves asa body corporate, for said purpose, under 
the general incorporation acts of the Congress of the 
United States enacted for the District of Columbia ; 
and we do hereby certify in pursuance of said act as 
follows : 
First. The name or title by which such institution 
shall be known in law is the Washington Memorial 
Institution. 
SCIENCE. 
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(N.S. Vou. XIII. No. 339. 
Second. The term for which said institution is or- 
ganized is nine hundred and ninety-nine years. 
Third. The particular business and objects of the in= 
stitution are: to create a memorial to George Wash- 
ington, to promote science and literature, to provide 
opportunities and facilities for higher learning, and 
to facilitate the utilization of the scientific and other 
resources of the Government for purposes of research 
and higher education. 
Fourth. The number of its trustees for the first year 
of its existence shall be fifteen. 
In testimony whereof we have hereto set our names 
and affixed our seals, at the city of Washington, in 
the District of Columbia, on the 16th day of May, 
1901. 
DANIEL C. GILMAN. [SEAL. ] 
CHARLOTTE EVERETT HOPKINS. [SEAL. ] 
C. HART MERRIAM. [SEAL. ] 
GEORGE M. STERNBERG. [SEAL. ] 
Cuas. D. WALCcorT. [SEAL. ] 
CARROLL D. WRIGHT. [SEAL. ] 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ss - 
Beit remembered that on this 16th day of May, A.D. 
1901, before the subscriber personally appeared the 
above-named Daniel C. Gilman, Charlotte Everett 
Hopkins, C. Hart Merriam, Geo. M. Sternberg, Chas. 
D. Walcott, and Carroll D. Wright, to me personally 
known and known tome to be the persons whose 
names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument of 
writing, and severally and personally acknowledged 
the same to be their act and deed for the uses and 
purposes therein set forth. 
Given under my hand and official seal the day and 
year above written. 
[SEAL.] (Signed) HERBERT W. GILL, 
Notary Public. 
On May 27 fifteen trustees were elected, 
and on June 38 the officers for the first year 
were chosen. Lists of these are given here- 
with: 
Board of Trustees, Washington Memorial Institution. 
1. Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, President Tulane Uni- 
versity. 
2. Dr. A. Graham Bell, Regent Smithsonian Insti- 
tution. 
3. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Professor of Phi- 
losophy 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. 
