﻿112 
  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  4 
  

  

  ment 
  not 
  fitted 
  for 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  administering 
  the 
  law 
  or 
  carrying 
  on 
  

   other 
  business, 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  qualified 
  for 
  these 
  tasks 
  are 
  usually 
  

   equally 
  lacking 
  in 
  the 
  abiUty 
  to 
  direct 
  research. 
  Therefore, 
  the 
  

   natural 
  division 
  between 
  Federal 
  functions 
  should 
  be 
  recognized 
  by 
  

   placing 
  the 
  investigator 
  and 
  the 
  administrator 
  in 
  distinct 
  organiza- 
  

   tions. 
  Where 
  the 
  facts 
  and 
  their 
  interpretation 
  are 
  needed 
  for 
  the 
  

   proper 
  enforcement 
  of 
  law 
  the 
  investigator 
  should 
  be 
  called 
  upon, 
  

   but 
  he 
  enters 
  a 
  foreign 
  field 
  when 
  he 
  undertakes 
  to 
  execute 
  laws. 
  

  

  Kipling 
  has 
  said 
  that 
  "There 
  are 
  nine 
  and 
  sixty 
  ways 
  of 
  constructing 
  

   tribal 
  lays, 
  and 
  every 
  single 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  is 
  right." 
  The 
  intricate 
  

   dovetailing 
  of 
  scientific 
  research 
  and 
  its 
  manifold 
  applications 
  to 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  gives 
  a 
  choice 
  between 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  perfectly 
  logical 
  

   classifications. 
  Therefore, 
  reorganization 
  can 
  well 
  seek 
  to 
  maintain 
  

   the 
  traditions 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  service 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  developed 
  during 
  

   the 
  century 
  of 
  its 
  growth. 
  Mere 
  antiquity 
  cannot, 
  of 
  course 
  be 
  

   considered 
  an 
  argument 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  this 
  or 
  that 
  classification; 
  yet 
  in 
  

   these 
  days 
  of 
  unrest 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  an 
  esprit 
  de 
  corps 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  

   outgrowth 
  of 
  long 
  and 
  effective 
  service 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  lightly 
  cast 
  aside, 
  

   in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  contravene 
  the 
  principles 
  of 
  the 
  effi- 
  

   ciency 
  expert 
  devoted 
  to 
  cultivating 
  mass 
  effort 
  as 
  against 
  individual 
  

   effort. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  all 
  too 
  long 
  address 
  I 
  have 
  attempted 
  to 
  set 
  forth 
  the 
  more 
  

   significant 
  conditions 
  under 
  which 
  Government 
  scientific 
  work 
  goes 
  

   forward. 
  By 
  way 
  of 
  summary, 
  I 
  may 
  attempt 
  to 
  answer 
  the 
  question, 
  

   What 
  has 
  a 
  newly 
  appointed 
  scientist 
  to 
  reckon 
  with 
  on 
  entering 
  the 
  

   Federal 
  service? 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  easiest 
  to 
  follow 
  the 
  example 
  of 
  many 
  

   others 
  and 
  dwell 
  long 
  on 
  the 
  darker 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  picture, 
  but 
  we 
  must 
  

   also 
  see 
  the 
  brighter 
  side. 
  

  

  The 
  financial 
  aspect 
  of 
  his 
  situation 
  deserves 
  first 
  attention, 
  for 
  

   the 
  new-born 
  scientist 
  probably 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  learned 
  to 
  put 
  behind 
  him 
  

   all 
  material 
  things. 
  His 
  first 
  important 
  discovery 
  after, 
  say, 
  six 
  

   years 
  of 
  expensive 
  education 
  will 
  be 
  that 
  his 
  services 
  are 
  valued 
  at 
  

   less 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  journeyman 
  plumber 
  with 
  a 
  professional 
  training 
  

   of 
  six 
  months, 
  during 
  which 
  his 
  earnings 
  have 
  at 
  least 
  covered 
  his 
  keep. 
  

   If 
  the 
  scientist 
  remains 
  in 
  the 
  service 
  he 
  can 
  look 
  forward 
  with 
  some 
  

   hope 
  that 
  his 
  income 
  will 
  eventually 
  overtake 
  his 
  expenses, 
  but 
  this 
  

   only 
  if 
  he 
  lives 
  humbly, 
  as 
  befits 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  lowly 
  station. 
  While 
  

   dedicating 
  his 
  life 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  weal 
  he 
  may 
  be 
  cheered 
  by 
  the 
  assurance 
  

   that 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  seventy, 
  when 
  he 
  will 
  be 
  unfit 
  for 
  private 
  employ- 
  

   ment 
  except 
  as 
  doorkeeper, 
  he 
  may 
  be 
  retired 
  on 
  an 
  allowance 
  of 
  $6CIb 
  

  

  