at any rate by the Engineering Department. It is situated near the 
Botanical Museum where the exhibits would still remain and could be 
easily visited. It is a building of three stories and basement, 
high studded and well lighted. There are two large draughting-rooms 
on the top floor, having a skylight in addition to large windows. 
It is thought by your Committee that the laboratories of the Botanical 
Department could be well located in Pierce Hall. 
Proper equipment is sadly lacking. Our experts are making 
their observations through borrowed microscopes and with old-fashioned 
mechanical aids. 
Another matter that is keeping the Department from the 
position to which its work entitles it is the lack of funds to cover 
the expense of publishing important papers and scientific discoveries. 
Such timely papers are often held up for many months, as they must 
wait for opportunity to be published in scientific journals scattered 
throughout the world. 
Your Committee feels very strongly that radical improve¬ 
ments in housing and equipment should be made at once in order that 
we may properly obtain full value for the brains in the Department. 
Further it feels that in view of competition from all sides, advanced 
students will not be attracted to Harvard unless these changes are 
made. 
Signed: Joseph Y. Bergen 
Frederic Dodge 
Robert T. Jackson 
J. Pierpont Morgan 
George E. Richards 
William C. Sturgis 
Thomas W. Slocum 
