Excerpt from Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Publication 4613; Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ended June 30, 1964 It seems high time that we should develop this role, for there is urgent need for the Smithsonian to render genuine service and leadership. In the broad areas of biology and anthropology, support for special ized training not otherwise available under existing university pro grams must and can be given by the Smithsonian. In addition to general programs in specialized fields, specific programs are currently being undertaken with eight universities. Duke University will coop crate with the Smithsonian Institution in training biological oceanog raphers. Johns Hopkins University will join in a common venture to offer graduate education opportunities in paleontology. Other programs of cooperative education have been developed with the University of Minnesota in algology, the University of Maryland in ornithology, George Washington University in malacology, and the University of Kansas in paleontology. In addition there is the well known program of the Freer Gallery of Art and the University of Michigan in Oriental art and the Astrophysical Observatory's inte grated activities with Harvard. Through such arrangements grad uate students may come to the Smithsonian Institution to carry out research projects under the supervision of staff members who may be given recognition in the form of an honorary or part-time appoint ment to the university faculty. Improved use of museum and other laboratory facilities in this way will help to overcome severe national shortages of natural-science specialists in a number of fields. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.