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Deceinljer 10, 1923. 
To Dr. Stejneger, 
Head Curator, Dept, of Biology. 
The subc omit tee having considered the application of 
Waldo L. Schmitt for a grant from the Walter Rathbone Bacon fund reports 
as follows: 
(1) The project is satisfactory as to merit, scope and 
teneral plan. 
(2) It conforms with the rules approved by the Secretary. 
(3) The meaning of the published announcement appears to 
the subcoonittee obviously to be that work on any project should begin 
without undue delay after approval# The circumstance that the work Is 
not expected to begin until July 1, 1926, or July 1, 1926, therefore 
makes it impossible for the subcbmittee to recommend action at the 
present time . 
(4r) Hence the recommendation of the subcoiumittee is that the 
application be returned to Dr. Schmitt with the request that he resubmit 
it wiien he is in position to take up the work wiihout undue delay. 
(5) The subcoimnittee further recomends that the Bacon 
scholarship be again advertised and be given wider publicity. 
(Signed) Gerrit 8. Mille^,Jr. 
(Signed) Charles W. Richmond 
(signed) Paul Bartsch. 
SubcoiBmittee to consider application for 
the W. R. Bacon Traveling Scholarship. 
