EDITORIAL 4II 
employs by continuous work in broad, unrestricted fields, until real 
mastery is attained. Even more imperative is adequate provision 
for the close scientific oversight of each chief line of work by com- 
manding talent, developed by a far-seeing and steadfast policy in the 
interests of the highest class of work. 
These are only some of the large outstanding problems that give 
a rare opportunity to the new administration. In the solution of 
these, as also in the more mechanical as well as the more diplomatic 
problems of the Survey, Dr. Smith will have the cordial good wishes 
of geologists generally, and, beyond question, their help, if he chooses 
to draw about himself the united talent of the country. 
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Geological surveys have recently been established in Arkansas 
and Colorado by the action of the legislatures of those states. Notable 
additions have also been made to the financial resources of the surveys 
of Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa. Some further favorable action is 
expected from legislatures still in session. Jn line with this there has 
recently been a notable increase in the facilities for geological instruc- 
tion given in several of the higher institutions of learning in the same 
region. ‘These correlative actions appear to indicate a marked 
growth of geological interest in the interior states. Co-operation 
between the state surveys mutually, and between these and the higher 
institutions of learning, has grown co-ordinately, and is a hopeful 
sign of further growth and strength in the future. 
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