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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLVII. No. 1222 



emy of Sciences for February 11 there is a 

 manifesto in the form of a memorandum en- 

 titled " Observations on Modern Scientific Lan- 

 guage " by a niunber of French men of science, 

 MM. Bigourdan, Blondel, Bouvier, Branly, 

 Douville, Guignard, Haller, Haug, Henneguy, 

 Lacroix, Lallemand, Laveran, Lecomte, Le- 

 cornu, Lemoine, Maquenne, Emile Picard, 

 Eoux, Sehloessing, jun., and Tisserand. The 

 writers of this note enter a protest against a 

 tendency they have observed on the part of the 

 younger generation of scientific workers both 

 to neglect literary form in their publications 

 and to introduce new and strange words which 

 are often unnecessary or badly constructed. 



It is suggested that youthful authors may 

 perhaps think that the use of outlandish ex- 

 pressions lends an air of learning to their com- 

 munications, whereas the impression some- 

 times produced upon the reader is that he has 

 come upon a bad translation of a work origin- 

 ally published in some foreign language. 



It is pointed out that, owing to the interna- 

 tional character of science, words and expres- 

 sions which are quite appropriate in one lan- 

 guage have been transferred bodily into an- 

 other language without proper steps having 

 been taken to adapt them to their new home. 

 For example, our words " control " and " to 

 control " have been translated " controle " and 

 " controler." But " controler " means " to reg- 

 ister," and, therefore, ought not to be used in 

 the sense of " to regulate " or " to exercise an 

 influence over." The English expression " self- 

 induction" sometimes appears in French 

 papers on electricity in the shortened form of 

 " le self." Even an Englishman would find it 

 difficult to discover the meaning of such an ex- 

 pression, so that a Frenchman may be par- 

 doned if he finds it barbarous. 



The writers of the note express the hope that 

 the more closely the bonds between the Allied 

 nations are drawn, the more care may be taken 

 in translating scientific terms and expressions. 

 It is suggested that international congresses 

 and all forms of international cooperation 

 afford a means of " controlling " the interna- 

 tional language of science. 



APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY AT THE CARNEGIE IN- 

 STITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ITS 

 WAR-TIME WORK 



Dr. Guy M. Whipple has resigned from the 

 University of Illinois to accept appointment 

 at the Carnegie Institute of Technology as 

 professor of applied psychology and director 

 of educational research. During the present 

 year. Dr. Whipple has been in Pittsburgh part 

 time as acting director of the Bureau of Sales- 

 manship Research during the absence of Dr. 

 Walter Dill Scott, who since last July has been 

 in Washington as director of the Committee 

 on Classification of Personnel in the Army. 

 Dr. Whipple will continue as acting director 

 of the Bureau of Salesmanship Research as 

 long as Dr. Scott is engaged in war work. He 

 will then enter on his duties as director of 

 educational research and will carry forward 

 scientific studies in engineering and technical 

 education as they arise in the administration 

 of instruction at the Carnegie Institute of 

 Technology. 



Announcement is made of the promotion to 

 the rank of associate professor of Dr. James 

 Burt Miner, who is acting as head of the di- 

 vision of applied psychology at the Carnegie 

 Institute of Technology during the absence of 

 Dr. W. V. Bingham on war work in Washing- 

 ton. Dr. L. L. Thurstone has been advanced 

 to the rank of assistant professor. Dr. A. J. 

 Beatty, assistant to the director of the Car- 

 negie Bureau of Salesmanship Research, will 

 on June 1 become director of education of 

 the American Rolling Mills Company, at 

 Marietta, Ohio. Dr. Kate Gordon has been 

 granted leave of absence from the Carnegie In- 

 stitute of Technology for the fall quarter to 

 enable her to carry out for the California 

 State Board of Control a psychological in- 

 vestigation of children who are wards of the 

 state. 



Dr. Beardsley Ruml has been given leave of 

 absence from the Carnegie Institute of Tech- 

 nology to devote his full time to the direction 

 of the work of the Trade Test Standardization 

 Division of the Comimittee on Classification 

 of Personnel in the Army. Dr. L. L. Thur- 

 stone has been granted half-time leave for simi- 

 lar work. Dr. T. J. Kirby has been granted 



