Miscellaneous Intelligence. 407 



209, 2 pis. No. 405. Part V. Hudson Bay and Upper Missis- 

 sippi River Basins. Pp. 245, 4 pis. 



No. 423. Geology and Water Resources of Big Smoky, Clay- 

 ton, and Alkali Spring Valleys, Nevada; by 0. E. Meinzer. 

 Pp. 167, 17 pis., 10 figs. 



No. 425-A. Ground Water in San Simon Valley, Arizona and 

 New Mexico; by A. T. Schwennesen, with a section on agri- 

 culture, by R. H. Forbes. Pp. 39, 3 pis. 2 figs. 



III. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. Eleventh Annual Report of the President, Henry S. 

 Pritchett, and Treasurer, Robert A. Franks, of The Carnegie 

 Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Pp. 172. New 

 York City (576 Fifth Avenue). — This report, for the year ending 

 September 30, 1916, shows a total endowment of $14,250,000, an 

 accumulated surplus of $1,327,000, and an annual expenditure 

 of $779,000. Of this $39,000 was spent in administration, 

 $47,000 in educational enquiry, and $687,000 in retiring allow- 

 ances and pensions. During the year 30 retiring allowances and 

 16 widows' pensions were granted, the average grant being 

 $1703. The total number of allowances now in force is 331, the 

 total number of widows ' pensions 127, the general average being 

 $1553. The total number of allowances granted since the begin- 

 ning of the Foundation is 685, the total expenditure for this 

 purpose having been $4,910,000. 



Part II discusses the general subject of insurance and annu- 

 ities, to which the President has made important contributions 

 in earlier volumes. The report includes official replies from 52 

 of the institutions associated with the Foundation concerning 

 the new contributory plan of insurance and annuities proposed 

 by the Foundation, and presents the fundamental principles of 

 a pension system which have been approved by the trustees of the 

 Foundation and a joint commission representing the American 

 Association of University Professors, the Association of Ameri- 

 can Universities, the National Association of State Universities, 

 and the Association of American Colleges. Details are given 

 concerning the new Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association 

 which is to be established, together with an estimate of its 

 prospective service to the teaching profession. 



In addition to its annual reports, the Foundation has published 

 nine bulletins on special subjects. Bulletin No. 10, now issued 

 (pp. 127), is by I. L. Kandel, and has as its subject ''A Study 

 of Federal Aid for Vocational Education. ' ' It traces the legisla- 

 tive history of Federal grants for education and reaches the con- 

 clusion that these grants have always been made for political 

 purposes and without any well-considered educational reasons. 



