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(^) A station for the strictly psychological study of animal intel- 

 ligence is of critical importance for the further advance of compara- 

 tive psychology. 



I have confined my enumeration to a few of the projects of larger 

 scope which a central establishment for research could most suita- 

 bly direct, and which are less likely than others to be taken in hand 

 by existing facilities for research. 



4. Of cooperative measures I should regard as most helpful — 



(a) A central scientific instrument works, in which research ap- 

 paratus could be brought to perfection, and from which standard 

 apparatus could be issued. 



(b) The endowment of bibliographical aids to the student of psy- 

 chology, and the provision of adequate representation of psychology 

 in more general bibliographies. 



{c) The provision for the representation of psychology in anthro- 

 pological expeditions, so that the mental status of the various races 

 may be established. Such opportunity is in many cases likely to 

 disappear, owing to the commingling and extinction of peoples. 



(d) The establishment of branch depositories for the gathering 

 of tests of normal mental efiiciency in connection with the project 

 outlined in 3 (a). 



[Dr. Edward Bradford Titchener, Professor of Psychology , Cornell 



University, to Mr. Baldwin. '\ 



I . On the assumption that psychology is to benefit by the Car- 

 negie fund, the question at once arises whether the sums allotted 

 to psychology should be spent in a lump, for one purpose, or 

 whether they should be distributed for various ends. As regards 

 psychology itself, the question arises whether we are concerned to 

 further the immediate needs of the science, to hasten progress along 

 lines already laid down, or whether we desire to erect a permanent 

 monument, which may lie a little outside of our visible needs, but 

 which will be of enduring value, w^hether psychology advances 

 along its present track or undergoes such another revolution as it 

 suffered with the introduction of the experimental method. 



On the former issue, my own opinion is that we should either 

 effect a compromise or boldly put the whole fund into commission. 

 I am not in favor of a single lump-sum expenditure. On the latter 

 I think that the immediate needs of psychology are pressing ; that 

 we now require, not a few geniuses, but rather a large body of 



