Maroil 11, 1924. 
iSt*. d© C. davei-wl. 
Adsdiilatrativ® Maistant, 
Sfflithaonian Inatltaiioa. 
Dear It*. liavemli- 
In tranaralt.'tii^ horswlth Dr. w, L, sel^dit’s dt lisrsh 10 ia 
repty to ycwr notification of March 5 aattj^ tlmt. In view of tti© fact 
tlmt Sffl was reqaeatij^ the Bacon Miolsrahip froia July 1, 1925 er 1926, 
h@ rambsait it wl©a h© ia actually to uadcrtsfe® it, I beg to m^s 
tti© folloisriag obaervationa s 
1* the suboQii®dLtt®®*s roeouEJmdati on, which Dr» Sei'iisdtt finda 
"sBRaing” wiiB not tasfasror^l© to Dr. Soiaaitt'a application. 
2. dr* "Svkiitt ia furtJioi^ior® in error ia suppoaing that tii© 
acholarahip waa available as early as 1919 when it was sjentloned in 
ay aaamal reiwt. fJtls, of course is a rf.,sundorstaMlT^. It was 
not available until the maiouncesaeat was mde in ’’Soieme” duly 
20, 1923. 
3, Dr. fJobjsitt, ly ealling atteidiion to ly rornrhs in the 
Annual Eejtrt for 1919, pp. fS*T4, ia wiiloh I st-sc*® ©f the neeessity 
of field stai^ for assisbers of the lluseiiE staff, isasteos it appear 
that jay reference to tli© Bacon sdiolarship foriMrlly ref or red to 
the ae-d <£ the staff* If Vi© will carefully read the state)® rt on 
p. 74 , h® wl.ll SO© tSmt as “a step in the right direction", it 
alludes in tlie first place to tlie hope tSiat "It will evwitaally 
lielp rt*jsdy the umyOTetrical developraont of the lliseusa colleotiojw". 
"On tlte other imnd sieed of field work for th© staff WEnild be better 
taken care of^ ^if naia 0 r.ou 8 ^ 8 naller ajapunte^erc available each year t(xc 
facSiTcholarsh ip could b© Jised^prirwlXy for th© ben^tt of th© staff, 
ns witii the undenaaimodeoadition esf the Doparteeat I eamot see hew 
ary cs^Jlcyo© can be spared from ary division for two years at a 
'stretch, whsai the lasr© cumtcsciarcBities alone cannot properly b® token 
oar© of, as things are iw. Bia Bacon traveling soholarshlp is for 
th© study of sota© eountry outside tiie United States, and properly^ 
intei^eted I bol let's Is not intended prissy il y for the bmeflt of 
tSie ngrsorBiCl of th© lj'®titMtlon, 1>ut 'for ¥K® iaunlstie scioace as 
ropr©s©ntSil"'% th© Institution. If th© two .aigg, .esf L^?., 
good and well. 
■ I. ’ W* ..bhjjdtt sceos to b© und.er tire misapprehension tlmt by 
filing of his application at on early date it® has ©stablished a 
ri^t to preforraeidi. iAa*th aretor©, im socras to think that the fact 
that no other application had been fil^ would ipso fao^ . entitle him 
to the sj^iolarship. Finally, it would alsost seea as if ho believed 
that by filing his eq»nlicatlon on© or two years in advertoe, he could 
block the anrard to eom one in tli© interval until Im corld get ready. 
The BubcoKEaittee, of course, was anxious tlmt tlie laojjcy available 
should be utilised at once if possible, and tlierefc«*e reoojaneMed 
