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same thing applies generally to organized bodies, which are 
deeply concerned in the education that is preparatory to the 
calling that they represent. This idea has, I believe, only been 
realized to a very small extent; but in some of the newer 
universities great importance is attached to the co-operation 
in the administration of departments of applied science, of 
Advisory Committees, consisting of men for the most part 
actively engaged in the industry to which the applied science 
is related. At least one case may be quoted where such an 
Advisory Committee is composed mainly of representatives 
directly delegated from the professional associations repre- 
sentative of the whole industry concerned. The gain to the 
university of such relationship is very great. Not only does it 
bring with it a large amount of valuable advice to the service 
of the university, but it breaks down the barriers which are 
so apt to arise between academic and practical life, and ensures 
that there shall be a vitalizing contact between the university 
and the world outside. The extraordinarily rapid transforma- 
tions which industries undergo at the present day, lead to the 
danger of a teacher becoming out of touch with current 
developments and new needs, if he is isolated within the 
precincts of a university. His intercourse with industrial 
leaders is greatly facilitated by the existence of such Advisory 
Committees as I have referred to. The limits of the authority 
of such Committees will, of course, be regulated by the uni- 
versity, and care will be taken that their intervention does 
not proceed beyond due limits. They should be, in academic 
matters, as their name implies, rather advisory than executive. 
The difficulty of securing suitable teachers of applied science 
is no doubt very considerable. Whilst it is essential that such 
a teacher should have a first-hand knowledge and experience 
of the industry towards which his teaching is to be directed ; 
and whilst he should keep in mind industrial needs and in- 
dustrial demands, and maintain a sympathetic interest in the 
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