XXX. QUATERCENTENARY STUDIES IN PATHOLOGY 



has characterised the Scottish nation in the past, and which has 

 been one of the mainsprings of her progress. 



In face of this, think what might have been achieved with 

 this money had it been applied to the proper equipment of our 

 laboratories and the furnishing forth of our libraries. Both are 

 in an inefficient state, and surely common sense would dictate 

 that before announcing that we are prepared to turn out 

 competent scholars, medical men, lawyers, etc., we should be 

 supplied with the machinery for accomplishing this object. 



We would enter an appeal in the strongest terms to 

 benefactors of our University in the future, if they wish to 

 confer a real benefit on higher education, to see to it that their 

 benefaction is no longer cast into the educational slough known 

 as the " Bursary Fund." Let it be applied to what are really 

 the weak points in our system, namely, the equipment of our 

 laboratories, the encouragement of research, and the endow- 

 ment of our libraries. 



W. B. 



