350 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. — 1916. 



its scientific workers wliether in tlie laboratory, the field, or the work- 

 shop. The time has come for the organisation of this propaganda work, 

 and every encouragement should be given to societies or men who will 

 take part in it. Political parties send lecturers all over the country to 

 expound their principles : there should now be lecturers who will 

 similarly spread the message of science and efficiency and secure support 

 for the men who will promote these factors in all departments of State. 

 As titles of lectures having this intention, the following may be 

 suggested: England's Neglect of Science and Some of the Eesults ; 

 Unscientific Ministers and their Muddles; Politics and Trade; The 

 Problem of Food ; The Claims of Scientific Method ; Lost Industries and 

 How to Eegain Them ; Neglected Resources of the Empire ; Politics and 

 Education ; State Conti'ol by Amateurs ; Administration without Science ; 

 The Representation of Science and Efficiency in Parliament ; Industrial 

 Organisation and its Benefits ; The Education of our Masters ; Science in 

 National Affairs ; What a Ministry of Commerce might do for the 

 Empire ; The State as a Co-operative Society ; Practical Education ; 

 National Waste and its Consequences ; The Alliance of Science and 

 Industry ; Needs of Modern Life ; How to Increase Work and Wages ; 

 A New Policy of Progress ; The Promotion of Industrial Enterprise ; 

 National Economy In Fuel ; Capital and Labour ; Workshop Hustle and 

 Fatigue; Healthy Homes; Nationalisation of the Highways; Railways 

 as State Services. 



SUMMARY. 



(1) Many local societies arrange for the delivery of occasional popular 

 or semi-popular science lectures, but the audiences are mostly made 

 up of members and their friends. 



(2) In most places there is a small circle of people interested in 

 scientific work and development, and sufficient means exist to enable 

 them to extend their acquaintance with diverse branches of natural 

 knowledge, but the great bulk of the community is outside this circle 

 and is untouched by its influence. 



(3) Popular lectures on scientific subjects do not usually attract such 

 large audiences as formerly in most parts of the Kingdom. To make a 

 wide appeal to the general public the same principles of organisation, 

 advertisement, and selection of lecturer and subject must be followed 

 as are adopted by agents of other public performances. 



(4) Increase in the number of educational institutions has provided 

 for the needs of most persons who wish to study science, either to gain 

 knowledge or prepare for a career. Other people seek entertainment 

 rather than mental effort in their leisure hours, and they require 

 subjects of topical interest, or of social and political importance, to 

 attract them to lectures. 



(5) Few popular lectures pay their expenses, and scarcely a single 

 local society has a special fund upon which it can draw in order to 

 meet the cost involved in the provision of a first-rate lecturer and 

 adequate advertisement. 



