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called upon by the other for aid. In the way of indicating the best 

 results to be reached by the work of all the bureaus in connection 

 with one another, the considerations already presented in favor of a 

 central unifying establishment, with functions such as providing 

 lectures and issuing reports, etc. , ma}'^ be again emphasized. 



With so much description of the more general fields of work in 

 which the Carnegie Institution may do most for psychology, we may 

 point out certain subordinate urgent ways in which particular lines 

 of work may be undertaken in connection with the central estab- 

 lishment : 



(a) A bureau for the manufacture and sale, at greatly reduced 

 prices, of all sorts of apparatus required by scientific men. 



ib) Pi. bureau in which there should be provision for the training 

 and support of expert computers , who would be at the service of the 

 educational institutions for computing and statistical work. Such 

 a bureau is a necessity in many departments, and a single establish- 

 ment would suffice for all the sciences. 



(<:) A bureau for anthropometric and psychological tests and ineasure- 

 ments. The object of this bureau will be the establishing of certain 

 standard tests and measurements, both of psychological and physio- 

 logical character, to be carried out upon individual classes, such as 

 college students, school children, and primitive peoples, savages, 

 and others in connection with the departments already described. 

 A good beginning has been made by a committee of the American 

 Psychological Association in devising and arranging a set of standard 

 tests. 



{d) This department should join in the maintenance of 2i printing 

 establishment for the manufacture of scientific works of all sorts at 

 liberal and reduced rates for scientific institutions, societies, and 

 agencies generally, and for its own printing in all the departments. 



{e)' There should be in connection with the central establishment 

 a literary bureau for the conduct of such publications as may be nec- 

 essary. This would include the publication of reports, bulletins and 

 literary aids of all sorts, such [as bibliographies, translations, etc. 

 We especially point out the need of an agency for securing the 

 tra7islation and publication of important foreign books and memoirs 

 which private publishers do not find it profitable to bring out. 



III. Specific Recommendations. 



Advisory Committee. — In addition to the officials indicated below for 

 specific duties in connection with the central department of psychol- 



