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 Southern and Solar Observa- 

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Archives United States Govern- 

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EESUMB OF WORK OP THE YEAR. 



The Larger Projects. 

 ' One of the tasks the president has under- 

 taken is that of conferring personally with 

 all investigators at work under the auspices 

 of the institution and inspecting all labora- 

 tories, observatories or other establishments 

 where projects of the larger type are under 

 way. Since there have been about three 

 hundred and sixty men and women at work 

 under grants during the past year, and 

 since they reside in widely separated locali- 

 ties, it has been impossible to complete this 

 task in the three hundred days thus far 

 available for the work. Nearly all of the 

 more important establishments have been 

 visited, however, and conferences have been 

 held with nearly all of the investigators. 



Considering the wide range and the tech- 

 nical character of the researches of these 

 investigators, it would be presumptuous to 

 attempt in a general report anything more 



than a summary of their work, and this 

 summary may be brief, since the reports of 

 individual investigators, which will be 

 found on pages 51-52 of the 'Year Book,' 

 are designed to give all needed details. 

 Specially worthy of mention in this con- 

 nection are the ten larger projects now 

 under way. Without seeking to designate 

 them by inelastic terminology, for they are 

 in a process of development, they may be 

 classified departmentally as shown in the 

 following list, which gives also the names 

 of the principal investigators conducting 

 these works of research : 



Experimental evolution in biology: Charles B. 

 Davenport. 



Jlarine biology : Alfred G.. Mayer. 



Desert plant biology: D. T. MacDougal and F. 

 V. Coville. 



Horticulture: Luther Burbank. 



Economics and sociology: Carroll D. Wright. 



History: Andrew C. McLaughlin and J. F. 

 .lameson. 



Geophj'sics: F. D. Adams, George F. Becker and 

 Arthur L. Day. 



Nutrition: F. G. Benedict, R. H. Chittenden, L. 

 B. Mendel and T. B. Osborne. 



Solar physics: George E. Hale. 



Terrestrial magnetism: L. A. Bauer. 



Of these departments of research, four 

 have semi-permanent quarters constructed 

 or under construction by the institution. 

 These are the Station for Experimental 

 Evolution in Biology at Gold Spring Har- 

 bor, Long Island, N. Y., in charge of Pro- 

 fessor Charles B. Davenport; the Marine 

 Biological Laboratory at Dry Tortugas, 

 Pla., in charge of Dr. Alfred G. Mayer; 

 the Desert Botanical Laboratory at Tucson, 

 Ariz., at present in charge of a non-resident 

 committee of advisere, Dr. D. T. Mac- 

 Dougal and Mr. Frederick V. Coville, and 

 the Solar Observatory now under construc- 

 tion on Mount Wilson, near Pasadena, Cal., 

 and in charge of Professor George E. Hale. 

 Although these departments are barely 

 started, and necessarily require additional 

 time for the formative stages, they are 



