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with whom frank discussion would often lead to valued con- 

 nections. 



Second: Is a visit to your plant by an instructor and his 

 group of students simply a thing to be endured or gotten 

 through with as rapidly as possible by the aid of some sub- 

 altern who lacks your knowledge of the larger aspects of the 

 industry in which you are engaged ? 



Such occasions could be made of inestimable value in cul- 

 tivating true cooperation between industries and universities. 



Third: Would it not be possible to include university 

 men more frequently on the programs of industrial conven- 

 tions ? 



Such a policy would be a mutual help, stimulating 

 thought and breeding good-will. 



Fourth: Have you aided our universities in a material 

 way ? 



Cooperation is mutual helpfulness. Many of the funda- 

 mental principles of present-day industries have been worked 

 out in university laboratories. You can aid in many ways; 

 by furnishing material prepared under factory conditions for 

 use in research in university laboratories, by contributing 

 equipment which will widen the possibilities of such work, 

 by enlarging department libraries which constitute the prime 

 prerequisite of all research laboratories, and by endowing 

 fellowships which will enable many a promising young man, 

 otherwise unable, to continue his work through that unremun- 

 erative period of higher training which is requisite if he is 

 to realize his highest possibilities. 



I know of no more fitting illustration of the spirit of 

 cooperation in matters chemical than the organization and 

 wise general policies of this Society. In its large and con- 

 stantly growing membership are included the university men 

 and those directly connected with the industries. By joint 

 effort and with increasing enthusiasm an organization has 

 been developed which is daily increasing in value as a na- 

 tional asset. 



