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1925 
iloEioraEdiim fcr •Uie Secretary; 
In transEdtting her I)r. W» Seteaitt's application 
of February 28 for a grant car •yravelliag sdiolarship under the 
tenaB of the lirill of ISrs, Virginia itorc^ Bacon, I beg to observe 
ti»t the plan os outlined seraas feasible. It is also realized 
tmt It is highly desirebl® that Miss llathbua i^ould b® stalled 
fd-th the necessary aateriol for her f crtiicaEing gysteciatic paprs 
on ormtaoos,. It is finally adsittcd that the colleotions of the 
llisem ■rrould be greatly ©nidched mth Bpeciiasm of Haria© inrer- 
tohrntes of tdl classes frco a region ncsr poorly rop'eaonted in 
Museum. 
lot knotTir?*, ’slat diseisiom liaT® been reacViOd t/ith 
regard to the dlsln-ilaition of this soholar3i.ip, nor whether it 
is applicai-lo to genoral colleoting for systoaatio ijwrposos 
d-iofiy rather than to a study of a definits fauna or fauml 
problem, I em unnblo to make a definite rocoxnrtiGrKlation. It 
Tfould appear to m© desirable thit applicatio.n8 f'X sudSi a 
scholarship Should be puV/iioly invitv^d, no that the Head Curator 
of Biology, in case Viis opinion is deairod, should tev© a chance 
to ororsss a profereno© in case of serrvral applicc-tlom from 
fs.unal zcologis'ts being subinitted. ho dcaibt a raster of jrojccts 
for fpvuml stixdies would be subi'dtted, aid tlie laerits of ©nob 
should be caj’ofully studied befoi*o a grant is aaclo. 
Vary rospoctfully. 
head Ciirator, 
Dept, of Biology. 
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