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Excerpt from Year Book No. 32, July 1, 1932-June 30, 1933: With Administrative Reports Through December 15, 1933 Organization under the new Articles of Incorporation was effected May 18, 1904, and the Institution was placed under the control of a board of twenty-four trustees, all of whom had been members of the original corpora tion. The trustees meet annually in December to consider the affairs of the Institution in general, the progress of Work already undertaken, the initiation of new projects, and to make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year. During the intervals between the meetings of the trustees the affairs Of the Institution are conducted by an Executive Committee chosen by and from the Board of Trustees and acting through the President of the Institution as chief executive officer. The Articles Of Incorporation of the Institution declare in general that the objects of the corporation shall be to encourage, in the broadest and most liberal manner, investigation, research, and discovery, and the application of knowledge to the improvement of mankind. Three principal agencies to forward these objects have been developed. The first of these involves the establishment of departments of research within the Institution itself, to attack larger problems requiring the collaboration of several investiga tors, special equipment, and continuous effort. The second provides means whereby individuals, usually in direct association with organized activities of the Institution, may undertake and carry to completion investigations not less important but requiring less collaboration and less special equip ment. The third agency, namely, a division devoted to editing and print ing books, aims to provide adequate publication of the results of research coming from the first two agencies and to a limited extent also for worthy works not likely to be published under other auspices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of ra