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of the governing classes towards Science is largely the result 

 of the monastic traditions of the great public schools and 

 universities in which most of our leading politicians have 

 been trained. We seek at this supreme crisis of our national 

 history a man of clear vision and firm purpose who, taking 

 all branches of knowledge for his province, will assign to 

 each its true place and function in the education and training 

 of all classes of the people. Such a man and such a purpose 

 have yet to be achieved." 



Science must no longer be subjected to anj^thing approach- 

 ing social ostracism. The man of science is just as entitled 

 to "your excellency" as any diplomat, living or dead. 



There has been a great deal of writing during the late 

 summer on Science versus Latin and Greek; Science in the 

 public schools and in the Civil Service, and on Science and 

 Politics. 



Prof. H. E. Armstrong says, ''war has become a branch 

 of Applied Chemistry, hence Germany's superiority." He 

 goes on to say that Britain is governed primarily by and from 

 Oxford. "If the horrors of the War do not cause Britain to 

 reform, we shall be forced to confess that our chemical 

 industries will silently fade away. Some years ago the 

 necessity of reforming Oxford was generally recognized by 

 those in the University and by outsiders. The resident 

 staff advised the abolition of compulsory Greek, but the 

 M. A.'s — the country clergy — arose and voted for the "status 

 quo". Here we have Science versus class-inertia. 



Professor Armstrong continues: "France, in 18'!, admitted 

 that she had been defeated by the Prussian schoolmaster." 

 A writer in "Nature" wrote lately — "Our political leaders 

 and administrators of state departments are trained in 

 these classical schools where vested interests preserve the 

 prime places for ancient learning. Science is discouraged 

 for students who hope to obtain University scholarships 

 or appointments in the highest rank of the civil serv 



