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sistance may be rendered the individuals and agencies concerned 

 in their attempts to serve the public welfare in the most ef- 

 fective manner. 



The present membership of the Division comprises, in addi- 

 tion to representatives of the several other Divisions of the 

 National Research Council and certain groups of representa- 

 tives chosen at large, six regional representatives of state re- 

 search committees and representatives from organizations 

 particularly concerned with state research problems, to wit, 

 the Association of American State Geologists, the Society of 

 American Foresters, the American Association of State High- 

 way Officials, and the International Association of Game, Fish, 

 and Conservation Commissioners. 



4. Educational Relations Division. The institutions of 

 higher learning in the United States represent two important 

 groups of research interests. In the first place, a considerable 

 proportion of the research in pure science is carried on in these 

 institutions ; and in the second place, they are the sole sources 

 from which there is to be derived trained personnel for ad- 

 vanced scientific work. It is obvious that as in the case of the 

 other Divisions of General Relations, the several Divisions of 

 Science and Technology, mentioned earlier in the chapter, sus- 

 tain the most intimate affiliations with the Division of Educa- 

 tional Relations, representing the educational institutions. 

 Even during the war, therefore, a definite effort was made to 

 organize the research interests in these educational institutions ; 

 and the peace-time organization of the Council has seen in this 

 field one of its largest opportunities, and one of its most press- 

 ing obligations. Again, as in the case of the work of the 

 States Relation Division, there is and can be no question of a 

 coercive attitude on the part of the Council. It stands to these 

 institutions purely in the relation of a wotald-be helper, un- 

 selfishly devoted to the development in them of the best condi- 

 tions for productive research and the training of research men. 

 The Division has initiated its work by a careful study of the 

 facilities for research work in the major institutions of the 



