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It is expected that the first meeting of the 

 council will be held in September. 



It has already been stated that cordial de- 

 sire to cooperate has been encountered on 

 every hand. Special reference may now be 

 made to certain striking cases. The first of 

 these illustrates how the council, taking ad- 

 vantage of the increased appreciation of the 

 value of science and the spirit of national 

 service which have resulted from the war, may 

 obtain the cooperation of educational institu- 

 tions and assist them in adding to their en- 

 dowments for scientific research. Throop 

 College of Technology, in Pasadena, Cali- 

 fornia, is a small institution of high standards 

 which gives special attention to research. 

 President Scherer, hearing of the plans of the 

 research council, offered the assistance and co- 

 operation of the recently endowed research 

 laboratory of chemistry and secured at once 

 an additional endowment of one hundred thou- 

 sand dollars for scientific research. Under 

 somewhat similar circumstances, a gift of 

 $500,000 has been made to the endowment of 

 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 

 with the expectation that much of the income 

 will be used for research at that institution. 



Another illustration of friendly cooperation, 

 of special importance because it assures the 

 support of the national engineering societies, 

 is afforded by the following resolution of the 

 Engineering Foundation of New York, 

 adopted at the annual meeting of the founda- 

 tion, on June 21, 1916 : 



Whereas, the National Academy of Sciences of 

 the United States of America has taken the initia- 

 tive in bringing into cooperation existing govern- 

 mental, educational, industrial and other research 

 organizations with the object of encouraging the 

 investigation of natural phenomena, the applica- 

 tion of scientific principles in American industries, 

 the employment of science in the national defense, 

 and such other objects as will promote the national 

 welfare, and 



Whereas, these objects are among the objects 

 for which The Engineering Foundation was cre- 

 ated, 



Now, Therefore, he it Besolved, that The Engi- 

 neering Foundation hereby registers its approval 

 of the coordination and federation of the research 



agencies of the country undertaken by the Na- 

 tional Academy of Sciences and expresses its will- 

 ingness to join with and assist the National Acad- 

 emy in accomplishing the above federation. 



The foundation also offered to devote its 

 entire income for the coming year (including 

 a special gift of $5,000 for this purpose from 

 its founder, Mr. Ambrose Swasey) toward the 

 expenses of organization, and to provide a New 

 York office for the council in the Engineers 

 Building. 



The presidents of the American Philosoph- 

 ical Society, of the American Association of 

 University Professors, and of Yale University 

 have already expressed their intention of pro- 

 posing the adoption of similar resolutions by 

 the institutions which they represent and of 

 recommending the appointment of committees 

 to cooperate with the National Research Coun- 

 cil; and it is expected that other societies and 

 educational institutions will take similar 

 action. 



Respectfully submitted by the organizing 

 committee. 



George E. Hale (chairman) , 

 Edwin G. Conklin, 

 Simon Flexner, 



EOBERT A. MlLLIKAN, 



Arthur A. Notes 



George E. Hale 



A BRITISH BOARD OF SCIENCE AND 

 INDUSTRY 1 



We have received for publication from the 

 British Science Guild the following memo- 

 randum on the relations which should exist in 

 future between the state and science, and sug- 

 gesting that a national statutory board of sci- 

 ence and industry should be formed. The 

 memorandum, which has been forwarded to 

 the government, is signed by some 220 of the 

 most important representatives of industry, 

 science and education: 



The British Science Guild, which was 

 founded in 1905 with the object of bringing 

 home to all classes "the necessity of applying 

 the methods of science to all branches of hu- 

 man endeavor, and thus to further the prog- 

 ress and increase the welfare of the empire," 



i From Nature. 



