July 12, 1901.] 



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sociation may hold, and to do any and all 

 things which may lawfully be done in carry- 

 ing out the objects and purposes of this 

 corporation." 



ACTION OF THESE ORGANIZATION'S. 



It appears that action has been taken by 

 these organizations — by the Board of Man- 

 agers of the former on February 26, 1901, 

 and by the Board of Trustees of the latter 

 on March 13, 1901 — which brings the sup- 

 port of each to a plan for an institution of 

 the tj^pe which has been discussed above. 

 Both organizations have agreed to cooperate 

 to found an institution in the city of Wash- 

 ington, as a memorial to George Washing- 

 ton, which shall be maintained to promote 

 the advanced study of the sciences and the 

 liberal arts, and which shall assist in carry- 

 ing out the purposes and the intent of the 

 joint resolution of April 12, 1892, and of 

 the law of March 3, 1901. 



WASHINGTON MEMORIAL INSTITUTION. 



On May 17, 1901, articles of incorporation 

 were filed at Washington, D. C, signed by 

 Daniel C. Oilman, president of the Johns 

 Hopkins University ; Charlotte Everett 

 Hopkins, president of the Oeorge Washing- 

 ton Memorial Association ; C. Hart Mer- 

 riam, chief of the United States Biological 

 Survey ; George M. Sternberg, surgeon-gen- 

 eral, United States army ; Charles D. Wol- 

 cott, director of the United States Geolog- 

 ical Survey ; and Carroll D. Wright, United 

 States Commissioner of Labor, as follows : 



ARTICLES OF INCOEPOEATION. 



We, the undersigned, persons of full age, and citi- 

 zens 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 pro- 

 moting science and literature, do hereby associate our- 

 selves as a 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 acts as 

 follows : 



1. The name or title by which such institution shall 



be known in law is the Washington Memorial Insti- 

 tution. 



2. The term for which said institution is organized 

 is nine hundred and ninety-nine years. 



3. The particular business and objects of the insti- 

 tution are : to create a memorial to George Washing- 

 ton ; 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. 



4. The number of its trustees for the first year of 

 its existence shall be fifteen. 



Steps are to be taken at once by these in- 

 corporators to organize the institution, as 

 described, and to select a body of trustees 

 which shall be efficient and, so far as may 

 be, representative of a variety of scientific 

 and educational interests. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INSTITUTION 

 PROPOSED. 



Concerning the proposed institution, we 

 assume : 



1 . That it will be independent of govern- 

 ment support or control, as it will also be 

 independent of the support or control of ex- 

 isting educational institutions. It might 

 well appeal with peculiar force to the gen- 

 erosity of those men and women who are 

 willing to increase, and who are desirous of 

 increasing, the endowment of higher educa- 

 tion in the United States. 



2. That its objects will be : 



a. To facilitate the use of the scientific 

 and other resources of the government for 

 research. 



h. To cooperate with universities, col- 

 leges and individuals in securing to prop- 

 erly qualified persons opportunities for ad- 

 vanced study and research now obtainable 

 only to a limited extent in Washington 

 and not at all elsewhere. 



3. That its oversight and control will be 

 in the hands of trustees and officers repre- 

 senting the educational experience and 

 ideals of the existing institutions for higher 

 education. 



