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be assorted into ' primary ' and ' ancillary.' The direction 

 in the Trust Deed as to the application of the half of the 

 Income under Head A. is quoted in the Report of the 

 Special Committee of the Guild ; and it only requires to 

 be read with care to show that the idea of any distribution 

 between subjects to be favoured and subjects to be 

 subordinated is wholly without warrant. The Executive 

 Committee regret that the Special Committee of the Guild 

 commit themselves to the statement that there has been a 

 1 diversion of the funds from their main purpose.' The 

 Executive Committee can see no justification for this 

 statement. 



"(2) The other criticism is to the effect that the 

 Trustees are not men who are professionally and actively 

 engaged in scientific work, or have had experience of 

 research. The Guild may be reminded that the members 

 of the Trust were chosen by Mr Carnegie himself; and it 

 is therefore obvious that they are men whom he considered 

 capable of interpreting his wishes. In so far as vacancies 

 in the Trust have occurred, consequent on deaths among 

 the Trustees, it is the fact that these have been for the 

 most part supplied by the appointment of men eminent in 

 various branches of Science." 



On the 28th February 1918, in reply to this, the follow- 

 ing Resolution was sent to the Board of Trustees by the 

 Guild : 



" The Executive Committee of the British Science 

 Guild notes with regret that the Excerpt from the Minutes 

 of the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Trust on the 

 7th January 1918, shews some misapprehension, which 

 need not be pursued at the present time, of the position 

 of the Guild in putting before Mr Carnegie's Trust the 

 communication from Prof. F. Soddy. The Guild, however, 

 cannot accept the views of the Carnegie Trustees indicated 

 in the Minute which seem to involve self-imposed restric- 

 tions on the exercise of their powers and discretion, with 

 respect to the promotion of scientific education." 



The following is a further communication from Prof. F. 



