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SCIENCE. 



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4. That the arrangements between the 

 student body and the several governmental 

 bureaus will be made, subject to the by-laws 

 of the trustees, in such a way as to carry 

 out to the fullest possible extent the de- 

 clared policy of the Congress. It is ex- 

 pected that the government officials will 

 advise rather than instruct the students 

 assigned to them. 



5. That the sole test of admission to the 

 privileges which the institution offers will 

 be merit and proficiency, to be ascertained 

 in such way as the trustees shall provide. 



6. That students coming from universi- 

 ties and colleges for a period of study or 

 investigation at Washington will, upon re- 

 quest, be given appropriate credentials, on 

 completing their work, for presentation to 

 the institution from which they seek a de- 

 gree. 



7. That students working in government 

 laboratories or collections will be subject to 

 the rules and regulations there prevailing. 



PROVISION FOR STUDENTS. 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 6. 

 7. 

 8. 

 9. 

 10. 



11. 

 12. 



13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 



Animal industry , 



Anthropology and ethnology... 



Astronomy > , 



Botany , 



Cartography , 



Chemistry , 



Forestry 



Geology 



History (Library of Congress). 



History and diplomacy (State 

 Department) , 



Hydrography 



Library administration and 

 methods (Library of Con- 

 gress) 



Magnetism 



Meteorology , 



Mineral resources 



Paleontology 



Physics 



Standards (Bureau of) 



Statistics 



Tides 



Topography 



Zoology 



Possible 



10 

 4 

 3 



11 

 2 

 6 



10 



10 

 5 



1 



5 



5 



1 



5 



2 



5 



2 

 Now bei 



2 



1 

 10 

 34 



134 



Maxi- 

 mum No. 



of 

 students. 



25 

 13 



8 

 25 



5 

 10 

 20 

 17 

 10 



5 

 10 



15 



2 

 15 



5 



7 



3 

 org'd 



5 



2 

 20 

 50 



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8. That, if successfully carried out, this 

 plan will provide a body of trained stu- 

 dents, ready for expert work, many of 

 whom might enter the government service, 

 while others would become instructors in 

 institutions of learning or be engaged as 

 experts in a private capacity. 



The departments or subjects in which 

 graduate students could be received and 

 the provision that could be made for them 

 at present are unofficially estimated to be 

 as in previous table. 



ACTION OF COMMITTEE. 



The committee have adopted the follow- 

 ing resolution : 



Resolved, That we approve the plan for a 

 non-governmental institution, known as the 

 "Washington Memorial Institution, to be 

 established and maintained at Washington, 

 D. C, for the purposes of promoting the 

 study of science and the liberal arts at the 

 national capital, and of exercising system- 

 atic oversight of the advanced study and 

 investigation to be carried on by duly 

 qualified students in the governmental 

 laboratories and collections, in accordance 

 with the terms of the joint resolution of 

 Congress approved April 12, 1892, and 

 those of the act of March 3, 1901. 



We recommend that the National Coun- 

 cil of Education adopt the following reso- 

 lution : 



Resolved, That the report of the commit- 

 tee authorized by resolution of July 11, 

 1898, to investigate the entire subject of a 

 national university be received, and the 

 committee discharged. 



William R. Harper, 



Chairman. 



Edwin A. Alderman. 



Nicholas Murray Butler. 



James H. Canfield. 



J. L. M. Curry. 



Newton C. Dougherty. 



