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Institute, Princeton, N. J., "Eeseareh in Animal 

 Diseases in their relation to Public Health. ' ' 



April 3. Dr. C. L. Alsberg, chief of the Bureau 

 of Chemistry, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C, "The Administrative 

 Control of our Food and Drug Laws." 



April 11. Dr. J. F. Anderson, director of 

 Squibb 's Laboratory, New Brunswick, N. J., ' ' Pub- 

 lie Health Administration. ' ' 



AprU 17. Dr. W. T. Sedgwick, director of the 

 department of biology and public health, Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass., 

 ' ' Preparation for Public Health Work. ' ' 



April 18. Dr. E. B. Fitz-Eandolph, assistant di- 

 rector of the state hygienic laboratory at Trenton, 

 N. J., "Public Health Conditions as they are in 

 New Jersey. ' ' 



April 19. Dr. E. B. Fitz-Randolph, assistant di- 

 rector of the state hygienic laboratory at Trenton, 

 N. J., ' ' Public Health Conditions as they should be 

 in New Jersey. ' ' 



April 20. Dr. V. A. Moore, dean of the New 

 Jersey State Veterinary College, Cornell Univer- 

 sity, "Tuberculosis in Cattle with Special Eefer- 

 ence to Infected Milk." 



AprU 26. Dr. A. C. Abbott, director of the lab- 

 oratory of hygiene of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, Philadelphia, Pa., "Control of Transmis- 

 sible Diseases. ' ' 



May 3. Dr. E. G. Conklin, professor of biology 

 at Princeton University, "Heredity and Democ- 

 racy. ' ' 



May 7. Dr. P. H. Mitchell, professor of physiol- 

 ogy at Brown University, and summer director of 

 the United States Fisheries Laboratory at Woods 

 Hole, Mass., "Live Problems in Nutrition Ee- 

 seareh. ' ' 



May 16. Mr. G. Fuller, engineer and sanitary 

 expert. New York City, ' ' What shall be the Limi- 

 tation in the Pollution of Eaw Waters so that they 

 may be safely purified by modern Water Treat- 

 ment Plants." 



May 17. Mr. G. Fuller, "The Present Status 

 of Sewage Disposal Methods. ' ' 



SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND THE ELECTRICAL 

 WORLD 



A DEPARTMENT of Scientific and Industrial 

 Eesearcli will be henceforward one of the 

 features of The Electrical World. The depart- 

 ment is to be conducted by Professor Vladimir 

 Karapetoff, of Cornell University, and has 

 for its object the " Interchange of Ideas, In- 

 Testigations Contemplated, Research Facilities 



Available, and Suggestions for Cooperative 

 Work." The scope of the research section is 

 described in the issue of March 17, as follows : 

 This section is started without preconceived 

 ideas, but with a sincere desire to serve the inter- 

 ests of electrical research and of investigators. In 

 it will be embraced: 



1. Interchange of ideas among investigators in 

 the electrical industry and in pure science on some 

 important problem to be solved. 



2. Questions regarding some topic in research to 

 be undertaken. 



3. Suggestions and answers to questions from 

 those who are in a position to advise. 



4. Brief reports on some electrical research in 

 progress or results obtained. 



5. Information regarding facilities available for 

 electrical research in private, federal, technical- 

 school or public service company laboratories. 



6. Discussions and tabulations of some impor- 

 tant research problems in the various branches of 

 electrical industry and science with the idea of 

 concentrating the attention of the investigators on 

 those problems. 



7. Suggestions and arrangements for coopera- 

 tive research where it is superior to uncorrelated 

 individual efforts. 



Short contributions bespeaking the support of 

 electrical research, or that tend to enhance its dig- 

 nity and show its importance in the cultural stand- 

 ing, prosperity and safety of the country, will also 

 be welcome. 



A few experienced, skilled and competent in- 

 vestigators can not of themselves accomplish much, 

 any more than a few generals without an army. 

 A large number of young electrical engineers and 

 physicists must be encouraged and interested in 

 research, because from their ranks future great in- 

 vestigators will arise. Many will become useful 

 assistants in research, still others will at least real- 

 ize the importance of research and will encourage 

 it when they reach positions of authority. Above 

 all, a circle of sympathetic readers must be cre- 

 ated who will follow research, delight in new 

 achievements, and lend moral and material sup- 

 port to faithful workers. Otherwise the section will 

 be like a major league team playing a spirited 

 game before an empty grandstand. 



This, then, is a request for cooperation from 

 those who are interested in research, be it practical 

 or theoretical. Let the profession know what you 

 are doing and how you are doing it. Let us all re- 

 joice in your triumphs, and let us lighten your 

 diflSculties or disappointments if possible. If the 



