152 ANNUAL REPOKT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1921. 



values in life, this institution has a field of great usefulness lying 

 before it, In their administration of the generous gift, the trustees, 

 the president and the faculty of the Case School of Applied Science, 

 whether for research, for school instruction or for community edu- 

 cation, will have the sympathetic interest of astronomers, of all 

 lovers of the truth. This observatory may assist in the solution 

 of important problems concerning the universe of which we form 

 a part. The universities, the colleges, and the technical schools 

 of our country, and of other countries, are graduating every year 

 many hundreds of young men, ready to start upon the more serious 

 phases of their lives, who can tell us all about the lights in our 

 houses, but not one word about the lights in our sky. This insti- 

 tution will do its quota in approximating to a liberal education. 

 The casual visitor who enters its portals in search of knowledge, 

 yea, the passerby in the street who merely sees a dignified and pur- 

 poseful observatory set upon a hill, will have his thoughts directed 

 to higher levels. 



