JUNE 28, 1901.] 
7. Dr. William 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, Chief United States Bi- 
ological Survey. 
11. Dr. Cyrus Northrop, President University of 
Minnesota. 
12. Dr. H. S. Pritchett, President Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology. ‘ 
13. Dr. George M. Sternberg, 
United States Army. 
14. Hon. Charles D. Walcott, President Washing- 
ton Academy of Sciences, and Director United States 
Geological Survey. 
15. Hon. Carroll D. Wright, 
Labor. 
Officers of Washington Memorial Institution. 
President George 
Surgeon-General 
Commissioner of 
Daniel C. Gilman, director. 
Charles D. Walcott, president board of trustees. 
Nicholas Murray Butler, secretary board of trustees. 
C. J. Bell, treasurer. 
An advisory board also was selected, as 
follows : 
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. 
The duties of the director, as defined in 
the by-laws are as follows: 
The director shall be the chief executive of the in- 
stitution, and, under the guidance and control of the 
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executive committee, shall conduct its affairs. He 
shall make all arrangements for cooperation between 
the institution, on the one hand, and the Govern- 
ment, universities, colleges, learned societies, and in- 
dividuals on the other, subject to the approval of the 
executive committee. 
EXISTING FACILITIES FOR STUDY AND RE- 
SEARCH. 
The policy of the Government, as ex- 
pressed, is to aid in higher education and 
research by granting the use of such facili- 
ties as are at its command in the District 
of Columbia. The direct’control of higher 
education has been relegated to the States, 
the Government aiding by grants of land, 
and in the case of technical education at 
agricultural experiment stations by grants 
of money. 
The Government has carried on original 
research for its own purposes in the District 
of Columbia through grants of money to 
its various scientific and technical bureaus, 
notably those of the Department of Agri- 
culture, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the 
Geological Survey, the National Museum, 
the Bureau of Ethnology, the Fish Com- 
mission, the Bureau of Education, the Li- 
brary of Congress, ete. 
Of the total sum appropriated for the 
fiscal year 1901, at least 25 per cent., or 
$2,020,000, may be regarded as expendable 
for scientific and research work and in the 
interest of higher education. The appro- 
priations for the year are as follows: 
Department of Agriculture : 
Weather Bureau .........+-cccccsceces $1,168.320 
Bureau of Animal Industry . 1,154,030 
OG “© Plant Industry 
Se ‘« Forestry ....... 185,440 
Ss “* Chemistry 39,800 
< OC SOUS soo050 109.140 
Division of Entomology ............. 36,200 
a * Biological Survey ........ 32,800 
Agricultural Experiment Stations.... 789,000 
Miscellaneous... 02.0... -.eccsseeeee 222,000 
$3,937,410.00 
War Department : 
Army Medical Museum and Library.............. 25,000.00 
Navy Department : 
Hydrographic Office.............0++-00 $136,518.00 
Naval Observatory -. 226,461.08 
Nautical Almanac ...........0-c.see-e0s 
15,900.00 
378,879.08 
