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Affirmative answers from: 



1. University of California. 



2. Johns Hopkins University. 



3. University of Michigan. 



4. Northwestern University. 



5. Eush Medical College. 



6. University of Virginia. 



7. Washington University. 



8. Western Eeserve University. 



9. Tale University. 



The following do not answer the ques- 

 tion: 



1. Albany Medical College. 



2. Atlanta College of Physicians and Sur- 



geons. 



3. Jefferson Medical College. 



4. Harvard University. 



5. University of Minnesota. 



6. University of Texas. 



Negative answers come from: 



1. University and Bellevue Hospital and 



Medical College. 



2. University of Cincinnati. 



3. Cornell University. 



4. Columbia University. 



5. McGill University. 



6. University of North Carolina. 



7. University of Pittsburgh. 



8. University of Tennessee. 



9. Tulane University. 



10. University of Toronto. 



Opinions upon the question from several 

 schools are as follows: 



Dr. Howell (Johns Hopkins) : 

 Some men have told me that their experience 

 in research was of the greatest value — an intel- 

 lectual awakening. I have known of others who 

 have fallen by the wayside and made the instructor 

 himself feel that the time was wasted. On the 

 whole all of us believe in its value, otherwise we 

 would discourage it — not, I fancy, for the value 

 of the scientific results obtained, but for its educa- 

 tional value on the picked men and the belief that 

 the group of the serious workers in medical science 

 will be recruited from this body of students. 



Dr. H. Gideon "Wells (University of 

 Chicago) : 



There can be no question as to the value of the 

 work which has been turned out by our under- 

 graduate investigators, but that is a very second- 



ary consideration compared with the influence on 

 the men themselves. 



Dr. Victor C. Vaughan (University of 

 Michigan) : 



Some very good original research has been done 

 by our undergi-aduates. We have what we call 

 the Junior Eesearch Club, made up principally of 

 assistants and students and encouraged by mem- 

 bers of the faculty. 



Dr. I. H. Manning (University of North 

 Carolina) : 



In my judgment the student is unprepared to 

 do creditable original work. 



Fifth Question 

 Do you believe that the care your faculty has 

 taken to produce and further such work has re- 

 sulted in your school turning out effective labora- 

 tory men in larger proportion than it would have 

 without such a policy? 



Affirmative answers come from: 



1. University of California. 



2. Harvard University. 



3. Johns Hopkins University. 



4. University of Michigan. 



5. Eush Medical College. 



6. University of Virginia. 



7. Washington University. 



8. Western Eeserve University. 



9. Tale University. 



Schools giving no answer are as follows : 



1. Albany Medical College. 



2. Atlanta College of Physicians and Sur- 



geons. 



3. University and Bellevue Hospital and 



Medical College. 



4. University of Cincinnati. 



5. Jefferson Medical College. 



6. University of Minnesota. 



7. University of North Carolina. 



8. Northwestern University. 



9. University of Texas. 

 10. Tulane University. 



In regard to Tulane the answer of Dr. 

 Dyer is as follows: 



The policy above indicated has been too recent 

 to justify any reply to your fifth question, but it 

 is my personal belief that the sympathy of the 

 faculty with the research spirit in students is 

 bound to make better laboratory men. More than 



