122 Kmisas Academy of Science. 



p. 1139. We can not hope to maintain an adequate body of 

 scientific workers unless the study of the sciences in our pub- 

 lic schools regains its former prestige. Scientific bodies must 

 give due consideration to this condition and aid the educators 

 in its improvement, or there will be too small a number of 

 young men and women fitted to supply the ranks of the research 

 workers in the next generation. There are a number of ways 

 in which science may be popularized. Through the medium of 

 scientific books written in a simple, popular style many may be 

 reached through city libraries and in the home. Specialists 

 should select such matter from their investigations that will 

 possess interest for the general public and issue it in an at- 

 tractive form. We must face this problem fairly. Either we 

 must have a well-trained, thoroughly interested and alert bodj^ 

 of young men and women from which to recruit the next gen- 

 eration of scientists or America must sink to a still lower rank 

 in scientific achievement. If they live up to their responsibility 

 at the present time it must be the policy of American scientists 

 to press home the urgent needs upon the public mind in order 

 that we shall step into our rightful place, the first in scientific 

 rank, and shall carry forward the great work of civilization. 



Must our college and research laboratories be longer dom- 

 inated by the "Made in Germany" label? American scientists 

 should at this time encourage home manufacture of scientific 

 goods. If they lend their aid and advice in designing ap- 

 paratus, and if our manufacturers spare no expense in the em- 

 ployment of the highest skilled mechanicians that the world 

 aflTords, it will only be a few years until the American label will 

 be a sufficient guaranty of the highest efficiency in scientific 

 goods. 



