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there will be certain permanent exhibits of fundamental scien- 

 tific interest, but perhaps more significant will be the system 

 of rotating exhibits designed to show the latest discoveries in 

 pure and applied science in ways readily intelligible to the 

 general public. These exhibits will then be shown in other 

 large centers throughout the country wherever satisfactory 

 arrangements can be made. At the present moment, there is 

 being shown a most striking exhibit of the wireless telephone 

 and of the essential discoveries in pure science which have led 

 up to its perfection. This exhibit has been prepared by the 

 American Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and the 

 Western Electric Company, with assistance from the Signal 

 Corps of the army. 



It is hoped by these methods to arouse a much deeper and 

 more widely disseminated public appreciation of the progress 

 which is constantly going on in scientific work, and of the sig- 

 nificance of this work for the prosperity of the commonwealth. 

 If the Council can accomplish some fraction of the general pur- 

 poses which have been outlined in this chapter, it may well 

 feel that it has served its purpose. Its organization is plastic, 

 and can be made to conform to the changing needs of successive 

 generations. It is based upon an unselfish devotion to the de- 

 velopment of human welfare through the most energetic prose- 

 cution of the resources of science. 



