C. A. Adams, G. '93, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering, for research having for its objective the better understanding of the mechanism of the dielectric phenomena in solid dielectrics.

Albert Sauveur, Gordon McKay Professor of Metallurgy and Metallography, to allow him to prosecute with greater speed and efficiency his metallurgical investigations, including the corrosion of iron and steel, the influence of casting conditions on the physical properties of iron and steel, and grain size of pure metals.

E. W. Forbes '95, Lecturer on Fine Arts and Director of the Fogg Art Museum, for a study of the value of X-rays in detecting forgeries and the repainting of pictures.

C. R. Post '04, Professor of Greek and of Fine Arts, for an investigation in Spain and other countries of Europe of material for a general "History of Spanish Painting."

Reisner to Continue Egyptian Work

G. A. Reisner '89, Professor of Egyptology and Director of the Harvard-Boston Egyptian Expedition, for making finished scale drawings of Giza, Egypt, where his research is done, to be used in the preparation of historical material bearing on the history of Ethiopia and the cultural history of the Old Kingdom in Egypt.

G. V. Douglas, Instructor in Geology, to purchase a quartz spectograph for determining the minor constituents of minerals, ores, and rocks, and the composition of minute grains too small to be analyzed in other ways.

R. P. Blake, G. '09, Assistant Professor of History, for the purchase of 1000 photostatic prints of the Famulus Type secured from the Greek Patriarchal Library at Jerusalem, Palestine, to permit him to make a text of the Georgian version in Biblical criticism accessible to the scholarly world.

W. C. Ford, Hon. '07, Lecturer on historical manuscripts, for further researches connected with rare Americana in London and Paris, and American documents in the Public Records Office at London.

C. H. Mcllwain, G. '03, Professor of History and Government, to assist in securing data necessary for a history of the political thought of the 16th century.

J. H. Woods '87, Professor of Philosophy, for two years, to complete research connected with the Visuddhi Magga and literature relating to this book.

E. C. Jeffrey, G. '99, Professor of Plant Morphology, to assist in his study of trees in Australia and New Zealand.

William McDougall, Professor of Psychology, to assist his research on the transmission of acquired characters.

Adelbert Fernald, G. '96, Instructor in Orthodontia and Curator of the Dental Museum, for two years; to assist in perfecting measuring instruments for ascertaining the natural development of normal bone growth in a child from birth so that a comparison of the normal average bone growth of a healthy child may be made with those which are abnormal, to the twelfth or thirteenth year of age.

Physalia Studied by Parker