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enterprises; 6th, between entomologists and sanitation engineers; 

 and 7th, between all of these and the general public. In the under- 

 taking of such a plan, there are involved so many fundamental principles 

 to which such careful consideration must be given that the task assumes 

 enormous proportions. If there is developed a workable plan that 

 will insure efficiency, it will not be the product of a single person, but 

 of a group of men who have that rare faculty of seeing the possibilities 

 and opportunities of the future and who believe the impossible can 

 be done. Because the task is stupendous; because there have been 

 failure and quarrels in the past, due principally to misunderstanding, 

 petty jealousy and lack of vision; because there are those who cry 

 out "that it can't be done," should one fold his arms in hopeless despair 

 and cry out "impossible?" 



Is there any reason to despair of ultimate success when there is so 

 splendid an organization as the National Research Council with which 

 so many associations, scientific societies, and industrial concerns are 

 affiliated, already clearing the way? No, I believe not, for never 

 before have the entomologists had better opportunities for fundamental 

 training in research. Never before have we had such a large group of 

 well-trained men filled with inspiration, interest and zeal. Never 

 before have we had more promising opportunities to render real service ; 

 nor has there been a time when such splendid machinery for service 

 was waiting to be thrown into motion, and never before have we had 

 such- an opportunity to organize the intellectual forces of our Association 

 into a movement that will have a profound influence upon the future 

 of our science and the well-being of our country. 



Vice-President Arthur Gibson: The discussion of this address 

 will take place at the beginning of the afternoon session. 



President Dean resumes the chair. 



President George A. Dean : The next subject is 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY IN QUEBEC DURING THE LAST 



DECADE 



By Reverend Father Leopold, Agricultural Institute of Oka, La Trappe, P. Q. 



(Withdrawn for publication in the 52d Report of. the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario for 1921) 



Adjournment. 



