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(r) An anthropometric institute in connection with anthropology. 



( d) An institution for tests, etc., in schools, in conjunction with 

 the Bureau of Education. 



(tf) An institution for work on the defective classes, in conjunc- 

 tion with asylums, etc. 



(/) An institution for psycho- physiology in conjunction with 

 work in physiology. 



(^) An institution for comparative work in conjunction with bi- 

 ology and a zoological park. 



(/') A pathological institution in conjunction with work in psy- 

 chiatry. 



(/*) Bibliographic v.'ork and a library. 



This is in general the order of mj' preference, though I think that 

 the direction of work should depend chiefly on the men and facilities 

 at hand. I can not well place in order of merit the ways in which 

 the Institution can help psychology throughout the country. I have 

 discussed the matter in detail in Scicvce and can not give a concise 

 list without danger of misunderstanding, 



\_Dr. Joseph Jasfro7v, Professor of Psychology ^ University of Wisconsin, 



to Mr, Baldwin.~\ 



1 . I am of the opinion that the most decided aid would come from 

 the establishment of a research laboratory in psychology, or, next to 

 that, of research endowments for existing laboratories in general 

 accordance with my suggestions in Science. While there are many 

 psychological projects which it is of great importance to further, it 

 is. in my opinion, still more important to attract the energies of 

 psj'choiogists into the research field by establishing positions in 

 which capacity for research is the main requirement, and by trans- 

 forming the status of their present positions so as to make possible 

 an emphasis of the research side of their profes.sion. My first answer 

 would then be to aid research in psychology bj^ supplying personal 

 assistance to men who have the promise of doing something note- 

 worthy, giving grants for clerical aid, for computers, for statistical 

 expansion of investigation. Aid men so that the time they do spend 

 on research shall be most efhciently spent. The endowment of 

 specific projects, though important, is to me not so important as this 

 more difficult, but in the end more efficient, stimulus. 



2. I am willing to express my opinion that there is room in Wash- 

 ington for a psychological position of wide influence. The Bureau 



